Procurement Manager

**Job Description Summary**: At Avio Aero, a GE Aviation Business unit, we’ve been reimagining the power of flight for more than 100 years. We are specialized in the design, production and maintenance of components and systems for both the civil and military aviation.

**Essential Responsibilities**
- Resolve delivery issues for customer impact and critical materials ensuring proper escalation process internally and with Suppliers
- Facilitate engagement of Engineering and Supplier Quality for technical issue resolution
- On site visit at suppliers when necessary
- Perform periodical review and analysis in order to reduce Suppliers delinquency level and improve On Time Delivery
- Attend CMR / DD meetings and business meetings with Customer, Plants and Financial QMI
- Cooperate with Material planning team to ensure proper scheduling to the Suppliers and support Input material control and Inventory management. Ensure periodical Supplier Order book review
- Support the Portal usage from Suppliers and further digital tools
- Thorough KPI analysis, drives actions and strategy for improvement and stabilization, including proper reporting
- Collaborate with Finance, Plants, and Buyers to solve Payment issues
- Drive Customer Impact review with the Plants, ensuring, for critical material, recovery plan creation and management
- Escalate to Procurement Leader and Commodity Leaders severe deliveries delay and any commercial matter impacting supplier output
- Collaborate with the Commodity to define the improvement strategy for the critical suppliers
- Ensure full collaboration with the Buyers and Contract Administrators to facilitate issues resolution ( as applicable)
- Drive the new Procurement process implementation collaborating with plants and improving the escalation process thru Sourcing and Suppliers

**Qualifications/Requirements**
- Proven experience in suppliers management (i.e. material planning, sourcing specialist, supplier development, supplier quality)
- Proactiveness and positive attitude. Able to create effective partnership across the business
- Ability to coordinate people and several projects simultaneously
- Effective problem identification and solution skills, RCCA, 5 whys, tops 8D
- Proven analytical and organizational ability. Lean six sigma
- Attitude to work in a matrix organization
- Proven influencing skills and executive exposure
- Fluent in Italian and English
- Work Visa, in accordance with local regulation, is required
- Availability to travel nationally and internationally, once/twice per quarter

**Desired Characteristics**
- SAP MM Module certificate is preferred
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Attitude to work in a cross-functional teamwork environment
- Previous experience in materials planning with foreign Suppliers
- PC proficiency
- Previous experience in Aviation industry

**What we offer**

**Smart working and work life-balance**

Avio Aero, when possible, promotes remote work and encourages a good, healthy and satisfying work-life balance. We value our employees’ wellbeing; hence we offer a variety of improvement programs aimed to preserve anyone’s psychological safety and daily needs.

**Total Rewards**

At Avio Aero, we understand the importance of Total Rewards. As a new joiner to Avio Aero we are pleased to offer the following welcome benefit plan:

- Performance related bonuses and local bonus scheme
- Flexible benefits platform
- GE Aviation share plan
- Life and injury insurance
- Private medical cover
- Employee assistant program
- Employee special awards (service and recognition)
- Local special agreements and discounts
- English and languages training for you and one member of your family
- Technical, Leadership and development trainings

**Inclusion & Diversity**

Avio Aero is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and we are strongly committed to maintain an inclusive and diverse environment. Every employment decision is taken regardless to national or ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, etc.

**Additional Information**:
**Relocation Assistance Provided**:No