Buyer (all gender)

At Ascendance we are building tomorrow’s hybrid-electric aviation with ATEA, a unique Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft powered by STERNA, our in-house hybrid-electric propulsion system. We focus our efforts in designing an innovative, safe, silent, clean and affordable aircraft that will be able to blend into existing infrastructures and regulations to ease its deployment and maximise social acceptance.

If you are looking for a place where you will have a direct impact on very ambitious products, where you will work close to the hardware and where you can witness the result of your hard work quickly, board ATEA and come fly with us toward the future of aviation!

Your role : 🔎

Directly reporting to the Procurement Director

Your main responsibilities will be :

• Contribution to purchasing strategy definition and implementation

- Program needs analysis

- Target Supplier panel definition

- Contribution to Purchasing Process improvement

- Contribution to Purchasing budget definition and monitoring

• Sourcing

- Identification of suppliers matching with defined strategy

- Suppliers sourcing, identification, and preselection jointly with Supplier Quality and Engineering teams

• Suppliers selection

- Selection process management (RFI, RFP, RFQ)

- Suppliers offers analysis

- Sourcing Committee management

- Contractualization

- Ensure Ascendance Flight Technologies contractual frame implementation within Suppliers Panel prior to selection

• Supplier Performance Management

- Contribution to External Supply Chain Risk analysis and associated mitigation plan

- Ensure the follow up of suppliers contract execution

- Ensure monitoring of suppliers performance in terms of Logistics, Costs and Quality

- Manages supplier action plans in case of recurring performance deviations until acceptable performance is reached.

- Ensure Purchasing KPIs Process update

• Procurement

- Orders Management (creation and follow up)

- Invoice Management

Where do we stand?

Founded on Ascendances' strong values, the whole team is involved in creating both innovative products to decarbonize aviation and an accurate company structure to support its fast development.

Full scale test benches are ongoing while full scale aircraft development is running at full speed.

Sky's our limit, we are looking forward to the flight test campaign!

The job has been made for you if you: 🛠

• Have at least 5  years of Purchasing experience within Aircraft Industry

• Have good knowledge of supply chain and purchasing processes

• Have negotiation Skills (demonstrated at senior management level)

• Have problem solving skills - ability to analyze a problem and determine if driven by design, supplier or other factors in a timely fashion

• Are fluent in French and English

• Have ability to work in a team and to coordinate with other departments

• Demonstrate leadership, influencing, teamwork and effective conflict resolution (drive change, conduct workshops) with strong communication skills at all levels of management internally and at supplier facility (written and verbal) 

• Ability to work in a highly autonomous environment.

• High level of self-motivation and job planning to achieve goals and meet deadlines.

• Interpersonal skills across all levels of the organization.

• Ability to work tactically with a strategic objective.

We are meant to work together if you : 💚

• You are willing to contribute to the development of the company

• You want to impact the future of aviation and lead the transition

• You want to face complex but thrilling challenges

• You like to work in a dynamic environment

• You are a real team player who wants to build a big success story with us

• You are curious and eager to learn.

What we offer :

• Career booster: versatility, training opportunities, internal mobility

• Health insurance

• Restaurant tickets

• Holiday pay bonus

• Telework policy

• Public transport allowance

• A flexible working environment

• Company events.

Recruitment process :🕐 

• Application evaluations (CVs….)

• Talent Interview

• Technical Interview

• Meet others Ascenders

• Reference check

Non-discrimination and diversity are our priorities. AFT is open to hire personalities with their own differences.