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Supply Chain Quality Manager - Air-Systems (Phoenix, Arizona)

Newport Beach, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 3 May 2024

About the role

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Job Description:

Airbus Commercial Aircraft is looking for a Supply Chain Quality Manager to join our Equipment & Systems procurement department - this role will be based out of Phoenix, Arizona.

This position is responsible for a large Avionics Tier 1 supplier and is accountable for ensuring on time delivery and on quality of equipment & systems for Airbus Aircrafts. The Overseas Supply Chain Quality manager is in daily contact with suppliers, their wider supply chain management team, and internal customers (located in US and Europe)

This position is located in Phoenix, Arizona at our Supplier site

Meet the team:

The Procurement team's mission is to acquire indirect goods and services for Airbus commercial aircraft and helicopters, playing a major role in generating value and giving to the overall competitiveness of the company. Our team members ensure on-time delivery and on-quality of equipment and systems, drawing on their expertise in Industrial, Operations & Quality Management, and positive relationship building skills to problem-solve and proactively mitigate supply chain issues.

Your working environment:

This position will be based in Phoenix, Arizona.

Located to allow the role holder to act locally on-site at the supplier as required, with travel to other suppliers and Airbus offices.

How we care for you:

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.

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and accessibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

Your challenges:

Ensure maturity and robustness of Equipment & Systems of Supplier’s manufacturing and supply chain processes to avoid supply failures
Utilize best practices and quality management techniques to continuously improve Supply Chain related performances for deliveries of supplied products
Assess supplier capacity and capability to secure ramp-up period as well as Airbus industrial objectives (major planning changes, ramp down, etc.)
Monitor and analyze performance through Key Performance Indicators and organize the surveillance of the suppliers through audits, assessments, recovery plan and mission, CID (Corrective, Improvement, Development) and industrial risks management with internal and external concerned parties
Appropriately monitor major industrial risks, major changes (industrial transfers, major planning changes) and supporting design changes on an industrial point of view in order to protect Airbus operations
Initiate and follow recovery or improvement plans with Suppliers in case of delivery performances degradation to ensure deliveries are back to Airbus requirements
Ensure Suppliers’ preventive/corrective action plans are managed and achievements are at the ex