Vendor Contract Manager

If you are a talented Vendor Contract Manager professional interested in working in the exciting field of aviation, Barfield wants you!

Barfield is more than just a prestigious name in the industry: it is a subsidiary of Air France Industries KLM Engineering

We are looking to hire a dedicated Vendor Contract Manager to join our team. The Vendor Contract Manager will support our Strategic Purchasing department.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manages existing vendor contracts and agreements.
• Negotiate and implement new agreements as needed.
• Ensures follow-up of OEM/Vendor invoicing for contract by the hour
• Generates Reports required per contract.
• Follows-up licensing-royalties fees, penalties, discounts programs, volume rebates with main vendors.
• Supports operations in case of major issue with Main Vendors (upon proper communication and
• escalation on Operation side)
• Performs vendor cost and performance review analysis.
• Develop reciprocal business (cross sourcing, distribution, …) with major vendors, proactively.
• Ensures fast escalation in case of issue resolution with vendors.
• Coordinates actions with AFI KL E&M Strategic Purchasing

Required Skills/Competencies/Qualifications:

• Aerospace Industry
• Customers and Vendors Network
• Contract Management
• Fluency in spoken and written French is required
• Repair Administration
• Airplane systems understanding
• Microsoft Office, Business Intelligence Tools
• Data analysis capabilities and critical mind
• Good technical-and-economic sense
• Team spirit: many interactions with internal and external stakeholders
• Good autonomy to lead simultaneous initiatives.

You embody our values:

• CUSTOMER FOCUS We strive to provide the best services to our customers.
• INTEGRITY We are personally accountable for the highest standards of ethical behavior.
• TEAMWORK We are committed to a teamwork environment.
• ADAPTABILITY In an ever-changing world, we are adaptable to the required challenges.

We offer a comprehensive total compensation and benefits package. For more information about us, please visit our website at www.barfieldinc.com

Barfield is an equal opportunity employer.

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