Procurement Lead - AFS, Engines & Shops

Country UNITED ARAB EMIRATES City Abu Dhabi Department Engineering Closing date 20 January 2015

Job Purpose Full buying and supervisory responsibility for procurement in support of AFS, Engines shops. Responsibilities   Supervise and manage all purchasing aspects of designated projects within Procurement Identify fast moving items for contracting consignment opportunities for cost savings Establish approved supplier criteria. Evaluate potential suppliers based on cost, quality, service, availability, reliability and selection variety in consultation with material planner and conformance with specification in accordance with EAE policy Undertake parts procurement from OEMs, distributors and approved sources that provides best quality at the best value ensuring material release certification and relevant documents are as per EAE QA and Airworthiness requirements Obtain quotes, prepare price analysis and recommendations, evaluate and negotiate price, payment and delivery terms, identify cost saving methods (credits, rebates and discounts), extended warranty conditions, liaise with planning re order points, inventory levels and lead times with the goal to continually reduce and improve to the best interest of the company to achieve optimum benefits/savings Monitor staggering of deliveries to support minimizing of inventory Floating of tender for services and high value products, prepare bid analysis to ensure optimum benefits and savings to the company Utilize appropriate selection of shipping methods to reduce overhead costs Ensure AOG/Critical priority parts are procured in the shortest possible time to meet production requirements Review open and overdue orders to ensure progress/follow up Supervise buyers performance to ensure timely ordering and delivery of materials Work in close consultation with all department staff to develop team building relationships, providing purchase advice and seeking advice consultation of technical subject matter experts Reevaluate and establish vendor selection to improve TAT and to reduce cost Review of vendor performance. Deals with all claims as a result of discrepancy reports (SDR) on quality, quantity, breakages, missing documents, change of part numbers and take corrective action with vendor to settle the claim/discrepancy inside ten (10) days and maintain maximum standards to the best interest of the company Ensure compliance to EAE Quality, Code of Conduct, SH&E Regulations and Requirements, TPM and AVL Escalation of unresolved issues with the Manager, develop working relationships with Planning, Production, Quality, Stores and Finance Requirements Qualification: Degree/Diploma in related field or equivalent with advanced proficiency in English/Business correspondence, arithmetic. Experience: Minimum seven (7) years in related field with an Airline/MRO facility.

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