Commodity Manager

Safran Group • Gainesville, TX

119d

About The Position

As a member of the Safran Seats business, you play a major role in teamwork that provides over one million seats to major airlines worldwide. Our commitment to superior quality, comfort and innovation ensure that you can take pride in doing meaningful work that supports the needs of passengers and crews alike. No matter your role, you connect and collaborate with your fellow team members to bring state-of-the-art, high value-added solutions to market. Because we are one of the few original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to offer an all-inclusive range of passenger seats for commercial aircraft, you'll do impressive work that supports passengers in a variety of seating options, from economy to first class.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating, drafting and proposing to the purchasing director of your company (or the Group) the target purchasing policy for the commodity concerned, in accordance with the objectives of your company.
• Coordinating invitations to tender, implementing the supplier selection process.
• Negotiating and drawing up contracts with the selected suppliers.
• Managing the panel of suppliers.
• Managing supplier relations.
• Reporting back to the purchasing department of your company or of the Group.
• Being the key contact of the lead family buyer (company or Group), when there is one.
• Ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations and especially internal standards at Safran.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees