Supply Chain Quality Manager

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The Supply Chain Quality Manager at Flexrotor will secure part deliveries from suppliers on time and on quality. This role supports the supply chain team with operational supplier management and escalation, and is key to the Flexrotor business by helping to secure bought components for production and ramp‑up.

• Supply Chain and Quality Management: 60%
  • Responsible for On‑Time and On‑Quality Delivery of Flexrotor purchased material; create and manage short‑term recovery plans.
  • Interface with primary supplier:
    Program, Industrial, Supply Chain, and Quality Executives and Senior Management.
  • Analyze supplier production value stream and provide feedback on improvement opportunities to de‑risk performance to plan.
  • Assess Lean Manufacturing practices and develop improvement plans.
  • Responsible for supplier quality approval and compliance: secure compliance with AIRBUS Quality Management System (QMS) and industry quality standards; support cascade of AIRBUS Quality requirements through Quality Assurance Plan, compliance matrix, and Business Quality Review process.
  • Support internal and external audits: lead industrial and product assessments and audits.
  • Establish supplier surveillance plan and coordinate AIRBUS participation to support the supplier on‑site activities and within its supply chain; ensure the plan considers all audits and assessments required for AIRBUS Production Organization Approval.
  • Ensure workable end‑to‑end industrial planning and regular review of supplier and its supply chains' configuration change notifications, multi‑sourcing strategy, and transfers of work.
  • Monitor Tier 1/Tier 2 suppliers in the region as necessary: delivery & quality performance, capital expenditure and ramp‑up action checks, recovery plan and quality notification eradication; if applicable, complete shop‑floor GEMBA.
  • Support the Industrial Quarterly Review (IQR) process and capacity assessments; proactively participate, anticipate planning/execution risks or opportunities and drive timely action closure.
  • Manage multiple, complex supplier quality improvement projects with AIRBUS and supplier senior management.
• Supplier and Stakeholder Management: 15%
  • Collaborate with responsible AIRBUS employees across multiple functional organizations in the USA and Europe to secure the on‑time and on‑quality delivery of Flexrotor purchased material.
  • Work with responsible Flexrotor suppliers to ensure they implement necessary corrective and preventative action plans in a timely manner in support of Airbus targets.
  • Consolidate and maintain an outlook of key industrial, supply chain, and quality risks and opportunities and drive mitigation plans with the support of responsible Flexrotor suppliers.
  • Organize and/or support business and executive reviews (Program Review Meetings, Industrial Quality Reviews, Assessments, etc.) at AIRBUS and supplier locations.
  • Ensure timely communication to internal stakeholders of responsible Flexrotor supplier status and risks per above assessments.
• Outputs: 15%
  • Recurring reports, KPIs, and dashboards highlighting progress, mitigated risk and opportunities.
  • Integrate supply chain activities with other regional procurement offices and teams.
  • Integrated supplier pictures of overall readiness towards required rates and review the Red/Amber during Control Tower and Industrial Reviews.
  • Manage deviation to defined industrial targets, communicate to stakeholders, and implement corrective actions with suppliers through root‑cause and eradication methods to mitigate recurrence.
  • Ensure supplier compliance with all cascaded requirements in support of Airbus Production Organization Approval; close any actions from audits and assessments within required timescales.
  • Lead and close complex, cross‑functional…