Job Description
Are you ready to influence global savings performance and drive operational excellence across a world-class aerospace business? This is your opportunity to work at the heart of the Actuation Systems organisation—owning critical reporting, driving cost-saving initiatives, and collaborating across international teams to deliver measurable results. If you're data-driven, detail-focused, and thrive on turning analysis into action, we want to hear from you.
This role can be based from our UK, French or Italian sites.
What will your day-to-day responsibilities look like?
* Support senior commodity managers in planning, tracking, and reporting savings projects.
* Consolidate cost-saving inputs across regions and maintain global project dashboards.
* Lead monthly savings reviews to flag risks, share progress, and escalate roadblocks.
* Manage and update the 5-year cost savings and headwinds (HW) roadmap.
* Coordinate with local and country-level finance teams to ensure data accuracy and alignment.
* Provide consistent monthly financial updates across countries.
* Develop and implement robust cost control and productivity monitoring processes.
* Support global commodity reviews with data prep and analysis.
* Define and track KPIs to measure performance and ensure accountability.
* Lead KPI reviews at the Actuation Systems level.
* Create and deliver executive-ready presentations for Business Reviews.
* Provide clear, insightful reporting on savings and performance metrics.
* Consolidate and deliver cost reduction reports with actionable commentary.
* Present monthly results to senior leadership, highlighting trends and deviations.
Job Requirements
* Experience of working in a multi-site manufacturing and/or engineering business.
* Excellent knowledge in Excel & PowerPoint. SAP is a mandatory.
* Excellent financial, analytical and problem-solving skills.
* Fluency in English, Skilled communicator.
* Comfortable working either as part of team or individually under own initiative.
* Self-starter with a ‘can do' attitude and curious mindset.
* Results orientated with ability to work to tight deadlines in a dynamic environment.
* Collaborates to form and maintain good relationships across multi-functional teams.
* Experience of working in a multi-site manufacturing and/or engineering business.
But what else? (advantages, specific features, etc.)
* Competitive salary
* Company performance bonus scheme
* Pension scheme - up to 10% employer contribution
* Private medical insurance
* Comprehensive health cash plan
* 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
* Flexible benefits programme (buy & sell holiday allowance, discounted gym memberships, Maternity/ adoption leave- up to 52 weeks, first 26 weeks at full pay, subsequent 26 at 50% (basic pay) and Paternity/Non-Pregnant Parent/ Co-adopter leave 4 weeks full pay)
* Structured training & opportunities to progress
Company Information
Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 100,000 employees and sales of 27.3 billion euros in 2024, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets. Safran Electronics & Defense offers its customers onboard intelligence solutions allowing them to understand the environment, reduce mental load and guarantee a trajectory, even in critical situations, in all environments: on land, at sea, in the sky or space. The company harnesses the expertise of its 13,000 employees towards these three functions: observe, decide and guide, for the civil and military markets.
Locate your future workplace
Stratford Road WV10 7EH
Wolverhampton
England United Kingdom
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