Commodity Buyer (m/f), Toulouse

Airbus pioneers sustainable aerospace for a safe and united world. The Company constantly innovates to provide efficient and technologically-advanced solutions in aerospace, defence, and connected services. In commercial aircraft, Airbus offers modern and fuel-efficient airliners and associated services. Airbus is also a European leader in defence and security and one of the world's leading space businesses. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions and services worldwide.

Missions

We are looking for a Commodity Buyer as a new team member based in Toulouse and dedicated to Enterprise software & Digital Solutions Procurement.

You will be carrying out activities such:

• Constant market screening & assessment of emerging digital start-ups, potential newcomers to identify digital breakthrough’s for AIRBUS
• Definition of a successful worldwide sourcing strategy, as sound basis for decision making,
• Stringent Supplier selection, building solid high performing contracts
• Guarantee “end-to-end” contract management & business value outcome
• Actively managing the supplier relationship, in order to achieve optimization and leverage further potential for innovation
• Continuous Risk management activities to protect Airbus
• Best practice exchanges with your peers

Profile

• Master degree in Business Administration,
• Minimum 5 years of experience within IT digital solution sales or procurement
  
• Significant experience at IT services provider or software provider
• Experience in Contract management
• Experience in business model such as “Buy to Sell” activities (meaning contribution to set-up of new services offers for end-customers)
• Demonstrated track record of end-to-end negotiations on international level
• Negotiation level in English and French

Soft skills:

• Ability to communicate effectively, understand contracts matters (IP, GDPR)
• Demonstrated ability to reason rigorously about technology or business models at varying levels of abstraction
• leadership skills, to motivate multi-functions teams in situations of often conflicting objectives
• Perseverance, energy and a drive to improve
• Structured way of working
• Positive mindset and team player