Buyer – Supply Chain (Engineering)

Job Description:

Salary: Competitive

Hours: Full Time

Location: Heathrow

Contract: 24 month Fixed Term/Secondment

Closing Date: 15th March 2025

At Virgin Atlantic Airways, we believe that everyone can take on the world, and its our vision to become the most loved travel company. As we embark on this next exciting stage of our journey, we’re harnessing our spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation to challenge the status quo.

In a nutshell

The role of the Buyer – Engineering Purchasing is to support the Manager – Repairs & Purchasing and Senior Buyer with the procurement of aircraft spares and Engineering services for VAA’s Aircraft Operations requirements. The Buyer will create or actively contribute to efficiencies that deliver quantifiable cost savings to the supply chain and support the management of our approved vendors. The Buyer will also support and contribute to the continuous improvement of the purchasing team’s performance.

Day to day

Purchase spares and services in the most cost effective and timely manner from approved vendors.

Deliver cost savings to the supply chain.

Actively manage the operational performance of our suppliers through the enforcement of contractual terms and as appropriate, performance improvement plans.

Actively contribute to the day to day running of the purchasing team to ensure departmental performance meets and strives to exceed KPI’s.

Support the Senior Buyer and Manager – Repairs & Purchasing with department projects.

About you

We’re seeking a skilled buyer/purchasing professional with airline experience and a drive to bring value to all you do and deliver savings where possible. If this sounds like you and you have the below skills/experience, we think you would love this role!

Good knowledge of sources of supply for the material and services that are procured by the department.
Detailed knowledge of IPC’s and relevant IT systems.
Good knowledge of technical Regulations and documentation.
Strong negotiator with track record of results
Member of (or working towards) the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply
Strong PC skills (MS Word/Excel/Access)
Significant Supply Chain experience with a very good understanding of our supplier base
High level of numeracy
Intellectually able to assimilate and process complex data from a range of sources
Professional in approach – commits to actions and keeps commitments
Able to operate well under pressure - time and conflict and volume of work
Commercial awareness outside immediate responsibilities

Our recipe for leadership

At Virgin Atlantic, our leaders empower teams to thrive through collaboration, innovation, and excellence. Explore our Leadership Recipe and discover the 20 core ingredients that define what it means to lead with us, driving our mission to be the most loved travel company and achieve sustainable profit. Want to learn more? Click here

Be yourself

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do our colleagues. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. At Virgin Atlantic, we believe everyone can take on the world - no matter your age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion, or beliefs. We celebrate difference and everything that makes our colleagues unique by upholding an inclusive environment in which we can all thrive. So that everyone at Virgin Atlantic can be themselves and know they belong.

To make your journey with us accessible and individual to you, we encourage you to let us know if you’d like a little extra help with your application, or if you have any individual requirements at any stage along your recruitment journey. We are here to support you, so please reach out to our team, (recruitmentfly.virgin.com) feeling confident that we’ve got your individual considerations covered.

Job Ident #: 2608

Company Details

Virgin Atlantic

Fleming Way
Crawley, England United Kingdom, International RH10 9DF International
www.virginatlantic.com/us/en

Virgin Atlantic uses a mixed fleet of Airbus and Boeing wide-body aircraft and operates to destinations in North America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East and Asia from its main hub at London–Heathrow, and its secondary hub at Manchester

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Job Info

Location

Crawley, England United Kingdom, International, United Kingdom

Type

Contractor

Company Details

Virgin Atlantic

Fleming Way
Crawley, England United Kingdom, International RH10 9DF International
www.virginatlantic.com/us/en