Manager - Site Operations/Procurement

Role & Responsibilities
- Perform procurement activities in alignment with the respective GP strategy, based on General Procurement Process, terms and regulations
- Operational Management of all Request for General procurement for the site
- Responsible for building relations with suppliers and identifying new vendors
Internal Stakeholder Management:
- Responsible for maintaining relationship with internal stakeholders and Head of functions
- Support on Compliance, Legal & Taxation and Costing, Offset and Industrial Cooperation
Accountabilities Within the framework of the new Airbus Group India General Procurement (AIPJ) organisation, the jobholder is responsible for the local management for Delhi & NCR covering the Account Management activities as well as the local Fulfilment Management (Operations and Local Sourcing).
The jobholder supports the local team, with the accountability for:
Stakeholder Management:
- Act as focal point for middle management and Operations in customer organisations and divisions in Airbus India Pvt. Ltd.
- Lead & Drive the relationship with internal business partners to ensure target level of customer satisfaction for sites/Divisions on behalf of Regional Manager, General Procurement
- Drive & Manage the Procurement team meetings & Internal Customer sourcing meetings
- Deliver procurement market campaign to improve process awareness among internal customers
Fulfilment & General Procurement Services:
- Manage & Support all Operational, Tactical and Local Sourcing activities for all commodities for the site with support from General procurement in Bengaluru.
- Manage compliant fulfilment process meeting agreed target KPIs and ensure timely payment to the supplier at highest efficiency
- Manage procurement process within a specific business frame up to defined threshold (incl. potential delegation beyond specific thresholds)
- Ensure high level of customer satisfaction with respect to fulfilment at operational level

- Manage the local general procurement fulfilment team and manage external service provider operationally
- Manage local transition of fulfilment activities to target scenario Airbus General Procurement India 1
Site Operations Support & People Management:
- Actively support coordination with the GP team to achieve targets & goals of customer groups at local and site level.
- Closely cooperate with the central teams in achieving benefits of Local Sourcing activities.
- Lead and manage the team in Delhi operationally & functionally
- Manage & Drive the performance of team & business operations for offices in Delhi & NCR as per expectations
Compliance:
- Site Operations Support & Compliance Programme Support
- Escalate to Regional Manager and compliance team if needed
- Support compliance programme in local site/functional communication
- Position GP and the compliance communication in local site communication
Outputs/Deliverables:
- Meet General Procurement SLA
- Target level of internal customer satisfaction at site level
- Improvement plan according to customer satisfaction survey results
- Effective Operations Management & Governance with team & internal customers
- Effective relationship building and management with main functional and local customers.
- Target KPIs for defined business perimeter concerning fulfilment (Operations and Local Sourcing)
- Effective savings at local level appreciated and supported by customer groups
Functional experience:
- Business experience in Procurement for at least 7 years and maximum 10 years (Procurement, Supply chain or Process Operations)
- Procurement process, Knowledge of supplier base / cost structure & advanced negotiation skills
- Awareness On Applicable Laws (labor, IP, International Trade) Knowledge Of Aerospace/Automotive Industry, Risk Management & Business Case Analysis & TCO Approach Management
- Proven Leadership
- Experience in Project Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Global mindset
- Procurement Experience (Mandatory)
Behavioural Skills:
- Teamwork & Transparency
- Strong Adherence to Ethics & Compliance
- Highly effective communication & relationship building skills
- Customer focused and solution oriented, while putting Airbus Group overall interest first
- Ability to work in a multicultural environment
Education: Engineering graduate from a leading Engineering College with MBA Business School (preferable)z
Languages: Fluent in English, Hindi Optional Arabic, German, French, Spanish
Organisation Airbus Group India Pvt ltd