Purchasing Assistant

Job Description:

Responsibilities - your mission:

Airbus has built on its strong European heritage to become truly international with roughly 180 locations and 12,000 direct suppliers globally. The company has aircraft andhelicopter final assembly lines across Asia, Europe and the Americas, and has achieved a more than sixfold order book increase since 2000

Position Summary: The Procurement Purchasing Assistant manages ordering activities for Procurement Commodities within France, Germany, Spain, the UK and Portugal. This also includes operational sourcing activities following the Procurement processes and strategies. 

Essential Functions: 

• Review of Purchase Requests (PRs)

  
  
  

• Purchase Order (PO) creation / update and follow up of POs

  
  
  

• Operational Sourcing

  
  
  

• Service Desk activities (provide support to internal stakeholders)

  
  
  

• Maintenance of info records (e.g. catalogues)

  
  
  

• Communication with suppliers and internal stakeholders (internal customers, buyers) 

  
  
  

• Use of Airbus ERP Systems (SAP) 

  
  
  

• Use of other specific tools (Coupa) 

  
  
  

Requirements - our ideal candidate will have:

• Experience in Supply Chain and/or Procurement is a plus 

  
  
  

• Communication skills 

  
  
  

• Be customer focused, understand priorities = knows how to prioritize in case ofemergencies 

  
  
  

• Eager to learn to work with new tools / be open to change and to continuousimprovement 

  
  
  

• Fluent in English 

  
  
  

• French, Spanish or German would be a plus

  
  
  

• Enjoy a dynamic and multicultural environment with a lot of different tools and variety of products and services

  
  
  

• Shows a lot of reliability rigor and concentration at work

  
  
  

• Digital Acumen

  
  
  

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 Nacoes, 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.

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