V..E Purchasing F​/H

12/11/2026

V.I.E Purchasing assignment F/H

VIE

Etudiant

Reporting to the Purchasing team at our Gatwick airport, you will work on the following purchasing categories: IT, Engineering, services among others.

You will join the Gatwick purchasing team responsible for these activities (€350 million purchases) and support the team through a period of significant change. You will assume some current purchasing tasks: preparing and issuing tenders, contributing to the monitoring of contracts, providing support for the coordination of internal validations, participating in the preparation of monthly reports and purchasing dashboards.

One of the major objectives is the implementation of VINCI Airports UK purchasing synergies between the airports of Gatwick, Belfast and Edinburgh ("UK synergies").

• Identify, in conjunction with the business owners, the purchasing categories that could be subject to synergies in the UK
• Synthesize the major supplier markets (existing and potential) of the three airports of these targeted purchasing categories, integrating past contractual performance.
• Identify in advance, with the prescribers, the needs being common to several Business Units (BUs).
• Propose synergistic actions (grouped tenders, benchmarks, contract expansion), with the associated planning and governance.
• Support specifications writing and optimization, systematically including KPIs and SLAs.
• Contribute to UK synergies RFQ process, including contract negotiations

Participate in projects aimed at harmonizing purchasing practices (processes, templates, tools).

Consolidation of VA purchasing reporting for UK.

• Spend UK:
  Based on spend data (revenue invoiced per supplier per purchasing category and per BU) aggregation of the Spend VA UK dashboard.
• Forecasts:
  Consolidation of UK forecasts to support the UK mission.
• Set up a Power BI dashboard on these elements

Support the UK purchasing meetings (Opex + Capex) monthly led by VINCI Airports CPO.

Structure Supplier Relationship Management and Global Account Management at the UK level

Reporting to:
Deputy CFO Gatwick based in Gatwick, West Sussex.

Graduate with a master's degree in purchasing or equivalent

Mastery of the major stages of the purchasing process

Proficiency in English allowing fluent communication both in writing and orally.

Rigour, curiosity, autonomy, strong dynamism, excellent interpersonal skills, and a well-developed sense of listening and service.

A genuine interest in technical subjects. Knowledge of IT projects is a plus.

Ability to work simultaneously on multiple projects, prioritization skills.

Proficiency in office tools (advanced Excel, Power BI) and knowledge of one or more ERP systems.

Bac +5