JMC Aviation are working with a MRO company, travelling between Southend, Harlow and Stansted, looking to recruit a new Commercial and Procurement Manager to join their team.
This client is a leading MRO which have been operating for over 30 years, providing outstanding customer service and helping their employees progress within their roles. They offer in-house component repair, overhaul and maintenance of a range of aircraft types.
This is a Permanent Position travelling between Southend, Harlow and Stansted.
Working Monday – Friday (08:30 – 17:00).
Salary and Benefits
– Generous Annual Leave
– Salary Exchange Pension Scheme
– Employee Assistance Programme
– Life Assurance
– Employee Cash Plan
– Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Schemes
– Professional Growth and Development
– State-of-the-Art Equipment and Technology
– Ongoing Training and Certification Programmes
– Career Advancement Opportunities
The Role
The primary purpose of this role is to manage the commercial and procurement teams by focusing on driving business performance and growth through proactive contract management with both customers and suppliers. Responsibilities include leading contract negotiations, managing commercial risk through governance and procedures, supporting new business opportunities, and ensuring efficient quoting and procurement processes to enhance customer experience.
Other duties involve:
– Key commercial and procurement company representative for all matters relating to contracts
– Develop strong working relationship with customers and suppliers at a senior and working level while monitoring the appropriate commercial performance of each customer account.
– Provide commercial insights, driving profitable growth and support reviews of existing pricing structure and competitor pricing.
– Manage a bid/no-bid process to ensure value-added and low-risk business.
– Manage the Estimating and Procurement departments to ensure material, bought out and subcon pricing is supplied accurately and promptly.
– Ensure the development, implementation, and management of efficient and effective commercial and procurement company procedures. Produce KPI’s to monitor performance and help identify improvements.
– Accountable for ensuring company compliance with applicable customer and supplier contractual requirements and regulations in all aspects of the activity
– Support company sales initiatives by ensuring all customers understand the services available and by project managing the introduction of any new services
– Ensure Department Heads understand contractual obligations regarding service delivery requirements.
– Monitor the day-to-day commercial performance of each customer account
– Develop and implement comprehensive procurement strategies to ensure adequate stock levels, availability, and optimum inventory turnover, including re-sale of unrequired stock.
– Identify reliable suppliers, negotiate contracts, and manage relationships to ensure cost-effective procurement of materials and equipment.
– Line management and development of both the Commercial (including Estimating) and Procurement teams.
– Participate in internal and external audits, providing necessary documentation and implementing corrective actions as required.
In order to be successful in this role the Commercial and Procurement Manager will need to demonstrate the following skills and attributes:
– Ability to travel from site to site
– Demonstrable Commercial and Procurement Management experience, ideally within a similar role in an MRO or Aviation Manufacturing environment.
– Demonstrable experience in Contract Law and negotiation of Commercial terms with customers and suppliers.
– Successful track record of customer account management and new business wins
– Demonstrable experience in developing robust supply chain solutions through the implementation of comprehensive Procurement strategies to monitor and manage stock levels.
– Ability to plan, prioritise and manage conflicting deadlines.
– Demonstrable experience of managing multiple teams within different disciplines whilst managing own workload.
– Demonstrable experience of developing effective and efficient Commercial and Procurement procedures.
– Demonstrable experience of production of KPI’s to monitor performance and identify appropriate improvement opportunities.
If you think this is the role for you and you have the necessary skills and attributes, please apply today or contact JMC Aviation for more details.
Please note that due to the high level of applicants we will only be contacting shortlisted candidates regarding this role.
For this opportunity JMC Aviation Ltd is acting as an employment agency.

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