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Senior manager responsible for the start up, strategic development and expansion of an Airline, Corporate Jet, Flight Training Academy, Simulator, Airframer, OEM, IT or other Aerospace ventures26 years Procurement /Project/ Product/Contract/Risk Management/Business Development and Negotiation multi million dollar portfolio of aviation products and services including small aircraft, full flight simulators, IFE, spanning North America, Asia Pacific, Europe, Scandinavia, and the Middle East. 20 years in an engineering project/procurement/contracts leadership role on a USD 1 Billion+ portfolio of hardware and services at Emirates. I apply strategic procurement and project management leadership to steer multiple cross functional teams on a wide variety of products and services, involving Operations, Facilities, Quality, Training, Planning, Marketing, Legal, Finance, Marketing and many more, at grass roots/ executive management/board level. 7 years as a trusted advisor/equivalent to CCO to the Founder/VP of the Emirates Flight Training Academy, from conceptualization to start-up of a USD 300M+ project consisting of 27 aircraft, 6 simulators, 1 private runway, 1 hangar, 1 college and 2 student accommodation blocks. This included providing technical and commercial leadership to multiple internal and external stakeholders at Emirates and third parties on many aspects of the project such as budget approval, aircraft and simulator purchase, aviation regulators, airport authorities, ATC, operations, architectural design, building construction, leasing of land, contracting, procurement, marketing, strategy, sales, business development, branding and executive approval.10 year leading procurement/contract campaign for hardware, services, installation requiredfor providing in-flight internet & mobile phone (SMS/GPRS) services on a mixed fleet of360 aircraft (A380, B777-300ERs, A319, A330, A340) via KU and SBB2 years project management and contractual responsibility on 1 Airbus A319 Business Jet, including transfer of title and procurement of specialist cabin outfitting service, third party retrofit of internet, mobile phone (SMS/GPRS), teleconferencing and live TV hardware, continued airworthiness maintenance/storage, ferry flight contracts, and third party A320 simulator/door/evacuation training I transform complex hardware and service requirements into a format that makes successful delivery easy to measure and understand from a supply chain and a contractual perspective

Listed skills include Aircraft Management, Flight Simulation, Aviation, Engineering Management, and 46 others.

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  Vice President Procurement And Projects

  Norse Atlantic Airways

  Oct 2021 - Present - Norway

  Set up procurement department in line with operational, regulatory, and commercial requirement for the airline's inaugural flights and further expansion into North America, Europe and Asia. Rapid sourcing, contracting and business case approval for 25+ million dollars of products and services including Flight Planning Software, Fuel Savings, Flight Training, Crew Travel Software, Crew Hotels, Aircraft Catering, Ground Handling, Crew Uniforms, Premium Class Enhancements and In-Flight… Show more Set up procurement department in line with operational, regulatory, and commercial requirement for the airline's inaugural flights and further expansion into North America, Europe and Asia. Rapid sourcing, contracting and business case approval for 25+ million dollars of products and services including Flight Planning Software, Fuel Savings, Flight Training, Crew Travel Software, Crew Hotels, Aircraft Catering, Ground Handling, Crew Uniforms, Premium Class Enhancements and In-Flight Retail Solutions.Creation of electronic workflows and policies to streamline processes for spend approval, budget management, supplier evaluation, solution assessment, and contract execution. Show less