Specialist, Procurement

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you.  As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life.  Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!

• This role is responsible for supporting the strategic vision for the future of the Customer Procurement Team, specifically supporting inflight Food and Beverage procurement.
• This job is a member of the Procurement team within our Finance division

As noted above, this list is intended to reflect the current job but there may be additional essential functions (and certainly non-essential job functions) that are not referenced. Management will modify the job or require other tasks be performed whenever it is deemed appropriate to do so, observing, of course, any legal obligations including any collective bargaining obligations. 

• Proactively identify areas for process improvement
• Manage a large database of small and diverse suppliers
• Manage onboarding and system setup of new suppliers
• Work within procurement and inflight dining systems to maintain supplier and product databases
• Problem-solving of supplier invoice issues
• Manage relationships with beverage supplier and distributor points of contact
• Maintain product out of stock reports
• Provide Category Managers with support during sourcing events

Minimum Qualifications - Education & Prior Job Experience

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience/training

• Experience with Excel and PowerPoint presentation development

Preferred Qualifications - Education & Prior Job Experience

• Experience with project management

• Experience with administrative tasks

• Knowledge in procurement and airport operations  

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• Proven analytical skills with a demonstrated aptitude for understanding the business, working with data, developing detailed logical analysis, and solving problems creatively

• Self-motivated individual with a high personal standard of excellence who can work independently to drive for results

• Excellent time management skills and ability to deliver reporting on time

• Ability to function in a high volume, multi-project, and sometimes ambiguous environment

• Excellent organizational and planning skills

• Ability to identify opportunities for improvement as well as proven success driving change

• Ability to manage multiple inboxes, and scheduling

• Ability to present initiatives and reporting to leadership

• Ability to work within teams to accomplish goals

• Ability to use databases to search and extract information

• Knowledge of MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint) and experience with Coupa (Spend Management Platform)

• Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer:  
• Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network. 
• Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.  
• Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need. 
• 401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year. 
• Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more

From the team members we hire to the customers we serve, inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Employee Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world. 

Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life’s journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.