Regional Procurement Strategist - Material & Aerostructures

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Job Description:

Job Summary:  

The Regional Procurement Strategist role is at a key interface between the Direct Procurement Commodities in Europe and the North American aerospace industry. The position holder will build deep knowledge of, and establish a broad network with the regional aerospace industry, and develop and deliver relevant regional strategic recommendations and insights into the Commodities’ global strategies. 

Primary Responsibilities:

Internally facing, the position holder shall:

- be the regional focal point for a specific Procurement Commodity. 

- proactively position himself/herself as a trusted source of relevant information for, and develop a strong network within, the Commodity. He/she shall connect and regularly interact with the Commodity's central Strategy Team (PxY) and the leaders of the various Multi Functional Teams (Pxx, Pxxx);

- capture and continuously maintain a deep understanding of the Commodity's Market Segment Strategies and its specific future global needs. He/she shall interpret these from a regional perspective and then provide relevant inputs to the Market Segment Strategy Leader, with whom he/she shall exchange regularly;

- drive the generation of such relevant inputs based on his/her comprehensive experience as well as from insights gathered through researching, scouting, investigating specific topics, assessing supplier production site(s), attending industry events, gathering product / industry / competitor intelligence, seeking information from government agencies and industry reporting/news;

- create and continuously update/enrich a Regional Commodity Landscape (RCL). The landscape shall highlight: existing capabilities, profiles of companies with relevant potential to become Airbus suppliers and/or relevant subtiers to Airbus suppliers according to Airbus’ needs, key industrial and market drivers incl. competitors’ supply base. It shall also contain insights into the actual or potential activities of other industry actors in R&D of relevant technologies to the commodity, Federal and State Government financial investment strategies, competitiveness of the region versus other regions, etc;

- identify potential and/or lower-tier suppliers that are not (yet) contracted by the Commodity for  recommendations to the Commodity teams as new bidders for Requests for Information and Calls for Tender. 

- proactively contribute to establishing and continuously optimizing the harmonized routines, processes, ways of working of the North American RPO Strategists team. He/she shall share his/her acquired best practices, tools, ways of working, etc. to drive constant optimization&standardization and increasing value-add to the Commodity and Airbus overall.

Externally facing, the position holder shall:

- become the initial go-to person in the region for aerospace companies in the Commodity segments, and connect them with Commodity contacts as relevant;

- proactively shape and entertain a wide network and relationships with aerospace companies in the commodity segment (with a primary focus on those companies not yet under contract by the commodity); plan, arrange, and perform industrial site visits at relevant supplier sites. Leveraging these relationships and his/her profound knowledge of the Commodity needs, he/she shapes and develops a portfolio of suppliers that may become relevant for the execution of the Commodity’s Market Segment Strategies in the medium term, in full alignment with the Commodity.

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