Buyer - Spanish Speaker

Job Description:

Essential Functions:

• Applies Airbus general procurement procedures and rules to acquisition of items and services.
• Is authorized to issue RFQ for less than $100k. Can issue non-competitive P.O.s for less than $25k; must review two or more bids for orders over $25k.
• Serves as the daily link to the customer validating needs, adequacy of items ordered and delivered; levels of satisfaction with items and suppliers.
• Develops and maintains an efficient supply chain within designated areas capable of delivering goods/work packages (services), matching Airbus requirements and business objectives.
• Works with customers to ensure deliverables are in line with contract terms (cost, time, quality) especially on routinely ordered items.
• Establishes, maintains and enhances continuous commercial relationships with suppliers in order to secure work with best-in-class suppliers and to preserve the best interests of Airbus.
• Develops understanding and cultivates customers' understanding of the Airbus Group savings Programs and works cooperatively to achieve savings even from lower value purchases.
• Facilitates general procurement transactions to fill business needs and provide internal customers with goods and services in compliance with the General Procurement procedures and guidelines and with the respective commodity strategies and borderlines defined by the Community management organization to the customers' complete satisfaction.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Participates on project teams on general procurement projects for the FAL in vendor evaluation, audits, to identify new/alternate sources/suppliers and similar efforts.
• Engages with colleagues to share information regarding vendors as well as internal customers to identify particularly effective and consistently poor providers to generally upgrade General Procurement services.
• Establishes relationships with customers that enable clear and effective identification of needs and mutual understanding of feedback.

Requirements - our ideal candidate will have:

• At least three years of general procurement/purchasing experience with technical items.
• Knowledge of additional functions including: finance, negotiation and communication skills.
• Exposure to work-focused team(s).
• A Bachelors' degree in Business or Engineering or a related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Fluency in English and Spanish sufficient to fully engage in negotiations.
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment.
• Able to travel domestically and internationally sometimes on short notice and sometimes for long periods of time.

Benefits - what's in it for you:

• Diverse career opportunities within Airbus European core countries or in other regions around the world.
• A hybrid working model, allowing you to combine onsite and offsite work.
• A modern office at Parque das Nações, well connected to public transportation.
• A motivated and fun crew to grow and build and shape the GBS together.
• An intense and exciting onboarding experience.

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 Portugal SA

Employment Type:
Permanent

Experience Level:
Professional

Job Family:
Sourcing, Buying and Ordering

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