Lead Procurement Manager - Commercial

We are easyJet – a FTSE listed, multi-billion pound low-cost airline that serves tens of millions of customers every single year. If you’re reading this, you have probably already been an easyJet customer, and you’ll know that there is no more iconic (or Orange!) travel brand in Europe.
We fly more than 1,207 routes, connecting 38 countries across Europe, and employ more than 18,000 colleagues. We’re on a mission to make low-cost travel easy – and whatever your role here, you’ll connect millions of people to what they love using Europe’s best airline network, great value fares, and friendly service.

What makes us easyJet? Our Promise Behaviours – we are Safe, Bold, Welcoming and Challenging. Four Behaviours. One Spirit. One easyJet.

READ ON IF YOU

• Have proven commercial procurement and category management experience
• Enjoy leading large, complex procurement activities and negotiations
• Are passionate about driving value and cost savings from the supply chain
• Can be in our fantastic Luton head office 3 x per week

THE TEAM
The Procurement Team at easyJet manages a significant proportion of our external spend, covering Operations, Commercial, Customer & Marketing, Business, Corporate, Finance, People, Fuel and IT functions. We work closely with stakeholders across the business to deliver best-in-class procurement support and drive value for easyJet.

THE ROLE
As Lead Procurement Manager – Commercial, you will play a pivotal role in supporting our Commercial and Corporate functions, with a particular focus on the Inflight Retail programme and Distribution. You will work closely with the Commercial Leadership team, managing a portfolio of spend across Commercial and other related areas.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Completing spend and market analysis to inform procurement strategy
• Developing stakeholder and supplier engagement plans
• Leading full tender processes, including drafting templates for new and renewed contracts
• Managing supplier relationships to ensure best value and performance
• Acting as a proactive business partner to the Commercial team, providing procurement support and advice to achieve strategic objectives
• Supporting the management of supplier relationships and ensuring adherence to procurement policy and supplier management frameworks
• Delivering best-in-class contract terms and minimising risk in the supply base
• Improving supplier service and performance, and raising the profile of procurement within the business
• Reducing cost base for allocated categories and driving proactive business partnering and category planning