CapEx Acquisition Lead and Contracts Mgr

Airbus Aerosystems Kinston is looking for a CapEX Acquisition Lead and Contracts Mgr. to join our our team based in Kinston, NC. The Industrial Maintenance organization provides corrective and preventative maintenance across a broad range of installed assets and hand tools within the Kinston Plant. The assets include mechanical and electrical CNC machinery, conventional production machinery, Jigs and Tools, industrial autoclaves and automated guided vehicles. Asset age ranges from new equipment, up to 15 years old. The Industrial Maintenance strategy requires enhanced technical support to develop the internal competence to deliver comprehensive asset care. Reporting to the Ho J&T, Robotics, Des, Acq & Maint, the CapEx Acquisition Lead and Contracts Manager will be responsible for ensuring service levels and value for money are realized for the capital investment, contracted Maintenance Service Providers.

Responsibilities

Project manage CapEx business cases End to End (~ $200M over a two year period); Ensure contractor performance to deliver cost effective asset safety and reliability; Manage the development and delivery of the contracting strategy, ensuring all key stakeholders are fully engaged in the process; Ensure effective governance including preparation and delivery of commercial summaries for submission to management (reports, scorecards, etc.); Maintain a ‘safety first’ culture in the maintenance team and be a ‘champion for safety’; Manage the preparation and delivery of the business annual budgeting; Delegated authority and responsible for a Non Payroll Budget of $xxm (typical); Create/support a spare parts strategy for our most critical assets within the Airbus Aerostructures in the Kinston Plant; Maintain budget adherence by controlling spend and effectively managing financial risk and opportunity. Anticipate planned spend and mitigate deviations from budget; Ensure that service provider(s) costs remain below budget. Track cost performance, commit on Year to End cost forecast each month; Drive cost savings in contracted services via efficient use of resources challenging custom and practice; Develop annual budgets aligned to customer demand, maintenance strategy and cost reduction requirements; Protect operational budget from rate changes via considered contracts and commercial levers; Regularly review processes and procedures to ensure that they are being adhered to and identify and deliver improvements on a continual basis; Support Procurement in the negotiation of contracts to provide required service levels and value for money; Develop and maintain long term relationships with key strategic suppliers; Working with the Maintenance Engineering team, drive a high performance culture through the day to day management of the Contracts; Implement and manage commercial scorecards and performance measurement across the organization, delivering improvement in Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery and People; Report and forecast business performance with monthly, quarterly and annual structured reporting in a ‘Drum Beat’ fashion; Conduct ‘Deep Dives’ where performance gaps, or potential performance gaps present themselves and implement changes and controls as the situations dictate; Maintain compliance with Airbus procedures and practices e.g. Maintenance Procedure (FU.IN.07), Airbus Operating System, Ethics and Compliance and Shape; Support Ho J&T, Robotics, Des, Acq & Maint in the development of the Maintenance strategy including management of contractors. Align the Commercial Maintenance Strategy with Manufacturing and Procurement strategies; Working with Maintenance Engineering develop cost of maintenance reduction projects balanced with asset reliability and safety; Provide a single point of contact for the Service Providers and the Internal Customers In terms of delivery and escalation; Contribute actively to the overall management of the Industrial Maintenance business

Requirements

10 or more years of experience in Contract Managing; OR 2 or more years of relevant experience with a Master’s Degree; 5% Domestic and International; US Person under ITAR definition OR Eligible to work in the USA

Benefits

Competitive pay; incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes; retirement savings plan; Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP); paid time off including personal time, holidays and paid parental leave program; comprehensive insurance coverage including medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) and other supplemental benefit coverages; upskilling and development opportunities through global Leadership University with access to 10,000+ e-learning courses; accelerated development programmes; national and international mobility; relocation assistance for qualified positions