Sub-Contract Controller

Build an Aviation Career You’re Proud Of

Your work ties us all together, helping our teams function and operate. Experience opportunities to learn and be a part of an organisation that has your back. And with competitive compensation and total rewards, you’ll also enjoy our great perks.

Work with the latest technologies and techniques in the aviation industry to source materials, manage inventory, and coordinate logistics. You’ll ensure we have what we need to service our customers.

Key responsibilities and duties:

• Support the business in its sub-contract repair needs
• Carry out order placement and associated activities and proactively expedite the resulting orders.
• Maintain and further supplier relationships
• Ensure that policies and operational practices provide effective repair of products that cannot be repaired in-house
• Obtain best value for money for services undertaken through effective negotiation with existing or potential suppliers.
• Ensure compliance with internal Financial Authority Regulations 
• Monitor supplier performance & manage supplier performance improvement.
• Ongoing monitoring of pricing structures, and establishment of pricing structures where none currently exist
• To continually develop product and supplier market knowledge
• Engage, support and obtain agreement from key stakeholders in respect of Supply agreement implementation 
• Liaise with the Commercial and Finance department to ensure the credibility of suppliers.
• Contribute towards maintenance of the Vendor List, including supporting Quality with required documents for setting up and maintaining supplier approvals.
• Carry out transactional activities on Navixa and maintain compliance with policies procedures in the company Business Manual.
• Maintain the quality requirements of the business in relation to procurement activities and apply best industry practice.
• Monitor the performance of current suppliers and the receipting activity and feedback observations to the Supply Chain and Logistics Manager on a regular basis.
• Work with Material Planners to review safety stock and exchange stock, identifying material that should be held within pool stocks to support production plans.
• Cross train with other areas to be able to cover during peaks of work or periods of absence, while maintaining and ensuring adequate levels of support to the business. 
• Support Material Review Boards (MRBs) to provide suggestions to the Business regarding alternative use of material or possible alternatives, in order to reduce cost or turn time.

Competencies:

Core:         

Essential

• High level negotiating skills.
• Numerate and analytical.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to build effective relationships.
• Ability to bring a new dimension to procurement activities and continuous improvement
• Understanding & awareness of Contract Law

Functional: 

Essential

• Financial awareness.
• High Degree of Computer literacy 
• Highly organised and effective coordinating and planning skills.

Desirable

• Understanding and Awareness of Military & Commercial Aviation regulations 

Organisational Relationships: 

• Maintain excellent Customer and Supplier relationships.
• Effective stakeholder management (internal and external)
• Ability to work across organisational boundaries and communicate at all levels within the Business.
• Maintain excellent working relationship with all key business and support units. 
• Work with Material Planners and Planner/Schedulers to ensure the production plan is kept up to date and material is scheduled and delivered in line with the production plan. 
• Work with other Sub-Contract controllers within the business to ensure adequate levels of support to required BU areas.

Professional Qualifications/Education and Training:

Essential   

• Good IT skills include wide experience of word documents, Excel spreadsheets (including pivot tables and charts) and PowerPoint.
• General commercial awareness.
• Dealing with technical suppliers

Desirable 

• CIPS (Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply) qualified and/or equivalent.

Experience:

• Previous procurement experience with responsibility for delivery of procurement benefits including financial savings. 
• Supply Chain background, with preferred emphasis on technical aspects within an aviation environment.
• Knowledge of procurement tools & techniques.
• Knowledge of financial, legal and corporate social responsibility issues.

Benefits that make life better:

• 206 hours annual leave per year for employees working 37 hours per week, plus 8 public holidays
• 4 employer match pension scheme
• YuLife wellbeing services, including 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Program, personalised online fitness programs, and many more!
• Bonus opportunities
• Generous paid sick leave
• Life assurance cover
• Salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme
• Onsite gym at both the Fleetlands and Almondbank sites
• Eye test vouchers
• Seasonal flu jabs administered on site each year by Bupa
• Learning and training opportunities