Category Manager Avionics & Electronics

Your role and your team:

A career at Lilium is for those who want to do something extraordinary. We take pride in pushing the boundaries of engineering, technology, and customer experience.  

As part of a team, you will tackle challenges and deliver something that has never been done before. By joining Lilium, you will have the opportunity to work with a world-class entrepreneurial team who are as passionate about changing the world as you are.  

We thrive on diversity and creating an inclusive culture working hard to bring our vision of a sustainable world to life.

You will report directly to the Head of Procurement Avionics & Electronics with responsibility for sourcing to contract whilst building and managing    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 languages may be beneficial.

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