Supply Chain Quality Manager

Airbus • Herndon, VA

16h • Hybrid

About The Position

Airbus Americas, Inc. is seeking a Supply Chain Quality Manager in Herndon, VA. This role involves managing the development of suppliers and vendors to ensure their performance, capacity, de-risking, and development meet business requirements. The manager will direct the maturity and robustness of supplier manufacturing and supply chain processes to prevent supply failures and drive continuous improvement in supply chain performance for supplied products. Responsibilities include managing the review of supplier capacity and capability for effective ramp-up periods aligned with Airbus’ industrial objectives, monitoring and analyzing supply chain performance using KPIs, and overseeing supplier surveillance through audits, assessments, recovery plans, and missions. The role also involves managing major industrial risks, overseeing significant changes like industrial transfers, and supporting design changes from an industrial perspective.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related field and 3 years in any job title involving experience in a procurement operations environment in the commercial aviation industry. In lieu of a degree as stated, employer will also accept 2 additional years in any job title involving experience in a procurement operations environment in the commercial aviation industry.
• Experience monitoring and auditing suppliers
• Experience with Supply Chain and Quality processes
• Experience in lean manufacturing, sheet metal manufacturing, machining, and aerospace assembly
• Experience in project management including multi-functional team industrialization projects from tendering phase to serial production.
• Up to 50% domestic and international travel required for supplier meetings, audits, and assessments onsite.

Responsibilities

• Managing the development of a portfolio of suppliers and vendors, and ensuring that supplier performance, capacity, de-risking, and development needs are secured to meet the evolving business requirements.
• Directing the maturity and robustness of the supplier’s manufacturing and supply chain processes to avoid supply failures and driving the continuous improvement of supply chain-related performances for the deliveries of supplied products.
• Managing the review of supplier capacity and capability to secure an effective ramp-up period along with Airbus’ industrial objectives, including major planning changes and ramp down periods.
• Monitoring and analyzing supply chain performance using Key Performance Indicators, and directing the surveillance of suppliers through audits, assessments, recovery plans and missions, CID (Corrective, Improvement, Development), and industrial risks with internal and external stakeholders.
• Managing major industrial risks, overseeing major changes including industrial transfers, and supporting design changes from an industrial point of view.

What This Job Offers

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