Commodity Buyer Building UK

Airbus; Broughton; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

Pension

Car leasing

Onsite parking

Discounts

Flexible hours

Job summary

Airbus Operations Limited is seeking a procurement professional to lead strategy and delivery across Building & Construction. You will manage multi-divisional tenders, ensuring alignment with Airbus requirements and long-term supplier relationships.

The role focuses on delivering cost, time and quality targets while contributing to savings initiatives and international procurement projects.

Qualifications

• Experienced within procurement or operations or facility management.
• Experience in setting up a procurement strategy, in Building & Construction.
• Experience in Building project management would be highly appreciated.

Responsibilities

• Implement the procurement strategy for Airbus divisions and MFT scope.
• Manage procurement projects and tenders across multi-divisional and international scope.
• Develop and maintain an efficient supply chain aligned with Airbus needs.
• Ensure deliverables meet cost, time and quality contractual terms.
• Secure long-term supplier base alignment with strategic needs.
• Maintain ongoing supplier relationships to secure best-in-class terms.
• Conduct procurement processes to meet internal customer needs per guidelines.
• Deliver initiatives to support Airbus Savings Programmes through harmonisation and volume control.
• Provide input to support strategy development.

Skills

Procurement experience

Operations experience

Facility management

Job description

Job Description:

SECURITY CLEARANCE: You will be subject to BPSS and Export Control checks (including a criminal record check)

LOCATION:

Broughton

TYPE:

Full time

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU

• Financial Reward: Competitive salary, annual profit share, contributory pension, share options, car leasing scheme, free onsite parking, various optional salary sacrifice benefits, shopping discounts and much more
• Work / Life Balance: 35 hour week, flexible working around core hours, flexible working, option to buy/sell holiday
• Personal Development: Personalised development plan and unlimited access to 10,000+ E-learning courses, internal mobility including international opportunities
• Health & Wellbeing: Bupa health insurance (including assisted fertility treatments and gender dysphoria & reassignment support), wellbeing benefits (including 24/7 online GP and mental health support), discounted family health / dental insurance / eye tests, cycle-to-work scheme, on-site canteen and coffee shop, lunchtime yoga / meditation
• Family and Caregiving: Life assurance, enhanced pay for parental leave (23 weeks at 100% pay), adoption / shared parental / caregiving leave, purpose built maternity rooms on site
• Inclusive Environment: Wellbeing room, Multi-faith room, Employee Representative Groups (Gender, LGBTQ+, International, Generational, Disability, Social & Cultural Diversity, Neurodiversity)

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HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE TEAM

• Implementing the procurement strategy defined by the Commodity Procurement Management and the Projects Multi-Functional-Teams (MFT) within the scope of activity supporting Airbus divisions’ needs.
• Manage procurement projects and call for tenders with multi-divisional scope within the scope of the Building & Construction Team and international scope on demand, including within Building sub-commodity PJRB.
• Develop and maintain an efficient supply chain capable to deliver goods/services, matching Airbus requirements and business objectives.
• Ensure that deliverables are in line with the contractual terms (cost, time, quality).
• Secure long-term alignment of the preferred supplier base with the long-term trans-divisional strategic needs of Airbus.
• Ensure continuous commercial relationship with suppliers in order to secure work with best-in-class suppliers and protect Airbus from contractual risks.
• Conduct the procurement process in order to fulfil business needs and provide the internal customers with valued services in compliance with the Airbus General Procurement procedures and guidelines, to full customers satisfaction.
• Deliver on initiatives contributing to Airbus Savings Programmes using the levers of requirements harmonisation/standardisation, challenge of the specifications, volume aggregation, and control of the demand.
• Provide strategically relevant input to support the strategy development.

ABOUT YOU

• Experienced within procurement or operations or facility management.
• Experience in setting up a procurement strategy, in the area of responsibility (“Building & Construction” category).
• Experience in Building project management would be highly appreciated.

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HOW WE CAN SUPPORT YOU

Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need and we’ll always do our best to accommodate your request.

Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments for the selection process – you can share this with your Talent Acquisition Partner if you are invited to interview. Examples may include (but not exclusive to) accessible facilities; auxiliary aids; room layout, etc. Any information disclosed will be treated in the strictest confidence.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Airbus UK will offer an interview to any applicant that considers themselves to have a disability or long-term condition under the Equality Act 2010 and meets the minimum criteria of the role (as set out in the job advert). To ‘opt in’, just select the option during your application submission and your application will be considered accordingly.

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 Operations Limited

Employment Type:

Permanent

Experience Level:

Professional

Job Family:

Sourcing, Buying and Ordering

Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.

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.