Procurement Project Manager

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Job Details

Location: Mobile, AL

Job Category: Light Industrial/Manufacturing

Position Type: Associate - W2

Shift: 1

PDS Defense, Inc. is seeking a Procurement Project Manager, in Mobile, AL.

Job Description

This position ensures the delivery of smooth, sustainable procurement project execution while fostering strong, collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders. The role leads the Procurement workstream within cross‑functional projects, driving effective regional and global coordination between Flying Procurement organizations and other business functions.

Your Challenges

Project management (70%)

• In the frame of the FAL Ramp‑Up, Mobile Ecosystem and Transformation, this position holder will interface and coordinate with locally and globally positioned stakeholders involved in the assigned scope of activities.
• He/she may be involved in projects led by other departments and will have to manage priority conflicts with a logical, organized approach.
• Full management and accountability across a number projects, including project interdependencies, through the full lifecycle of a Programme/Product.
• Propose, develop and apply programme /product strategy towards customers.
• Escalate, as needed, any issues that require Senior Management input / decisions to ensure project progress is maintained.
• Ensure that all programme/projects targets (product quality & delivery schedule, financial objectives, including Profit & Loss) are met.
• Design and implement a progress report for each of the projects under his/her management, using Airbus reporting tools.
  • Ensure the accuracy and consistency of the reporting
  • Provide intelligence on the data to Procurement management team and identify potential opportunities/risks
• Is responsible for delivering successfully all projects.

Procurement Process, tools & best practice driver : (30%)

• Support the Strategic Procurement Director in Mobile to drive compliance to Airbus processes through strong communication with internal customers.
• Support the Regional Procurement Manager in Mobile to drive change management in the frame of his/her activities.
• Support the Regional Procurement Manager in Mobile resolving procurement process blockages and recommend solutions to operational and contractual problems.
• Organize and run compliance and best practices awareness to procurement/internal customer communities.
• Support resolution of procurement tools blockages (i.e. SAP, Ariba, Coupa, Oracle, etc)
• Support local tools deployment.

Your Boarding Pass

• A Bachelors' Degree in Business Administration (MS preferred) or a related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• PMP certification.
• Required minimum 5‑7 years' experience in a Project management or related function.
• Knowledge of Risk Management & Business Case Analysis & TCO Approach.
• Procurement process.
• Project Management.
• Demonstrated effectiveness as a participant and leader on a work-focused team.
• Strong adherence to ethics & compliance.
• The position holder must have a demonstrated track record of successfully managing stakeholders in complex cross‑functional and geographically dispersed matrix organizations.
• Must possess subject matter expertise over the procurement tools and processes.
• Have a robust view of risk and opportunity management.
• Bring with them a progressive and disruptive mindset in both domestic and international settings.
• Fluency in written and verbal English. Fluency in French, German and/or Spanish is a plus.

Expected behavioral competencies include the following

• Ability to understand, treat and propose medium diversity and complexity solutions by mobilizing knowledge / methods / varied processes.
• Ability to influence and support ‘positive behavior change' within a multinational company at all levels.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with a senior executive audience (internal and external).
• Proven leadership capabilities and team working skills that can be applied in a complex matrix organization.
• Analytical capacities to generate meaningful insights enabling operations from complex data.
• Proactive nature, strong self-initiative and ability to balance priorities across projects.
• Demonstrate curiosity and capacity to propose “out of the box” solutions.
• Ability to identify and solve complex problems and manage conflict.
• Capable of living up to the Airbus Integrity Principles, consistently demonstrating ethical leadership behaviors.
• Excellent skills to motivate multi-functional teams in situations of often conflicting objectives (Internal Customer, Supplier, Budget).

Technical Systems Proficiency

• Advanced knowledge of Qlik Sense, Tableau, Leaner Business Improvement Projects (LBIP+).
• Expert user of Google Suite Tools.
• Advanced knowledge of enterprise systems, including SAP, Coupa and associated transactional systems.

Benefits

Benefits offered to vary by the contract. Depending on your temporary assignment, benefits may include direct deposit, free career counseling services, 401(k), select paid holidays, short-term disability insurance, skills training, employee referral bonus, affordable medical coverage plan, and DailyPay (in some locations). For a full description of benefits available to you, be sure to talk with your recruiter.

Job Requirements Minimum Security Clearance: No Clearance

Military connected talent encouraged to apply. VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled

The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

• The California Fair Chance Act
• Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
• Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
• San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance