Vice President, Strategic Purchasing

POWERED BY TEAMWORK. Are you ready to be part of a team that drives big ideas and even bigger wins? At Safran, we believe in the power of both collaboration and individual contributions. We understand that it takes diverse perspectives, problem-solving skills, dependability, and trust to push each other forward and achieve great success. For us, working here is more than just a job; it's a passion. There's the unique opportunity to lead the way in aerospace and defense and contribute to creating a safer and more sustainable world.   We trust our employees to bring bold ideas to build the future of aerospace together, contributing to our ranking by TIME as the leading Aerospace & Defense company on the 2023 World's Best Companies list (#59 on the full list). Join our team and become part of the group that's making amazing things happen on the ground and in the skies. Together, we'll proudly step back and say, “We did that”. In the role of VP, Strategic Purchasing, you'll play a pivotal part on our Supply Chain team.   This position contributes to our vision by: • Owns, develops and drives a purchasing strategy that maximizes value to Safran by leading the Purchasing team's efforts to deliver parts and services that efficiently support on-going production requirements and aftermarket programs. • Collaborates with Executive and Senior leadership within the Cabins team to ensure companywide initiatives and business objectives are met. • Provides leadership for employee relations through effective communications, coaching and developmental goals. • Ensures all objectives for all departmental personnel are established and provides development and mentorship to team members in commodity management and supplier development. • Contributes to, and provides support of, proposal development, strategic planning and budgeting. • Provides leadership to cross-functional project teams including functional areas within Safran Cabins as well as external customer and vendor team members. • Perform all other duties as assigned

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At Safran Cabin, diversity & inclusion is a source of richness that adds quality of life, performance, and innovation. We welcome diverse contributions and provide equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, age, national origin, ancestry, disability/medical condition, military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic characteristics or information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws.   We seek service-oriented team players with strong interpersonal skills and a positive attitude, adaptable to our innovative and evolving environment.   Across all team members, we are looking for the following attributes: · Team oriented · Process focused · Open & honest communication · Quality minded · Ability to persevere and honor commitments · Recognizes success · Executes with urgency · Creates solutions · Customer focused in everything we do Qualifications: Education: MBA or Master's Engineering/Supply Chain in a related business or engineering discipline Experience: Minimum 12 years' experience in supply chain within a complex multinational manufacturing organization. Minimum of 12 years' people management experience within a closely related business function. Significant prior experience driving SIOP or S&OP across multiple sites and business units Knowledge & Skills: • Proven Change Management experience • Negotiation skills and capability to adapt • Solid understanding of ERP system principles • Proven management skills including displayed leadership of high-performing team. • Strong coaching, mentoring and overall employee development skills. • Ability to work well independently and cross-functionally as part of an established and growing team. • Ability to build effective working relationships, persuade and influence, and problem-solve complex issues. • Strong communication, time-management, and organizational skills. • Ability to read, analyze, and interpret the most complex documents. • Ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive inquiries or complaints. • Ability to make effective and persuasive speeches and presentations on controversial or complex topics to top management or project teams. • Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems. Ability to deal with nonverbal symbolism (formulas, scientific equations, graphs, etc.,) in its most difficult phases. Ability to deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables. • Demonstrated experience with Accounting software, Database software, Project Management software, Spreadsheet and Word Processing software, and Internet knowledge.