Head of Category Management Airframe Services Procurement (100%, all genders)

Are you ready for a new challenge and want to help shape the sustainable competitiveness of LHG? As part of the MRO Services division, you will be responsible for the development, management and coordination of the Airframe Procurement category. Become part of our team and help shape the future of procurement in Technical Operations

Tasks

The Head of Airframe Services Procurement is responsible for the procurement of LHG's airframe MRO services.

• Being responsible for the strategic sourcing of the Airfame Procurement category including contract management, supplier negotiations and supplier management
• Defining global category strategy in line with LHG's business strategy and ensuring consistency of category specific procurement and supply activities within the Group
• Defining cost savings and meets sustainability targets
• Optimizing working capital, developing end-to-end strategies and ensuring data-driven decisions
• Monitoring supplier management, innovation, compliance and stakeholder communication
• Establishing efficient and stable supply chains in terms of quality, cost efficiency and security of supply
• Planning and monitoring budget and staff management
  
  

Benefits

• Subsidized parking or public transport
• Attractive company pension scheme
• Flight benefits
• Discounts on insurance
• Profit-sharing programme
• Employee and networking events
  
  

Requirements

Be a role model and embody the values of LHG Procurement: appreciation, entrepreneurial spirit, sustainability and group optimization.

• Completed university degree in engineering or economics or comparable professional experience
• At least 5 years of experience in the passenger airline business and understanding of its core processes, especially in the area of technical fleet management
• At least 5 years of professional experience in procurement and strategic sourcing/negotiation/partner management
• Very high intercultural competence
• Strong strategic understanding and high willingness to innovate
• Strong entrepreneurial thinking
• High willingness to take on responsibility and willingness to make decisions
• Very good communication and negotiation skills and assertiveness
• Ability to manage employees
  
  

Company

It’s the little differences that make working at SWISS so appealing. The fact, for example, that we treat every detail with care, see quality in terms of hospitality and view nationality through an international lens. In a similar way, we see variety as richness, a job as an experience and SWISS as a world of inspiration. You, too, will be stimulated in our special working environment – one in which, wherever you are, you’ll always feel: Truly SWISS .... where people matter.

Contact

Katja Hassler

recruiting.services@swiss.com