Category Lead- MRO

Company Description

IAG GBS (Global Business Services) is part of International Airlines Group, one of the world’s leading airline groups, with 546 aircraft flying to over 270 destinations, carrying more than 100 million passengers each year.

IAG GBS provides a plug and play platform of scalable, best in class procurement, finance and IT business services to IAG’s operating companies which include Aer Lingus, IAG Loyalty, British Airways, IAG, IAG Cargo, Iberia, Iberia Express, LEVEL and Vueling.

The company is headquartered in Krakow, and has operations in London, Madrid, Barcelona and Dublin.

Job Description

• Reporting to the Head of Category you will help to develop and execute strategic sourcing activities for the MRO category with the target to reduce cost and improve service levels.
• Managing stakeholder relationships supporting them on assigned projects in accordance with the governance and in accordance with the IAG policy .
• Working with MRO vendor’s worldwide ensuring quality is in line with business objectives and policies
• Driving commercial relationships with suppliers, with a principal objective of achieving optimal cost and performance with a forward looking.
• Managing supplier risk to protect the operating airlines from financial and reputational damage.
• Identifying new opportunities of cost reduction through market best practices
• Program managing complex projects with very tight deadlines.
• Working with existing and potential suppliers, securing best price through supplier negotiations and collaboration to including benchmarking to prove competitive advantage for the business.

Qualifications

• Aeronautical Engineering / Engineering or Business / Economics degree.
• Strong business and financial acumen with minimum 5 to 10 years of experience working in the Procurement MRO business for an airline or for an OEM (candidates with no experience in the field will be rejected)
• Senior level experience of partnering with senior leaders and executives in a fast moving and agile business environment
• Senior level experience in Procurement in a complex global organization
• Experience of working in an environment of change involving people, process, policy and technology
• Strong demonstrable commercial expertise including evaluation, contract negotiation and dispute resolution
• Strong negotiating skills with attention to the detail
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal skills
• Fluent in English (Spanish desirable)
• Willingness to travel and work in a multi-site/location environment.

Additional Information

What we offer

• Competitive Annual Incentive Scheme
• LinkedIn Learning Platform
• Comprehensive health insurance
• Life Cover
• Generous pension plan