About Us We are part of International Airlines Group (IAG), one of the world’s leading airline groups and owner of some of the biggest brands in the sky. IAG Transform provides creative and innovative solutions to drive sustainable transformation by delivering procurement and airline services, as well as group-wide systems across IAG. Each operating company benefits from the Transform centralised model, driving efficiencies, automation, and economies of scale. Purpose of the role Working within the Customer Procurement team, the Category Lead will define and drive the strategy to enhance performance, reduce costs and optimise operations to improve retail propositions and initiatives across all OpCos. Your responsibilities Lead a sub-category of procurement spend across a range of products and services. Working across the operating companies, ensuring the delivery of effective, robust and compliant procurement that delivers the business plan while maximising the Group’s buying power. Lead strategic activities, including category planning, sourcing, risk management and act as a single point of contact for senior stakeholders. Your skills, experience and qualifications Responsibility for developing and implementing a 3-5 year category plan for the given sub-category. Responsibility for developing and implementing local and global sourcing strategies for all external spend related activity. Management of stakeholder relationships in all operating companies, ensuring appropriately robust challenge while delivering the operating companies’ business plans. Manage supplier risk to protect the operating companies and the Group from financial, operational and reputational damage. Provide commercial innovation to internal stakeholders through interaction with the supply base. Work with internal stakeholders and external suppliers to resolve commercial and contractual disputes; in particular suppliers with high complexity and/or high spend. Support operating companies tier 1 (high strategic/high risk/high spend) projects. Work with strategic suppliers to grow and develop supplier markets. Through liaison with the Procurement Operations Centre and operating company stakeholders, ensure supplier performance management is robust, effective and compliant. Work alongside business areas to identify, challenge, harmonise and simplify specifications and processes across the operating companies to ensure that Group buying power is maximised. Ensure that all procurement activity is carried out in line with Group and operating company governance principles. Develop effective working relations with key interfaces across the Group and operating companies including line, finance, legal and other stakeholders. Take active role in cross-departmental strategic and leadership activities What we offer The chance to enjoy a challenging career in an exciting, fast-moving environment in a dynamic industry. The opportunity to work in a multi-cultural environment with great offices in many locations. We support our people in maintaining work/life balance, as well as providing the many benefits one would expect from a global organisation, including health insurance, pension and performance bonuses. We are an equal opportunities employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law IAG Transform is a part of International Airlines Group (IAG). IAG is one of the world’s largest airline groups with 600+ aircraft carrying more than 122 million customers to 260 destinations across 91 countries each year. IAG brings together leading airline brands Aer Lingus, British Airways, Iberia, Level, Vueling. These are supported by IAG Loyalty that spans all its airlines and beyond, offering the global currency Avios and including BA Holidays, and IAG Cargo which delivers vital goods and produce around the world. These businesses are complementary to its core airline businesses. As the first airline group globally to commit to net zero by 2050, sustainability is a core part of IAG’s strategy. IAG Transform plays a critical role in driving transformation across IAG and the aviation industry, through expertise and capabilities in procurement, technology, AI, innovation, and transformation. We are based in London, UK, with a presence in Dublin, Madrid, Barcelona and Kraków. With us, your work will create real impact, from everyday improvements to breakthrough change that reshapes the way the world flies.