Infrastructure Solutions experienced 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.

Tasks

• Looking at the evolving market, we are actively seeking to strengthen our dynamic team with you, a skilled Senior Buyer, experienced in one or more of the focus areas of digital capabilities (Internet of Things, Wearables, Cloud, Big Data, Virtual Reality, Collaboration, eSolutions…)
• You are enjoying the challenge of buying digital solutions in an exciting industry? You show a positive "can-do" attitude and being capable of generating value for the team and procurement function? We have something for YOU in Blagnac / France.

As part of the dedicated team for Infrastructure Solutions you will be exposed to the emerging solutions like - but not limited to - Cloud, Augmented and Virtual Reality, Consumer Electronics or Cybersecurity Solutions and thus to carry out:

• 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 for the complex digital product portfolio, 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
• This role will involve some travels (2 by month) in Munich, Marignane, Madrid, Hamburg and Filton for business and as such you must be able to travel accordingly.

Required skills

• Educated to Bac+5 level (or equivalent) in Business or a related discipline.
• Proven experience within procurement or sales
• Broad experience in at least one of the digital capabilities: Cloud, Augmented and Virtual Reality, Consumer Electronics or Cybersecurity Solutions
• Excellent knowledge about Procurement contracting and legal advice
• Demonstrated track record of end-to-end procurement negotiations or sales activities in the above fields on international level
• Ability to communicate effectively, understand contracts, evolving data privacy/protection laws and intellectual property
• Possess a strong professional network within domain of expertise, including academics, industrial players, consultants, entrepreneurs, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to reason rigorously about technology or business models at varying levels of abstraction
• Excellent project leadership skills, to motivate multi-functions teams in situations of often conflicting objectives
• Teamwork and transparency
• Strong adherence to ethics & compliance
• Customer focused and solution oriented, while putting AIRBUS overall interest first
• Solution oriented
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment
• Reactivity and agility
• English: Advanced
• French/German/Spanish: a plus