Etihad Airways

Aviation

CategoryOfficerOnboardproducts

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates FULL TIME
The Brief

“Category Officer - Onboard products at Etihad Airways. Skills: procurement operations, Sourcing Execution, Buying, PO processing, Contract administration. Perform support to Category Managers for sourcing execution activities through the full execution lifecycle, eg Requirements Definition, RFI/RFP, Award, Contracts and related activities, using good practices – eg Auctions – where approopriate. Performs/supports tactical and low value procurement and set up and use of self-service sourcing via ”

What You'll Achieve.

deliver efficient and reliable execution of all processes and systems for Sourcing Execution, Buying, PO processing, Contract administration; ensure efficiency and compliance; reduce effort, ensure compliance and improve service to End Users

Industry & Context.

Aviation

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Minimum 3-year Procurement Operations and Sourcing experience, Bachelor Degree in any discipline

Nice to Have

Aviation categories experience, Experience in P2P, Awareness & understanding of relevant Aviation and/or Indirect Categories

What You'll Do.

Perform support to Category Managers for sourcing execution activities through the full execution lifecycle

eg Requirements Definition

Contracts and related activities

using good practices – eg Auctions – where approopriate

Performs/supports tactical and low value procurement and set up and use of self-service sourcing via P-Cards and Managed Catalogues

Guided Buying from Master Service agreements

responsible for the process

governance and systems for these channels in order to reduce effort

ensure compliance and improve service to End Users

Performs the delivery of the ‘end to end’ procurement operations

administration and support

ensuring alignment with PSM policies

process and governance

including contract administration & document management

ensuring correct templates are used and Ariba functionality and reporting is executed correctly

timely and reliable Purchase Requisition (PR) conversion to Purchase Orders (PO)

Performs post contract administration – including contract consumption tracking & reporting

and where appropriate capturing Contract/Supplier performance for use by Insights and Category Managers

Liaison with Accounts Payable to address any related Payment issues

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

support to Category Managers; Liaison with Accounts Payable

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