Strategic Buyer Transport & Logistics / Airbus (m/f/x)

You negotiate, steer and secure supply capability – worldwide.
For our client Airbus Operations GmbH in Hamburg-Finkenwerder, we are looking for a Strategic Buyer Transport & Logistics who manages strategic transport and logistics service providers, takes ownership of tenders and guides stakeholders confidently through change and crisis situations. Sounds like your kind of role? Then apply now!

The gross annual salary is, depending on qualification, between €73,000 and a maximum of €76,000. If you have already applied to ARTS, we look forward to identifying further suitable positions together with you – multiple applications are therefore not necessary.

Job details

Workplace: Hamburg Finkenwerder

Occupational Area: Procurement & Supply Chain Operations

Contract: Temporary employment

Job-ID: 18433

Customer:

Tasks

• Take end-to-end ownership of procurement for a portfolio of strategic transport and logistics service providers across the Airbus Group, including services related to customs and export control
• Support the roll-out of the Transport & Logistics (Market Segment) sourcing strategy and consistently adhere to the related policies and processes
• Perform market intelligence, assess markets and leverage insights for category strategy development
• Plan, manage and evaluate call-for-tenders, including contract drafting and commercial negotiations to deliver best-in-class purchasing solutions
• Support cross-functional and cross-divisional teams throughout the full contract lifecycle: performance monitoring, continuous improvement, claim management and leading commercial settlements
• Build, expand and actively maintain long-term relationships with 3PL/4PL transport and logistics service providers to position Airbus as a preferred customer
• Ensure stakeholder management across all phases of provider engagement—especially during service changes and crisis situations, working in close collaboration with the providers
• Support projects on sustainability, supply chain resilience, competitiveness, digitalisation and innovation in line with Airbus roadmaps

Qualifications

• Completed degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain / Logistics or Economics
• Extensive professional experience in procurement, supplier management, logistics and contract management
• Basic knowledge of project management
• Confident use of Google Workspace
• English fluent in negotiations (min. C1); German and French are an advantage
• CV in English required
• A valid, unrestricted work permit for the European Union (no student visa) is mandatory