VIE - Procurement Project Manager / Mission Systems & Weapons (H/F) (d/f/m), Donauwörth

Airbus is a leading aircraft manufacturer with the most modern and comprehensive family of airliners on the market, ranging in capacity from 100 to more than 500 seats. Airbus champions innovative technologies and offers some of the world’s most fuel efficient and quiet aircraft. Airbus has sold over 13.800 aircraft to more than 360 customers worldwide. Airbus has achieved more than 8,000 deliveries since the first Airbus aircraft entered into service. Headquartered in Toulouse, France.

Tasks

• Act as the focal point within the department for procurement-wide project activities.
• Engage in the regular business processes of strategic procurement, e.g. for operations planning, price updating, etc.
• Identify process improvement needs and run associated improvement projects.
• Create a reporting system accounting for the campaign-driven business in the Mission Systems & Weapons perimeter.
• Take over special procurement activities, e.g. for research and development projects.
• Contribute to sourcing activities, incl. the support of tendering and the contract negotiation to achieve the best purchasing conditions in accordance with company requirements.
• Monitor contracts (during innovation, development, serial and support phases) with suppliers and company stakeholders to achieve through out the contract life cycle a complete application of terms and conditions to ensure that the suppliers deliver the expected performance in all dimensions (logistics, support, quality, cost, ...).
• Support the day-to-day relationships with suppliers and run projects to optimize customer value, while minimizing total cost of ownership & risks.
• Support establishment und updating of the product and sourcing strategies within the multi-functional teams of the Mission Systems & Weapons perimeter.
• This role will involve some travel for business approximately once a month in Europe and as such you must be able to travel accordingly.

Profil

• Educated to master's degree level (or equivalent) in engineering, economics, business administration, procurement, law or an equivalent field of study.
• First practical experience in procurement, project and contract management, business and financial management, sales , etc. (apprenticeships and internships included)
• Technical understanding and knowledge of the aeronautics business are a plus
• Experience in working with international partners
• Agile use of IT tools: SAP, MS Office / Google Suite, etc.
• High social competencies, team, and communication skills
• Proactive, persistent and logical approach to new challenges
• Language Skills: Negotiation level of English; French and German are a plus.