Senior Component Buyer

Qantas Airways; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee travel benefits

Flexible leave options

Salary packaging options

Wellbeing program

Job summary

Qantas Airways is seeking a Senior Component Buyer to manage end-to-end procurement of aircraft components at the Sydney Distribution Centre, Mascot. You will collaborate with suppliers and internal stakeholders to ensure timely delivery and optimal cost, quality, and service, supporting the Engineering and operations teams.

You will use data to identify trends, drive continuous improvement, and help achieve supply chain performance targets.

Qualifications

• Experience in purchasing or procurement functions within a manufacturing or engineering environment.
• Experience sourcing and procuring aircraft components or technical materials (desirable).
• Advanced Excel and reporting capabilities to drive performance.

Responsibilities

• Oversee end-to-end purchasing activities for aircraft components and technical materials.
• Monitor supplier performance and manage relationships and contracts.
• Expedite critical orders and resolve supply and inventory issues.
• Use data insights to identify trends and improvement opportunities and support supplier performance management.

Skills

Purchasing function

Procurement

Supply chain operations

Analytical skills

Supplier relationships

Advanced Excel

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Independent work

Continuous improvement

Tools

Procurement systems

Job description

• Challenge yourself in a critical procurement role supporting Qantas Engineering operations
• Join a collaborative Supply Chain team focused on performance and continuous improvement
• 12-Month Fixed-Term Full-Time Opportunity Based At the Sydney Distribution Centre, Mascot
• Competitive salary package (ASU Level 9) plus employee travel benefits

Today, we’re busy planning for tomorrow. We look to the future to guide the way we innovate, helping us stay relevant and responsive in an always evolving industry.

We pride ourselves on forward thinking. We’re not afraid to challenge, we invent boldly, and we purposefully disrupt. In an industry defined by constant competition and transformation, we stay ahead by creating outstanding products and services for our customers. Together, we deliver positive business outcomes through thoughtful, cost-conscious decisions that make a genuine difference to the customer experience.

As part of Supply Chain Operations, the Senior Component Buyer plays a critical role in ensuring the timely procurement and availability of aircraft components to support Qantas Engineering and operational requirements. Working with both contracted and non-contracted suppliers, you'll manage end-to-end purchasing activities, monitor supplier performance, and ensure materials are delivered to meet business and customer expectations.

You'll collaborate with internal stakeholders and external vendors to resolve supply and inventory issues, expedite critical orders, and drive effective procurement outcomes. Using data and insights to identify trends and improvement opportunities, you'll also support supplier performance management, investigate quality and service issues, and provide guidance to team members to help achieve supply chain performance objectives

You’ll have –

• Sound knowledge and experience working within a purchasing function or similar experience
• Experience in purchasing, procurement or supply chain operations
• Experience sourcing and procuring aircraft components or technical materials(desirable)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience managing supplier relationships, contracts and performance
• Advanced Excel and reporting capabilities
• Experience working with procurement systems and buying processes (desirable)
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills
• Ability to work independently and manage priorities
• A customer-focused mindset with a commitment to continuous improvement

Why Qantas?

You’ll join a team where creativity and passion are encouraged. Our people come together to allow us to dream big and deliver successfully.

There are many different opportunities across our team, which means you’ll be able to grow both personally and professionally at Qantas. Your development is a priority for us – so that you can maintain the high standards our customers have come to expect and can continue to develop over time. You’ll be supported from day one with on the job training and coaching as well as our formal training opportunities. While you may start in this role, we’ve got a great track record of supporting our people to take their career in so many different directions, the destinations are endless.

The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel.

• We love to travel: Enjoy heavily discounted air travel within Australia and across the globe, both for you and your family and friends, as well as exclusive deals on accommodation and holidays.
• We have flexible leave options: Make use of leave and flexible working opportunities including 18 weeks paid parental leave (plus superannuation payments on all paid and unpaid parental leave until your child turns 1) and additional purchased leave options for eligible employees.
• We’ll give you access to thousands of rewards: Through our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing, leisure and entertainment.You can also take advantage of our salary packaging program including motor vehicles, eligible portable electronic devices and professional memberships.
• We’ll support your wellbeing: Whether it’s learning to better support your own and others’ mental health, our interactive wellbeing app or your very own tailored nutrition plan.

Qantas is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application.