Company DescriptionCathay is a leading premium travel lifestyle brand based in Hong Kong, offering products and services across four lines of business – Premium Travel, Cargo, Low-Cost Travel and Lifestyle. The Cathay Group comprises premium full-service airline Cathay Pacific, cargo business Cathay Cargo, low-cost airline HK Express, express all-cargo carrier Air Hong Kong, and various other subsidiaries.
At Cathay, we are committed to moving people forward in life — whether through travel experience, lifestyle products or career growth. Being part of Cathay is more than just a job, it’s a meaningful career journey toward realising your ambitions. Your skills will become a bridge that connects the world, opening up infinite possibilities along our customers’ life journeys. If you are seeking an opportunity to take flight, let your ambitions propel you higher and further.
Make Your Career Move, together with Cathay.
Notes:
1. All Chinese mainland based positions are subject to local terms and conditions.
2. Applicants must have the right to live and work in Chinese mainland.
3. Once employment is confirmed, the employment contract and personnel file will be arranged through a local third-party human resources agency designated by Cathay Pacific.
Key Responsibilities- Responsible for the definition and implementation of the sourcing strategy for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in various regions in order to meet the discretionary and mandatory requirements for Cathay.
- Conduct spanet analysis and identifies trends that may have an impact on the future supply of SAF in those spanets.
- Coordinate with internal stakeholders to ensure SAF meets the compliance criteria.
- Lead the supplier engagement process, identifies opportunities for the supply of SAF and coordinates with various internal teams and external stakeholders to complete due diligence.
- Conduct tenders and subsequent negotiations with producers, suppliers, resellers and other stakeholder groups in various spanets with a strong focus on assurance of supply and mitigation of long-term commercial and operational risks.
- Establishment of joint ventures or other forms of collaboration with other industry players when considered beneficial to projects.
- Prepare and present sourcing updates to senior management.
- Emergency and Accident and Crisis Response responsibilities as required.
- Any other reasonable task as requested including non-operational duties and projects.
Requirements- Bachelor’s degree in engineering/business/economics or related discipline
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience in procurement or supply chain, including at least 3 years experience in SAF Procurement
- Comprehensive knowledge of various SAF spanets (mainly Asia, North America, and Europe) and their evolving landscape
- Understanding of regulatory requirements and basic contract law in various jurisdictions. Experience in physical trading is a plus and basic understanding of hedging practices is preferred
- Proven ability to navigate complex spanet dynamics and capitalize on emerging opportunities
- Entrepreneurial mindset, strong commercial acumen and problem-solving skills with a ‘hands-on’ mentality
- Strong knowledge of project management principles and practices
- Excellent people skills; ability to inspire, build trust and influence internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to build a strong network and secure Cathay’s position in the SAF supply spanet
- Demonstrate ability to define and implement strategies
- Analytical and presentation skills
- Approachable and decisive
- Frequent international travel required
- Must be fluent in both spoken and written English and proficiency in Cantonese is desirable.
Personal & Application InformationCathay Pacific is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Personal data provided by job applicants will be used strictly in accordance with our Applicant Personal Information Collection Statement and for recruitment purposes only. Candidates not notified within eight weeks may consider their application unsuccessful. We keep records of your data for no longer than is necessary for the purpose for which we obtained them and any other permitted linked purposes. If your application is unsuccessful, we will keep your details on file for as long as is necessary to process your application or for the purposes of further job opportunities if you agree to such longer periods.
