Head of Regional Procurement Office

1 week ago

Singapore Airbus Singapore Private Limited Full time
Are you willing to step out of your comfort zone and make a difference in shaping Airbus Procurement in Asia Pacific, for 11 countries and territories (South East Asia, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand?)

A vacancy for a
Head of Regional Procurement Office - Asia Pacific has arisen in Singapore.

You will report functionally to the Head of Procurement Governance and Strategy and operationally to the Head of Asia Pacific International Cooperation.

About Regional Procurement Office Asia Pacific


We are a multi-national team of ~30 people of 10 nationalities, present in Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, expanding to other countries in the region, and we animate a network of ~50 procurement professionals in the Asia Pacific region.

We are present since 2020. We have diverse backgrounds ranging from procurement, supply chain and quality, engineering, to services and project management. The scope of our activities encompasses General Procurement (indirect), Flyable Procurement (direct), Procurement Operations, and Procurement processes and tools. We serve all Airbus divisions (Airbus Commercial, Airbus Helicopters, Airbus Defense and Space, Airbus Atlantic, Airbus Aerostructures).

Our mission is to provide regional context, contribute to market access, develop Airbus regional supply chain footprint and promote the Airbus brand in the Region.

We maximize Procurement value to Airbus, aligned with Commodities, secure business continuity, sustainability & ensure compliance. We work in close collaboration with the other Regional Procurement Offices. "Think Global, Act Local".

About the job:

Your main responsibilities include:

  • Be the voice of Procurement in Asia Pacific and the voice of Asia Pacific in Procurement
  • Animate Regional Procurement community across 11 countries and territories
  • Connect and network with Procurement teams in Europe
  • Connect and network with each country ACR (Airbus Country Representative)
  • Support visibility and branding of Airbus in Asia Pacific through participating and organizing events to leverage Supply Chain presence.
  • General Procurement
  • Deliver local for local General Procurement for the entities in Asia Pacific, on time, on cost, on quality
  • Drive a unified way of working and strategic procurement approach
  • Ensure strict adherence to procurement process and ethics and compliance
  • Flying Procurement
  • Scout and develop potential suppliers in the region in line with Airbus commodity needs
  • Develop and implement procurement strategy for Asia Pacific, in line with Airbus overall procurement strategy and ensure contribution to Airbus overall procurement strategy
  • Drive procurement contribution to Industrial Cooperation & Offset ( IC&O)
  • Act as Supplier Relationship Manager in alignment with commodities
  • Procurement Operations and Supplier development
  • Drive development of regional suppliers in alignment with commodities
  • Drive industrialisation of new work packages in Asia Pacific in alignment with commodities
  • Deliver locally special process qualifications, assessments
  • Transverse
  • Drive simplification, harmonisation and digitalisation of procurement practices in Asia Pacific
  • Drive contractual governance in Asia Pacific
  • Constantly benchmark ourselves vs other regions and implement best practices
  • Drive compliance to export control regulations
  • Drive a sustainable supply chain roadmap for Asia Pacific
  • People
  • Drive the development of our procurement professionals in Asia Pacific
  • Drive the development of Asia Pacific community

Requirements & expectations:

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering or related disciplines
  • Experience in leading procurement transnational teams, ideally across different commodities
  • At least 8 years of experience in procurement; experience in aviation industry strongly preferred
  • Experience in leading multifunctional teams
  • Openminded, selfmotivated teamplayer, awareness and interest in working with different cultures
  • Customer oriented, with excellent communication and collaboration skills, both at senior level and at operational level;
  • Analytical and rigorous, able to deepdive in topics when needed and explain complex topics to a variety of stakeholders;
  • You are pragmatic, able to balance contractual and business risks, priorities, oversights and compliance;
  • You are able to be in the driving seat and when needed to be in a support role;
  • You have a high level of autonomy, able to work from remote environment and manage time difference
  • You are fluent in English, other languages will be welcome.
  • This role will involve some occasional travel for business and as such you must be able to travel accordingly;

What we offer:

  • Interaction with suppliers and external parties;
  • Contribution to the delivery of the Airbus strategy and Top Company Objectives (TCO), and to the success of the Regional Procurement Team;
  • The opportunity to develop new and t

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