FHS Cost base Manager H/F

Airbus Aircraft; Toulouse; Sur place; EUR 70 000 - 100 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Airbus SAS in Toulouse, France, is seeking a Cost Base Manager to join the Flight Hour Services (FHS) team within Customer Services. The role focuses on owning and optimizing the FHS cost base for leading aircraft programs, driving cost improvements, and safeguarding contract profitability.

You will work in a dynamic, global environment, partnering with Procurement and Supply Chain to implement cost-saving initiatives while ensuring data integrity and alignment with program goals.

Qualifications

• Experience in aviation with knowledge of airline economics.
• Ability to take ownership and drive cost-based improvements.
• Collaborative team player with strong relationship skills.
• Proficient in Excel; knowledge of Skywise is a plus.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Responsabilités

• Own the Flight Hour Services cost base for assigned programs.
• Collaborate with Procurement and Supply Chain to optimize agreements.
• Measure and report savings from cost-optimization actions.
• Ensure data accuracy and maintain cost-base databases.
• Support procurement in negotiations and cost-optimization campaigns.

Connaissances

Aviation industry experience

Airline economics

Ownership & accountability

Team player

English proficiency

Relationship skills

Excel knowledge

Outils

Skywise

Description du poste

Job Description

Toulouse, France.

You will be part of a dynamic, fast-paced environment where your contributions will directly impact business performance and customer satisfaction within Flight Hour Services (FHS). This expanding, globally-focused business places people at the core of its operations. Supporting key programs and strategic partnerships (including component maintenance frameworks), you will drive cost optimization and safeguard contract profitability.

Airbus Commercial Aircraft is looking for a Cost Base Manager (f/m) to join our Flight Hour Services (FHS) team within the Customer Services Department based in Toulouse, France. You will be part of a dynamic, fast-paced environment where your contributions will directly impact business performance and customer satisfaction within Flight Hour Services (FHS). This expanding, globally-focused business places people at the core of its operations. Supporting key programs and strategic partnerships (including component maintenance frameworks), you will drive cost optimization and safeguard contract profitability.

Your working environment

Global capital of aeronautics and European capital for space research, Toulouse is a dynamic city in the southwest of France served by an international airport. Ideally located between the Mediterranean sea and the Atlantic ocean and close to the Pyrenees mountains, it offers plenty of options for outdoor activities!

How we care for you

• Financial rewards: Attractive salary, agreements on success and profit sharing schemes, employee savings plan abounded by Airbus and employee stock purchase plan on a voluntary basis.
• Work / Life Balance: Extra days-off for special occasions, holiday transfer option, a Staff council offering many social, cultural and sport activities and other services.
• Wellbeing / Health: Complementary health insurance coverage (disability, invalidity, death). Depending on the site: health services center, concierge services, gym, carpooling application.
• Individual development: Great upskilling opportunities and development prospects with unlimited access to +10.000 e-learning courses to develop your employability, certifications, expert career path, accelerated development programmes, national and international mobility.

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

Your challenges

• Own the FHS cost base for assigned aircraft programs, proactively identifying and executing improvements to the reference models.
• Partner with Procurement and Supply Chain to optimize agreements and validate business content, while driving internal cost-improvement initiatives across the FHS organization.
• Measure and report savings realized through optimization actions, ensuring transparency and alignment with profitability goals.

As a Cost Base Manager, you will participate in the definition, feeding and improvement of the processes, templates, tools and databases required for the activities. You will accountable for the data accuracy and freshness of the databases.

Maintain and update cost bases

• Reliability data from diverse sources- Fleet configuration
• Optimization actions launched by FHS departments
• In-service feedbacks from FHS teams
• You will improve and optimize those cost bases models with signed procurement contracts, actual price data (repair and asset prices), in service performance data (MTBUR) and engineering actions.
• You will be responsible to secure the FHS cost base and to prioritize the needs towards the procurement teams based on on-going campaigns and signed contracts.
• On request, you can support procurement in supplier negotiations and challenge internal organizations on cost optimization actions.
• You will actively contribute to action plans for achieving cost-base targets and regularly reports on performance improvements. You will be responsible for recording identified savings and cost avoidance, and interface with FHS program managers to define top program priorities.
• You will identify top cost drivers of its program and liaises with the FHS organization to put in place a recovery plan. You should promote economical consciousness within the FHS organization.
• You will support the development of new products or services by collection and developing relevant cost bases. You ensure these new products or services should align with market prices.
• You will support of the PM the scope of Items that can be proposed in the frame of a sale campaign.

Your boarding pass

• 3 years in aviation industry with knowledge of airline economics
• General A/C technical & maintenance knowledge
• Actively takes ownership, initiative and responsibility
• Team worker
• Knowledge of Skywise tool would be a plus
• Excel knowledge
• Good written and spoken English level
• Good relationship skills

Not a 100% match? No worries! Airbus supports your personal growth with customized development solutions.

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company's success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company

AIRBUS SAS

Employment Type

Permanent

Class Emploi (France)

Classe F12

Experience Level

Professional

Job Family

Costing

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At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.