Purchasing Assistant
// Role Summary
Join Airbus as a Procurement Purchasing Assistant, managing ordering and operational sourcing activities across multiple European countries. This role is key to standardizing and digitalizing end-to-end procurement processes.
// Key Responsibilities
- Manage procurement ordering and operational sourcing activities.
- Support internal stakeholders and communicate with suppliers.
- Utilize Airbus ERP systems (SAP) and other tools like Coupa.
- Contribute to the digitalization and automation of procurement processes.
- Requires strong communication, customer focus, and reliability.
// Role Specification
Airbus pioneers sustainable aerospace, innovating to provide advanced solutions in aerospace, defense, and connected services. The Airbus Global Business Services (AGBS) unit is crucial to Airbus's global success and transformation, focusing on standardizing, harmonizing, digitalizing, and automating end-to-end processes for overhead functions.
Responsibilities - your mission:
The Procurement Purchasing Assistant will manage ordering activities for Procurement Commodities within France, Germany, Spain, the UK, and Portugal. This role also encompasses operational sourcing activities, adhering to established Procurement processes and strategies.
Essential Functions:
- Review of Purchase Requests (PRs).
- Purchase Order (PO) creation, updates, and follow-up.
- Conducting operational sourcing.
- Providing Service Desk support to internal stakeholders.
- Maintaining information records, such as catalogues.
- Communicating effectively with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
- Utilizing Airbus ERP Systems (SAP) and other specific tools like Coupa.
Requirements - our ideal candidate will have:
- Experience in Supply Chain and/or Procurement is a plus.
- Strong communication skills.
- Customer focus with the ability to understand and prioritize tasks, especially in emergencies.
- Eagerness to learn new tools, embrace change, and commit to continuous improvement.
- Fluency in English.
- French, Spanish, or German language skills would be advantageous.
- Ability to thrive in a dynamic and multicultural environment with diverse tools and products/services.
- Demonstrated reliability, rigor, and concentration at work.
- Digital Acumen.
Benefits - what’s in it for you:
- Diverse career opportunities within Airbus's European core countries or globally.
- A hybrid working model combining onsite and offsite work.
- A modern, well-connected office at Parque das Nacoes.
- A motivated team to help shape the GBS.
- An intense and exciting onboarding experience.