SVP Personal Secretary for the Airbus Chief Industrial Architect (M/F)

**Job Description:** Airbus is looking for a **Category Buyer** (f/m) to join our **General Procurement Business Services Team** based in T **oulouse, France** . You will be part of a team responsible for procuring group-wide business services across all Airbus sites (managing a 630M€ spend in 2025). Within the Corporate Services commodity, you will be involved in sourcing, contracting, and managing suppliers for Supply Chain & Procurement Business Operation Services (SCQ and Px operations) aiming at maximizing the commercial value-added for the company. **Your working environment:** As the global capital of aeronautics and the European hub for space research, Toulouse is a vibrant city in southwestern France. Perfectly situated between the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Pyrenees mountains, it provides endless opportunities for a great outdoor lifestyle. **How we care for you:** At Airbus, we support you to work, connect, and collaborate flexibly. We offer: * **Financial rewards:** Competitive salary, profit-sharing initiatives, matched employee savings, and voluntary stock purchase plans. * **Work / Life Balance:** Flexible working arrangements to foster innovation, extra leave for special occasions, and access to numerous staff council activities. * **Wellbeing / Health:** Comprehensive health and life insurance coverage. Depending on the site, you may access fitness centers, medical services, and concierge options. * **Individual development:** Endless upskilling opportunities with access to over 10,000 e-learning modules, expert career paths, and worldwide mobility programs. **Your challenges:** * Manage the end-to-end procurement activity for a strategic portfolio of service providers for Supply Chain & Procurement Business Operation Services (spend >70M€/year). * Execute the Procurement Market Segment Strategy, perform market intelligence, and manage call-for-tenders (CFTs), including complex contract drafting and commercial negotiations. * Lead Multi-functional / Multi-divisional Teams (MFT/MDT) across the contract lifecycle, driving continuous improvement, supplier performance monitoring, and claim management. * Manage robust relationships with market-leading suppliers through business reviews while effectively engaging and aligning senior internal stakeholders. Drive specific projects advancing Airbus’ strategic roadmaps in sustainability, supply chain resilience, digitalization, and overall competitiveness. **Your boarding pass:** * Minimum of 5 years of professional experience as a buyer, ideally with a background in plant services. * Master’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Transport and Logistics, Engineering, or equivalent business experience. * Proven expertise in stakeholder management at the executive level and strong assertiveness when negotiating with market-leading service providers. * Strong financial and business acumen, with the ability to implement agile procurement stra