Company

Technical Airborne Components Industries (TAC) designs and manufactures rods for the aerospace industry. TAC is recognized as the reference source for high quality, custom engineered control, structural and system rods. As one of the leading suppliers in this industry segment TAC today supplies products for almost every commercial aircraft, regional and business jet, helicopter, military and space program.

The company, based in Milmort (Liège), employs about 200 people. Since September 2021, TAC is par t of Latécoère Group. Latécoère is a Tier 1 active in all segments of the aeronautics industry (commercial, regional, business and military aircraft) in Aerostructures (fuselage sections and doors) and Interconnection Systems (wiring, electrical furniture and on-board equipment) . Latécoère Group employs about 4000 people in 13 different countries

Role purpose

The Procurement Director is responsible for defining the procurement policy and strategy and organizing it according to the company’s strategy. He/She is also in charge of defining, executing and monitoring all the purchasing and supply processes for raw materials, packaging products, as well as any other products or services to cover the needs of the company.

In this role, you actively pursue the continuous optimization of costs and risks within the supply chain.

You report to the CEO.

Key responsibilities

Define & Realize Procurement Strategy

Develop and implement Procurement Strategy, in close collaboration with CEO and all stakeholders ensuring consistency with company strategy & objectives
Communicate with and regularly inform extended management team of which you are a member
Collaborate & align with Corporate Procurement Team at Latécoère, where appropriate

Lead & manage Procurement Team

You lead the team consisting of 1 Purchasing Manager New Product Introduction, Sourcing Contracting and 2 Purchasing Specialists
You deploy KPI’s allowing to monitor performance of the team and Supply Chain
You continuously coach, develop, evaluate and train the team

Procurement Product Family Management & Spend Management

You are owner of external spend management of company, making sure all spend is under active control
You take the lead for strategic product families: sourcing, negotiations, contracting, contract management
Define & execute roadmap to lower TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) for these product families
Ensure technical and commercial understanding of product family
You will actively search for new suppliers on market while maintaining optimal supplier base
Maintain good contacts with internal & external stakeholders
Continuously monitor trends with allocated product families

Supplier Management

Develop supplier intimacy within partnership mindset
Continuously Monitor Supplier’s Performance: OTQ, OTD, financial performance to budget
Monitor trend in Supplier’s capabilities, investments, technological evolution, financial situation
Supporting Procurement Team towards Supply base

Supplier Contract Management

Understand and ensure proper execution of contractual terms (contract duration, payment terms, pricing,…)
Monitor and manage contractual coverage
Communicate with stakeholders of impact of any changes to contracts
Continuously evaluate and pro-actively anticipate on contract expiration, phase-in/phase-out processes

Procurement Process Optimization

You are the driver for continuous improvement of procurement process

Budgeting & Monitoring

Establish yearly procurement budget for Procurement Department
Establish and communicate monthly savings results
Achieve Department objectives and as such contribute to realizing company objectives

Risk Management

Proactively identify risks and develop associated risk mitigation plans for supply base

Profile

Master degree in a technical or economical field
At least 7 years experience as Procurement Manager in international & technical environment
At least 3 years proven people management experience in hands-on environment
Able to define & deploy and embed procurement strategy & change
Excellent leadership, interpersonal & communication skills
Strategic, analytical, proactive, result oriented & commercial savvy
Experienced with ERP systems
APICS or CIPS certificate is a plus
Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
You are fluent in English and French, other languages are an asset
Open to travel 20 % in Europe
Sector experience is an asset