Procurement Manager - Aircraft Lease (Engineering) - Emiratisation

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

About Emirates Engineering

Our highly qualified team excels in maintenance, engineering, quality, planning, and logistics, setting industry standards with an unwavering commitment to safety and excellence.

Role Overview

As a Procurement Manager (Aircraft), you will manage the acquisition of goods and/or services in collaboration with the business/user department contributing the required process orientation and commercial expertise. You will be responsible to facilitate and coordinate effective cross-functional teamwork and act as the account manager/interface between Emirates and selected high-value suppliers.

• Sourcing and supplier selection: Formulate sourcing plans including negotiation strategy in conjunction with the business/user department within the confines of the department's approved budget. Identify and evaluate sources of supply that meet Emirates requirements minimizing total lifetime cost and business risk.
• Supplier relationship management, KPIs and assessment: Establish and maintain a strong relationship with suppliers that provide optimal benefits to Emirates. Create and carry out, in conjunction with the business/user department, a comprehensive supplier assessment and benchmarking process that measures the performance and quality of deliverables, turnaround times, operational support, etc. Any shortfalls identified should be reviewed with the suppliers and addressed with appropriate actions meeting the business/user department needs on a timely basis.
• Stakeholder management: Proactively provide support to stakeholders in their initiatives involving the procurement function including assessment of spend, preparation of business cases, monitoring of costs against budgets, adherence to compliance monitoring regulations, etc.
• Process and procedure: Ensure all processes and procedures are aligned to group corporate policies and regulatory requirements, and documented appropriately in the EPMs. Ensure the implemented processes are continuously reviewed and benchmarked to measure and enhance effectiveness with appropriate internal controls and reporting mechanisms. Lead the team and conduct performance management through MyBC, ensuring delivery of SLA and objectives of the department.
• Lease negotiations: Act as Engineering focal for Corporate Treasury in reviewing and negotiating any financing arrangement for new aircraft deliveries. Coordinate with Fleet Planning to identify lease extensions and negotiate the best commercial terms with lessors for such extensions, providing optimal cost of ownership along with maximum flexibility to operate the aircraft as per Emirates operational needs.
• Lease management: Manage contractual obligations stated in aircraft leases including coordination with internal stakeholders to provide required data/reports as per the lease, issuance of notices to lessors, scoping documents, etc., to comply with lease obligations. Create and maintain a comprehensive database of lease obligations and update internal stakeholders of any changes in contractual terms on a timely basis.
• Aircraft redeliveries and end-of-lease management: Manage and support the end-of-lease process including negotiation of end-of-lease contractual payments, coordination with relevant internal and external stakeholders for smooth, timely, and cost-effective aircraft redeliveries meeting contractual obligations and compliance requirements.
• Aircraft disposal: Manage aircraft disposals including identification of potential bidders/buyers, negotiate and execute contracts providing the best commercial terms in line with directions from Emirates management, and coordinate with internal stakeholders to ensure a smooth disposal process is followed. Such disposals shall also include engineering scrap inventory.
• Contracting: Draft or negotiate contracts that aptly capture negotiated terms including user department requirements, operational support, cost protection, service level commitments, penalties, and remedies for any shortfall in service levels. Coordinate internally with relevant stakeholders including business/user department, Compliance Monitoring, Finance, Legal, Insurance, and Taxation to finalise and execute contracts on a timely basis following the Procurement Aircraft Policy Procedure Manual and guidelines specified in the Authorities Manual.

Qualifications & Experience

To be considered for this role, you must meet the below requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or honours in Business and/or Engineering, preferably Mechanical/Aeronautical Engineering.
• Experience of 8+ years in Procurement, Aircraft, Supply Chain Management.
• Experience in an airline, Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), or maintenance organisation.
• Extensive knowledge of relationship structuring and managing supplier performance.
• Sound understanding of airline engineering and maintenance activities.
• Strong aptitude to create, sell in, and implement business processes is essential.
• Strong project management skills in a global supply environment.
• Ability to benchmark on a continuous basis the supply markets for a given spend commodity.
• Previous experience with aviation line/base and engineering maintenance services would be a plus.
• Familiarity with GCAA/FAA/EASA regulations would be an asset.
• Specific domain (aircraft) expertise and authority would be a plus.
• Strong analytical skills.

About the Company

A fast-growing international airline with one of the youngest fleets in the sky and more than 400 awards for excellence worldwide.

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