Key Tasks:

• Manage all purchasing aspects of designated projects within the Aviation Business Unit.
• Establish and manage the Aviation Business Unit purchasing system.
• Liaise with company staff and potential and existing suppliers.
• Determine and procure parts, equipment, tools and consumables required for Aviation Business Unit operations and support activities.
• Develop required equipment, spare parts and expendables lists and manage suppliers to provide required items in a timely fashion.
• Undertake item procurement from the market place that provides the best equipment at the best value.
• Conduct market research to determine market conditions and price trends in order to conduct complex and critical acquisitions.
• Provide advice to senior management on current market conditions and pricing trends for consideration in contract development.
• Establish and manage the Aviation Business Unit purchasing system in order to improved efficiencies through QMS consistent, centralized
  acquisition processes.
• Establish and manage the purchasing policies, systems and procedures required by the Aviation Business Unit operations and support activities.
• Establish approved supplier criteria. Evaluate potential suppliers based upon: cost, quality, service, availability, reliability and selection variety.
• Develop and maintain an approved suppliers list.
• Conduct research on the technical aspects of required items to be purchased, to gain a functional understanding of these requirements.
• Work in close consultation with all Aviation Business Unit staff to develop "team buying" relationships, providing purchasing advice and seeking advice and consultation of technical subject matter experts.
• Manage supplier relationships.

Essential Skills and Qualifications:

• Must be local UAE candidate
• Previous experience in a similar aviation purchasing role in an international environment.
• Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree from an accredited university.
• At least three years relevant purchasing management experience.
• Demonstrated experience in supplier evaluation activities.
• Analytical skills in determining best value for money in purchasing.
• Computer skills including MS Word, Power Point, Excel, Visio and appropriate purchasing, procurement and acquisition software.

Preferable Skills and Qualifications:

• Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from an accredited university.
• Military experience involving operations in austere environments, preferably with tours in Afghanistan or Iraq.
• Conversational Russian language skills.
• International staff experience (UN, NATO).
• Designation as: Accredited Purchasing Practitioner (APP), Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM), Certified Purchasing Professional (CPP) or Certified Professional Purchasing Manager (CPPM).