Senior Category Specialist

3 weeks ago


Gurgaon, Haryana, India United Airlines Full time


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Finance

The Finance department, which manages the company's budgets, forecasts and investments, and provides analysis of our financial performance and strategies.

Job overview and responsibilities

The Global Procurement organization at United Airlines is responsible for procuring goods and services and developing/ managing relationships with third-party providers with the objective of reducing total cost and risk to the company while improving levels of quality, service, and technology
The primary responsibility for this role of Sr. Category Specialist in the India Knowledge Center (IKC) of United Airlines is to support the tactical buying team, as well as other category managers in the US team.


• Responsible for team of buyers managing direct tactical procurement of aircraft and engine spare parts inventory

• Sourcing of Aircraft and engine components, negotiating prices and conditions, developing purchasing strategies to reduce United's costs while ensuring compliance with all financial controls, including SOX compliance

• Supporting new contract execution, contract redlining and SOW negotiations. This includes coordinating with Legal/Tech ops/Finance/ other teams, as well as interpreting contract language, identifying non-compliance events, and supporting corrective actions.

• Providing support, as needed, to one or more of the following categories for the business: Aircraft Maintenance, Engine Leases, Aircraft Components, etc. This includes supply market analysis, requests for proposals (RFP).

• Managing business relationships with key internal stakeholders and external suppliers including routine enhancements to agreements, communication of demand/volume changes and support them with data analytics requirements using tools like Excel, Foundry, SQL, Spotfire etc.

• Analyzing and interpreting large complex data and information necessary to guide the development of total cost of ownership (TCO) strategies and financial modelling

• Ability to handle simultaneous projects and adapt to a quickly changing environment.

This position is offered on local terms and conditions. Expatriate assignments and sponsorship for employment visas, even on a time-limited visa status, will not be awarded.This position is for United Airlines Business Services Pvt. Ltd - a wholly owned subsidiary of United Airlines Inc.



Qualifications

Required


• Bachelor's degree

• Finance, Engineering, Economics, or another business-related field

• 4+ years of procurement/sourcing, supplier management, or finance experience

• Highly analytical with excellent problem-solving skills

• Excellent oral communication and people skills

• Works well in high-paced cross-functional environment

• Must be proficient in Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, Access and PowerPoint

• Must be fluent in English (written and spoken)

• Organized, detail-oriented, thorough and professional

• Must be legally authorized to work in India for any employer without sponsorship

• Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification

• Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position

Preferred


• MBA/ Master's degree

• Knowledge of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) concepts

• Experience working in the transportation or airline industry

• Knowledge of Strategic Sourcing processes

• Experience working on any of the mentioned categories: Aircraft and engine maintenance, components procurement

Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT

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