Managing Director, Airports, Dining, Cabin and Corporate Purchasing (Ft Worth, TX, US)

Location: DFW Headquarters Building 8 (DFW-SV08) 
Additional Locations: None
Requisition ID: 38535 

Intro

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!

Why you'll love this job

The Managing Director of Airports, Dining, Cabin, and Corporate Purchasing will provide leadership, vision, and direction for the strategic sourcing of goods and services necessary to support Airport Operations and Cargo, Onboard Dining and Service, Flight Operations, Marketing, and Corporate Real Estate.

What you'll do

• Leads a team of 40+ to provide procurement, sourcing, and supply chain support to Airport Operations and Cargo, Onboard Dining and Service, Flight Operations, Marketing, and Corporate Real Estate, including executing effective sourcing strategies, achieving best value supplier selection, and delivering on sourcing objectives including supplier quality, delivery, working capital improvements, and productivity.
• Works closely with suppliers to reduce spend and improve American’s working capital, while maintaining operational reliability, as well as working collaboratively with our suppliers, internal customers, and finance to mitigate large inventory levels driven by network reductions in response to Covid-19.
• Provides advice, functional expertise, and leadership to support business planning, strategic sourcing, contracting, transactional purchasing, supplier management, and internal procurement support activities. Promotes inter-departmental collaboration and fosters effective relationships with key external vendors.
• Ensures all of American Airlines’ vendor partnerships bring value to the company and that purchasing strategies are aligned with corporate objectives. Develops supply chain and vendor strategies to mitigate operational risks, monitor vendor performance and adherence to operational SLAs, and ensure supply chain meets demand needs.
• Leverages the implementation of modern technology, Coupa, to institute best practices, benchmarks and scorecards, and drive a culture of performance excellence, continuous improvement and cost-savings within Corporate Procurement and across other procurement groups including Tech Ops, IT Vendor Management, and HR Vendor Management.
• Leads a cross-functional committee of all MDs at American with sourcing/contracting responsibilities to coordinate company purchasing policies and procedures
• Leads Supplier Diversity program on behalf of all procurement departments, including Board participation with the DFW Minority Supplier Development Council and Women’s Business Council Southwest.
• Upholds high standards of conduct to prevent conflicts of interest or improper supplier and customer relationships

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Demonstrates the highest standards of personal ethics and integrity
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Logistics, or related discipline, or equivalent experience/training
• 7+ years of experience in procurement, supply chain, strategy, or finance
• 10 years of experience in leadership roles

Preferred  Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Advanced Degree or accredited supply chain professional certification preferred
• Strong background in negotiation, contract management, project management, vendor relations, process improvement, and airline management
• Strong understanding of airline operations; preference towards experience with airport operations and catering, with ability to rapidly come up to speed in less familiar areas of the airline
• Experience implementing and working with Coupa software preferred

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• Action oriented, results-driven leader with a natural aptitude for engaging employees
• Proven ability to identify and implement creative and innovative solutions to complex problems
• Strong problem solving, critical thinking, and decision-making ability
• Proven ability to build and facilitate relationships at all levels of the organization, both internally and externally
• Outstanding team building and leadership skills, including demonstrated ability to hire and develop top talent
• Ability to be flexible in rapidly changing conditions and priorities, and to redirect managers and teams toward new objectives; ability to embrace ambiguity and enable clarity
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills with ability to interact effectively with all levels, both verbally and written
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities in a high volume environment
• Proven experience leading broad organizational change and transformation
• Proven track record of delivering cost savings

What you'll get

Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer: 

• Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
• Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more. 
• Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
• 401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
• Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more

Feel Free to be yourself at American

From the team members we hire to the customers we serve, inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Employee Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world.

Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life’s journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.

Additional Locations: None
Requisition ID: 38535 

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