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Date: 14 Apr 2024

Location: Papendrecht, NL

Company: GKN Aerospace Careers

GKN Aerospace is ‘s werelds meest toonaangevende leverancier binnen de vliegtuigindustrie. Met 38 productielocaties in 12 landen bedienen we meer dan 90% van ‘s werelds vliegtuig- en motorfabrikanten. Wij ontwerpen en produceren innovatieve slimme ruimtevaartsystemen en componenten. Elke keer dat je per vliegtuig reist, is het waarschijnlijk dat GKN je op weg helpt.
We zijn op zoek naar mensen die een verschil willen maken, getalenteerde medewerkers met de vaardigheden en passies om het beste te worden in wat ze doen.

Job Summary

Negotiation & implementation of country specific corporate contracts for GKN Aerospace. Implement commodity strategies, developed by Category Managers, which leverage GKN Aerospace’s spend to deliver significant annual improvements in cost and service levels. Coordinating implementation of contracts through the P2P function at sites and manage compliance. Work with cross functional stakeholder teams to identify business needs and implement contracts which support.

Job Responsibilities

  • Accountable for delivery of the targeted savings identified as part of annual planning reviews to improve bottom line profitability of GKN Aerospace.
  • Negotiate contracts, not covered by Regional/global strategies, where leverage opportunities are identified within country/area of responsibility
  • Contribute to ongoing development of Aerospace Commodity strategy for areas of responsibility
  • Actively participate in stakeholder teams within country/area of responsibility to deliver improvements in contracts (cost, performance, quality) for GKN Aerospace
  • Work with all layers of GKN Aerospace organisation to communicate and gain buy in/ support to commodity strategies.
  • Provide analysis & information to senior management on plans and benefits of actions
  • Lead key negotiation activities with senior level representatives of suppliers to deliver benefits to business
  • Establish data/fact driven analysis of potential opportunities for procurement activities
  • Manage Requests for Proposal / Auction activities within commodities across country / area of responsibility.
  • Work with sites to ensure compliance to corporate contracts
  • Contribute to the development of commodity budgets / forecasts & liaise with sites to embed locally

Essential

  • Demonstrable knowledge of procurement activities within indirect commodities of responsibility.
  • Knowledge of supply markets for relevant commodities.
  • Extensive negotiation experience & skills with industry leading vendors.
  • Strong communication skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence senior business stakeholders (Director and VP level). 
  • Minimum of 5 years Indirect Commodity experience with 2-3 years in Aerospace industry preferred.

Diversity Inclusion and Belonging (DIB)

As a global engineering company, innovation is what differentiates us from our competitors and is central to our success.

A balance of cultures, ethnicities and genders help bring new ideas and creativity to GKN. We need people of different backgrounds, with different skills and perspectives to spark originality, imagination and creativeness in our teams around the world.

GKN is an equal opportunity employer.

We treat all our employees and applicants fairly and are committed to ensuring that there is no discrimination or harassment against any employee or qualified applicant on the grounds of age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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