Manager, Procurement Excellence

Intro

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!

Why you'll love this job

• This job is a member of the Procurement Team within the Finance Division.
• The main responsibilities include developing and executing the strategy for Procurement Value savings delivery and create executive dashboards on different platforms such as ARC, Wave, Coupa, SAP and others to measure our annual performance vs goals.
• As part of the Procurement Team, this role will support the Senior Manager in executing the strategy and building processes, systems, and tools for better value delivery and tracking of annual goals within American Airlines
• It is an instrumental key role that helps us manage and execute the right strategies to manage $30B USD annual spend and deliver our $500M usd goal.
• You will be responsible to develop and execute the strategy for our Procurement tracking savings dashboard metrics and performance across Source to Pay.
  
  

What You'll Do

• Create, develop and execute a Procurement strategy for value delivering and tracking of our Procurement transformation goals
• Identify opportunities in collaboration with stakeholders and category sourcing teams.
• Support and enhance category strategies across different categories providing benchmark information and market intelligence.
• Design Supplier optimization and spend entitlements for our category sourcing teams that serves as guideline for better value across the company.
• Support working capital projects and collaborate on the strategy for its execution.
• Develop visibility and strategies for a better Tail management supply base and spend.
• Develop and implement KPIs in alignment to our annual goals and Transformation office initiatives.
• Design, build and execute platforms using PowerBI or similar technologies to track performance across the organization.
• Responsible for market intelligence, manage data sources and subscriptions related to value driven initiatives.
• Serve as a Liaison between Procurement and the Transformation office for proper recording of value driven initiatives across all American airlines
• Responsible to maintain and execute our savings methodology and develop policies for procurement savings.
• Lead and drive continuous improvement projects within the Procurement department, focusing on optimizing processes, reducing costs, and enhancing overall operational efficiency across teams.
  
  

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field or equivalent experience and procurement-related software and processes.
• Project Management training and exposure to the strategic sourcing process.
• 7 years of relevant experience in Procurement, Supply Chain, Finance, or Business Administration / Management
• Experience leading a Strategic Sourcing teams with direct reports is a plus
• Experience building dashboards KPIs metrics, using tableu, excel, Coupa, Power BI and other data & analytics software
• Experience with Continuous Improvement Methodologies and Lean Six Sigma preferred.
  
  

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• Ability to be an action-oriented leader with the natural ability and desire to effectively engage employees, stakeholders, and suppliers to produce strong results
• Ability to demonstrate leadership skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and effectively lead those in their span of care
• Ability to lead teams to develop and implement effective category strategies
• Skills in negotiation, contract management, and driving supplier performance.
• Strong analytical thinking and strategic problem-solving skills.
• Strong process analysis/development skills.
• Ability and willingness to travel extensively throughout the Domestic and International network.
• Knowledge of procurement related sourcing tools and systems.
  
  

What You'll Get

Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer:

• Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
• Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.
• Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
• 401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
• Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more
  
  

Feel free to be yourself at American