Head of Engines

1 week ago


London, UK, United Kingdom Selint Aviation - Executive Search Full time

A leading group of airlines is looking for a Head of Engines, to be located in Madrid or London.


Job Purpose


The role is responsible for leading an Engines sub-category of procurement spend across a range of products and services. The role will be working across the operating companies, ensuring the delivery of effective, robust and compliant procurement that delivers the business plan while maximising the Group’s buying power. The candidate will lead strategic activities, including category planning, sourcing, risk management and act as a single point of contact for senior stakeholders.


Main Responsibilities


  • Responsibility for developing and implementing a 3-5 year category plan for the Engines sub-category.
  • Responsibility for developing and implementing local and global sourcing strategies for all external spend related activity.
  • Management of stakeholder relationships in all operating companies, ensuring appropriately robust challenge while delivering the operating companies’ business plans.
  • Manage supplier risk to protect the operating companies and the Group from financial, operational and reputational damage.
  • Provide innovation to internal stakeholders through interaction with the supply base.
  • Work with internal stakeholders and external suppliers to resolve commercial and contractual disputes; in particular suppliers with high complexity and/or high spend.
  • Support operating companies tier 1 (high strategic/high risk/high spend) projects.
  • Work with strategic suppliers to grow and develop supplier markets. Through liaison with the Procurement Operations Centre and operating company stakeholders, ensure supplier performance management is robust, effective and compliant.
  • Work alongside business areas to identify, challenge, harmonise and simplify specifications and processes across the operating companies to ensure that Group buying power is maximised.
  • Ensure that all procurement activity is carried out in line with Group and operating company governance principles.
  • Develop effective working relations with key interfaces across the Group and operating companies including line, finance, legal and other stakeholders.
  • Take active role in cross-departmental strategic and leadership activities.


Key Relationships/Interfaces


  • Suppliers, OEMs, MROs, lessors.
  • Business leaders in each of the operating companies, CTOs, Directors of Engineering and Maintenance.
  • Finance.
  • Legal.
  • Partnering with Senior Leaders and Executives in a fast moving and agile business environment. Senior level exposure in Procurement within a complex global organisation.


Requirements


  • Engineering Degree.
  • 10/20 years of relevant experience.
  • Fluency in English.
  • Strong demonstrable technical expertise.
  • Strong demonstrable commercial experience including contract negotiation and dispute resolutions.


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