Senior Forecast and Business Analyst - Procurement

Overview

Airbus Helicopters is seeking a Sr Forecast and Business Analyst - Procurement to join our Procurement Team in either Grand Prairie, TX or Columbus, MS. The role is to serve as the strategic nervous system of our supply chain, transforming data into a clear, predictive roadmap that ensures operational stability and financial precision. By mastering the intersection of demand forecasting and supplier performance, you will bridge the gap between raw ERP data and executive-level strategy, empowering leadership to make high-stakes decisions, mitigate global supply risks, and safeguard margins of our aerospace operations.

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Meet The Team:
The Procurement team s mission is to acquire indirect goods and services for Airbus commercial aircraft and helicopters, playing a major role in generating value and supplying to the overall competitiveness of the company. Our team members ensure on-time delivery and on-quality of equipment and systems, drawing on their expertise in Industrial, Operations & Quality Management, and strong relationship building skills to problem-solve and proactively mitigate supply chain issues.

Your Working Environment: A suburb just outside the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area is home to Airbus Helicopters U.S. regional headquarters, where we have more than 1,000 employees. On the eastern border of Mississippi you ll find Columbus, home to our Helicopter manufacturing and assembly lines and Center of Excellence for the entire North America region. It s here that we produce the UH-72A Lakota Helicopters for the U.S. Army in addition to the H-125 aircraft for civil and commercial customers.

• Financial Rewards: Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Work/Life Balance: Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program.
• Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) and other supplemental benefit coverages.

Your Challenges:

Performance Management and data analysis: 40%

• Perform data analysis and generate reports using specialized domain knowledge and developed business expertise and builds data sets based on business analytic indicators
• Maintain / update / revise / establish new key performance indicators
• Validate, organize and assemble data weekly / monthly / yearly for Procurement OPS team with a focus on PR to PO, PO confirmations and Past Due PO s
• Helps develop and coordinate implementation of processes across team
• Complete Missing Part list monthly along with root cause analysis and upload to Executive Dashboard
• Complete required monthly PowerPoint presentations for executive review / discussion
• Identify problems that impact ability to deliver, ability to achieve margins, or areas of inconsistency in the business, based on understanding of metrics and correct application of metrics to the data.

Forecast Management / Analysis: 30%

• Works across departments developing robust forecast for AHI
• Facilitates with operational buyers on providing forecast information to supply base along with working any mitigations / risk management / action plans
• Assist in flowing supplier forecast feedback to internal customers and identifying risks
• Works closely with planners on releasing of requirements and ensure accuracy of data
• Set the metrics to measure forecasting and demand planning traceability and accuracy
• Work with Planning Dept. to forecast new spare parts

OTD Supplier Management: 25%

• Work closely with operational buyers, Supply Chain Quality and Strategic Procurement to review supplier data and help with Supplier Evaluation and Development
• Complete analysis of monthly reports with supplier and assist in necessary corrections
• Build risk management tool and provide recommend improvement plans
• Develop / create presentations for management reviews
• Liaise / coordinate with AH various initiatives / projects
• Oversee AGSS processing

Your Boarding Pass: (Required)

• Bachelor degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Data Analytics or equivalent experience.
• 10 years in financial analysis, business planning, forecasting, MRP planning, program management, supply chain
• Experience in building data analysis, reporting and performance metric tools
• Supply Chain Management, Strong Data Analysis, Business Insight, Logistics
• Understands customer needs and follow through with proactive communication and action plans to meet customer requirements.
• Ability to understand forecasting structure and collaborate with suppliers on future requirements
• Ability to meet…