Quality Performance Manager

Airbus • Kinston, NC

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Airbus Aerosystems Kinston is looking for a Quality Performance Manager to join our team in Kinston, NC. The Quality Performance Manager oversees the implementation and continuous improvement of the quality system to ensure compliance with aerospace industry standards and regulation. They lead a team to monitor performance metrics and looks for ways to improve them. This role partners closely with engineering, production, and customer to foster a culture of quality excellence across the organization.
Our team at Airbus Aerosystems Kinston manufactures crucial aircraft components. On the shop floor you’ll be surrounded by individuals who are passionate about aviation and skilled in areas like electrical, structure and quality. Join our team and help build the next generation of aircraft.
The Airbus Aerosystems Kinston facility sits at the forefront of aerospace manufacturing, specializing in the production of large, advanced composite aerostructures. Our team builds critical components for the state-of-the-art Airbus A350 XWB, including the composite center fuselage and wing spar.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality Management, Aerospace or a related technical field.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive experience , operations, or engineering within aerospace or highly regulated manufacturing environment.
• Previous experience supporting multiple sites or customers across different regions.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, wit proficiency in root cause analysis (e.g. 9S, 5WHY’s, Pareto Analysis)
• Proven track record of driving quality improvements and sustaining compliance in a high-reliability manufacturing environment.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and quality management systems (QMS) used in manufacturing environments.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively across all levels of the organization, including operators, engineers, and executives.
• Willingness to travel up to 5% to domestic and/or international customers or suppliers

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or related discipline.
• 10 years of experience managing or leading with proven leadership in quality, continuous improvement, or customer focused quality initiatives.
• Lean Six Sigma Green or Black Belt or equivalent continuous improvement certification.
• Familiar with Program Management process and customer service
• Skilled in Lean
• Experience presenting quality performance metrics, audit findings, and strategic recommendations to senior leadership and external regulators.
• Experience with aerospace-specific tools such as SAP, MES systems, iOBEYA and statistical software (e.g., Minitab, JMP).

Responsibilities

• Performance Monitoring and Continuous Improvement: Analyze quality performance metrics and KPIs to identify trends and areas for proactive improvement. Implement lean initiatives and drive continuous improvement projects to reduce non-conformance and boost productivity and capability.
• Capacity Management: Assess resource availability, production capacity, and skill requirements to proactively align workload with demand forecast. Develop and maintain capacity models that identify bottlenecks and support data-driven decision on staffing, tooling, and process optimization
• Performance Review: Facilitate and moderate regular performance reviews with the Quality team to asses progress against objectives, KPIs, and individual goals. Productive constructive feedback and coaching to align team contribution with business priorities, identify development needs, and recognize high performance.
• Other duties as assigned: Focal for Internal Customer and VSM: Act as the primary focal between the Quality team, internal customer, and VSM to align priorities and resolve quality-related issues. Proactively communicate updates, risk, and requirements to ensure seamless collaboration and support for the program milestones and customer expectations.

Benefits

• Financial Rewards: Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”)
• Work/Life Balance: Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program.
• Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages.
• Individual Development: Upskilling and development opportunities through our global Leadership University, including unlimited access to 10,000+ e-learning courses focusing on ways to develop your employability, certifications, career path as well as the opportunity to participate in accelerated development programmes and both national and international mobility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees