Category Manager

Heart Aerospace AB / Inköpar- och marknadsjobb / Göteborg
2022-10-07
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About Heart Aerospace

Heart's mission is to create the fastest, most affordable and sustainable mode of transport for regional travel. Our goal is to serve the market in every corner of the world.

At Heart Aerospace we develop the ES-30, a regional electric airplane with a capacity of 30 passengers driven by electric motors with battery derived energy. The ES-30 is expected to enter into service in 2028.

Your place of work will be at our main office. This is located at Säve Airport in Gothenburg, Sweden. Relocation assistance can be provided. At Heart you'll be working at the cutting edge of technology while contributing towards a sustainable future. We offer stock options to all our employees and a challenging and inspiring work environment.

We seek experienced and skilled professionals to join our small, fast moving team developing a new electric aircraft in Sweden. We're in a very expansive phase and now is the time to join our team.

Come help us write a new chapter in the history of aviation together.

Role Overview

Do you have a passion for procurement and are you professional in everything you do? As the Category Manager you have a strategic procurement role and will be a key contributor to our value driven procurement excellence. You are proactive and creative and lead the commercial relationship with our suppliers. This role is instrumental in optimizing upstream value and driving competitive commercial negotiations and agreements with the supplier base within the assigned scope of responsibility.

Responsibilities

- Establish and implement a category strategy that meets the company's requirements
- Manage on-time sourcing and selection of high performing suppliers that meet defined Program targets
- Lead negotiator within assigned scope with focus on commercial terms & conditions
- Develop sustainable supplier relationships and drive supplier excellence
- Conduct evaluation of supplier performance and drive corrective actions if required
- Drive supplier value optimization
- Set annual spend and savings forecasts and monitor actuals vs forecast
- Actively contribute to other procurement initiatives and take part in special projects
- Represent the Procurement function in internal or external events as needed
- Be an active contributor to develop efficient procurement processes and best practice
- Close interaction with internal stakeholders to capture business needs and program requirements
- Regular assessment and analysis of market, trends and new innovations
- Identify and perform business intelligence and benchmark studies
- Contract Lifecycle Management
- Spend Management
- Proactive assessment and mitigation of risk

Organization

The role is organized in the Procurement team and reports to the Head of Procurement. The Category Manager is a business facing role interacting and collaborating with the supplier base as well as the relevant stakeholders and colleagues.

This position is based in Gothenburg and will include some international travel.
Qualifications & Experience

- Bachelor's degree in management, business, economics or engineering and/or; equivalent work experience from strategic procurement, sourcing or similar positions.
- 5+ years of experience in a senior strategic/category/sourcing position
- Strong business acumen and strategic mindset
- Comfortable in fast paced, cross-functional and multicultural environment
- Experience in building and driving high performing cross-functional teams in an international environment
- Excellence in negotiation, sourcing execution, category management, supplier relationship management and contract management
- Demonstrated success in commercial and supplier readiness in product development and industrialization of new products
- Proven record of optimizing supplier relationships and performance improvements
- Ability to define frameworks, processes, and tools to ensure efficiency and agility
- Strong analytic, interpersonal and communication skills
- Driven, responsible and accountable for your deliverables
- Flexible attitude and solution-oriented mindset
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
- Eagerness to collaborate with others
- Passion for aircraft and Heart's mission
- Microsoft Office suite with high level of proficiency in Excel and Power Point

The ideal candidate would have

- Experience working in the commercial aerospace or automotive industry in an OEM environment
- Experience from OEM development programs
- Experience working in an EASA CS-25 Design Organisation or international equivalent

At Heart Aerospace, we believe every career is as unique as the individual and empower employees to reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose. We are growing and there will be plenty of opportunities for development and taking on other responsibilities.

Heart is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified candidates and employees pursuant to applicable law. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Working at Heart Aerospace is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world more accessible and sustainable.

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Publiceringsdatum
2022-10-07

Ersättning
Fast månads- vecko- eller timlön

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Företag
Heart Aerospace AB

Omfattning
Detta är ett heltidsjobb.

Arbetsgivare
Heart Aerospace AB (org.nr 559150-5721), https://heartaerospace.com/

Arbetsplats
Heart Aerospace

Jobbnummer
7054190

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