Tactical Buyer
About Brussels Airlines
Brussels Airlines, part of the Lufthansa Group, is the national airline of Belgium with its home base at Brussels Airport.
Our mission is to be the most reliable airline, making everyone feel at home.
We are passionate about what we do, whether it’s on board, in an office, in the hangar or at an airport. Our people are recognized for going above and beyond and for constantly challenging themselves.
Currently, we’re looking for a Tactical Buyer.
Are you the Procurement all rounder we are looking for?? At Brussels Airlines, we are looking for a dynamic and driven colleague to join our Procurement & Infrastructure team. You'll play a key role in supporting the team but you will be as well a manager of your own projects. You will be in contact with all departments within Brussels Airlines!
What you will do
- Manage Procure-to-Pay (P2P) Process: Handle everything from reviewing purchase requisitions and generating purchase orders. Work towards a better contract coverage and compliance. You'll also administer and manage supplier contracts database.
- Manage projects: You will be asked to participate in different projects. This can be with the Finance department (eg Supply Chain Finance) with the centre of excellence in Krakau or with Lufthansa colleagues in Frankfurt.
- Data & Dashboard Management: Maintain and update spend data and supplier KPI dashboards and produce comprehensive reports on spend, savings, and supplier performance for management. Manage the budget of the department.
- Training & Development: Create and manage a robust training program for the user community on procurement processes and systems, ensuring everyone is up-to-date and proficient.
- Cross-Department Collaboration: Liaise with counterparts in Finance, Operations and other departments to ensure a smooth source-to-pay workflow and proper approvals.
- Streamline & Automate: Lead the deployment of procurement applications to streamline and automate sourcing, contracting, purchasing and vendor onboarding processes. This includes managing various implementation projects for different procurement modules.
- Compliance & Audit Assistance: Support procurement compliance and audit activities.
- Communication lover: You will update our Sharepoint, write the monthly newsletter towards the internal clients and be the spokesperson for the communities of colleagues we work with.
Your profile
- Bachelor degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Finance.
- First experience in a Procurement, Finance or Sales/Commercial department is a plus.
- Proficiency in MS Office, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Strong analytical skills.
- A process-minded individual who can streamline and improve workflows.
- Hands-on mentality and high level of integrity.
- Proactive: picks up the needs before we do.
- Have good communication, interpersonal skills, and possess good critical-thinking skills.
- Confidence and willingness to take ownership of projects and initiatives.
- Fluent in both French and English is a must.
What we offer
- A flexible reward plan that allows you to optimize part of your salary;
- A flexible work environment focused on activity-based working & home office possibility;
- Travel benefits;
- Company car (or car allowance);
- Profit sharing;
- Group insurance;
- Company medical plan (optional);
- Meal- & eco vouchers;
- Representation & homeworking allowance;
- A spot in a very enthusiastic team & a great company to work for.
