We are part of International Airlines Group (IAG), one of the world’s leading airline groups and owner of some of the biggest brands in the sky.
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IAG Transform provides creative and innovative solutions to drive sustainable transformation by delivering procurement and airline services, as well as group-wide systems across IAG. Each operating company benefits from the Transform centralised model, driving efficiencies, automation, and economies of scale.
Purpose of the role
IAG Airports is part of the International Airlines Group’s (IAG, S.A.) Transformation directorate. IAG is one of the world’s leading airline groups, with over 500 aircraft flying to over 250 destinations, carrying ~ 100 million passengers each year.
IAG Airports provides a scalable platform, which looks to transform the airports’ cost, revenue, NPS and ground safety performance of Aer Lingus, British Airways, IAG Cargo, Iberia, Iberia Express, LEVEL and Vueling.
IAG Airports are based across our key airline Hubs in Spain and UK&I.
Your responsibilities
Design and support the execution of transformation roadmaps, working closely with IAG’s businesses.
Responsibility for developing and implementing local and global sourcing strategies for all external spend related activity.
Management of stakeholder relationships in all operating companies, ensuring appropriately robust challenge while delivering the operating companies’ business plans.
Manage supplier risk to protect the operating companies and the Group from financial, operational and reputational damage.
Provide commercial innovation to internal stakeholders through interaction with the supply base.
Work with internal stakeholders and external suppliers to resolve commercial and contractual disputes; in particular suppliers with high complexity and/or high spend.
Support operating companies tier 1 (high strategic/high risk/high spend) projects. Work with strategic suppliers to grow and develop supplier markets.
Work alongside business areas to identify, challenge, harmonise and simplify specifications and processes across the operating companies to ensure that Group buying power is maximised.
Ensure that all activity is carried out in line with Group and operating company governance principles.
Develop effective working relations with key interfaces across the Group and operating companies including line, finance, legal and other stakeholders.
Take active role in cross-departmental strategic and leadership activities.
Key Relationships/Interfaces
Business leaders in each of the operating companies.
Suppliers
Your skills, experience and qualifications
Degree and/or ability to demonstrate strong knowledge of working in international procurement environment.
Resilience and adaptability with a continuous improvement mindset and razor‑sharp execution
Ability to influence and communicate compelling and well thought out solutions to complex problems
Capability to build strong relationships and engage with and influence stakeholders of all levels (verbally and written)
Ability to influence, align diverse views and gain consensus, providing clarity and direction on what is to be achieved and break down barriers that get in the way of effective team working.
Ability to prioritise, maintain clear focus and provide direction in constant ambiguity and change, using knowledge, judgment, resilience and courage to resolve conflicting priorities and manage crises.
Ability to operate effectively in an environment with tight deadlines, finite resource and uncertainty.
Able to strike balance between short‑term improvement and long‑term value generation, highly ambitious and delivering results quickly
Commitment to service excellence and process enhancement
Excellent people management with the ability to inspire, lead, build and deliver through high‑performance teams.
Excellent written and spoken English and/or Spanish is a plus
Senior level experience of partnering with Senior Leaders and Executives in a fast moving and agile business environment.
Experience of working in an environment of change involving people, process, policy and technology.
Experience managing teams for success across multiple countries and cultures
Change management experience supporting and implementing multiple solutions involving people, process, policy and technology
Good understanding of corporate compliance & controls standards and practical experience in applying them in the own area of responsibility
Working proficiency in MS Excel, MS Word, PowerPoint
Working experience at an airport desirable.
What we offer
The chance to enjoy a challenging career in an exciting, fast‑moving environment in a dynamic industry.
The opportunity to work in a multi‑cultural environment with great offices in many locations. xpzdshu We support our people in maintaining work/life balance, as well as providing the many benefits one would expect from a global organisation, including health insurance, pension and performance bonuses.
We are an equal opportunities employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law
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