Category Manager Avionics & Electronics

Your role and your team:

• You will report directly to the Head of Procurement Avionics & Electronics. The Category Management Team is responsible for sourcing to contract and to manage and foster positive supplier relationships.
• You will be part of interdisciplinary IPTs (Integrated Project Team) who is responsible for the design, manufacture and delivery of the Aircraft Avionics & Electronics Systems, from prototype into serial production.
• You will play a key role in bringing our innovative aircraft to life.

Your Day to Day:

• Contribute to the Multi-functional team which will shape and lead the supply chain for Avionics & Electronics within the aircraft.
• Support the Procurement Strategy & Policies aligned to the overarching company strategy.
• Sourcing Process - Market Assessment & Identify Potential Suppliers/Supplier Selection & Contracting (e.g., Call for Tender, supplier selection processes, negotiations).
• Close co-operation with the Production, Finances, Quality, Engineering, Program teams during development projects.
• Orchestrating a global network of aircraft suppliers to initiate best practice exchange and a continuous flow of innovations outside-in.
• Secure the plant delivery to safety, time, cost, and quality targets with support of Supply Chain Operations counterpart.
• Lead big scale supplier sourcing deployment projects with end-to-end responsibility from start of analysis to ramp up at stable performance.
• High response & real-time work behavior.

Your Profile:

• Minimum qualifications/Education: engineering and/or business administration degree.
• Experience of avionics, electronics, or material procurement position in a corporate environment with experience in contracting in the aerospace or automotive sectors.
• “End to End” responsibility of implementing the purchase strategy.
• Experience in a high-volume supply chain.
• Eager to learn and adopt his or her style to a start-up environment; puts the team first; robust and passionate to follow given objectives; uses failure as learning experience; excellent communicator; ability to facilitate workshops.
• Demonstrate cross-functional leadership within the company.
• Excellent analysis and evaluation skills with a drive to challenge the status quo.
• A strategic thinker with sound technical skills, analytical ability, good judgment, and strong operational focus.
• Must be a proactive, open, and direct communicator who engages comfortably and credibly with all levels of the organization.
• High personal influencing and negotiation skills.
• Fluent English is essential and other language may be beneficial.

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