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A220 Propulsion Supply Chain Quality Specialist (Hartford)

United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 11 Jun 2024

About the role

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Job Description:

Job Description For External Posting

Airbus Commercial Aircraft is looking for a Supply Chain Quality Specialist - Propulsion to join our Procurement department based in Hartford, CT.

This position is located in Hartford, Connecticut. Relocation will be provided to qualified candidates.

Primary Responsibilities:

Supply Chain Quality Management: 50%

Responsible for quality performance to support On Time delivery of the propulsion systems.
Accountable for supplier quality governance (oversight) and applicable quality KPIs including adherence to Quality Management system requirements.
Responsible for the interface with supplier Program, Industrial, Supply Chain, and Quality leadership.
Responsible for analyzing supplier's production value stream providing feedback on quality improvement opportunities to de-risk performance to plan.
Enable APQP adherence in change management and new design and product introduction including but not limited to PFMEA assessment, MRL status and CP/CPK performance.
Responsible for assessing supplier quality enablement of new product development and life cycle management processes and procedures.
Responsible for supplier quality surveillance plan and coordinating Airbus participation in order to support the supplier with on-site activities within the supply chain.
Ensure that the supplier quality surveillance plan takes into full consideration all audits and assessments required in support of Airbus Production Organization Approval.
Responsible to ensure workable end-to-end quality planning and regular review of supplier and its sub-tiers
Review Capital Expenditures plans, Change Notice coordination, Multi-Sourcing Strategy implementation, and Transfers of Work activities.
Responsible for regular quality reviews and escalation of short-term delivery issues, review recovery plans, and coordinate communication to other regional procurement offices and central Propulsion Operations Procurement teams.
Responsible for providing improvements in supplier quality management procedures and measures. (Tools, KPI, etc.)
Responsible for visiting supplier manufacturing centers regularly to review Line of Balance performance, participating in periodic supplier production review meetings and shop floor tours.
Analyze supplier assembly centers' quality performance against Airbus industrial ramp-up plans and conduct deep dives with time bound action plans as necessary.
Monitor Tier 1/Tier 2 suppliers in the region as necessary: Delivery & Quality performance, Capital expenditure and ramp-up action validation, recovery plan and Quality Notification eradication using 9S/8D methodologies and other structured problem solving tools as applicable for events and resolution to Safety Related Items (SARI).
Support the Industrial Quarterly Review (IQR) process and quality assessments, proactively participate, anticipate planning/execution risks or opportunities and drive timely action closure.
Develop action plans centered around time and deliverables for each supplier and coordinate activities.
Contribute to the deployment of Airbus Supply chain standards, policies, methods and tools at the suppliers.

Supplier and Stakeholder Management: 25%

Collaborate with responsible Airbus employees across multiple functional organizations in the United States, Europe and suppliers to secure the On-Time and On-Quality Delivery of propulsion systems.
Work with responsible suppliers to ensure timely implementation of necessary corrective and preventive actions in support of Airbus targets.
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