Supply Chain Quality Specialist - Cabin

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Job Description:

Position Summary:  

The position is part of the Airbus Procurement Operations team made up of cross national teams of Supply Chain Quality Managers, Specialists, and Transformation managers in the EU, North America & Asia.  The position supports on-time delivery and quality of Cabin elements (monuments, floor to floor, cabin equipment, etc) from suppliers and their sub-tiers as well as assessment of the supplier's rate readiness. 

The Supply Chain Quality Specialist is in daily contact with internal customers (located in the US and Europe) and with suppliers.

The position is located in Newport Beach, CA with a hybrid work schedule requiring local and national travel.

Primary Responsibilities: 

• Act as expert/ specialist in supply chain and Quality management (New Product Introduction, Root cause analysis, E2E containment & prevention, APQP, Gemba, audits and assessments)

• Be a local referent for Operational excellence and AOS bricks deployment

• Coach and secure knowledge transfer within the SCQM teams in order to drive continuous up-skilling of the community

• Establish a cross-commodity network.  Identify synergies across Cabin commodity and harmonize ways of working

• Improve Airbus methods and procedures

• Assess supplier during tendering phase and contribute to the selection decision

• Manage complex crisis, including stakeholder management & associated reporting

• Manage complex NPI and Transfers of Work to ensure industrial maturity and qualification before serial phase

• Manage complex quality events

• Identify the supplier industrial risks and propose mitigation actions

• Verify and reinforce supplier compliance to Airbus Supplier Requirements (ASR) and airworthiness requirements. Provide guidance and expertise to the SCQM on how to close compliance gaps

• Assess the Supplier capacity, capability & performance and contribute to the supplier development and transformation

• Actively contribute to commodity roadmaps

Qualified Experience / Skills / Training:  

Education

• A Bachelor's Degree in aerospace or industrial engineering, supply chain management, or an equivalent combination of education and experience required.

Experience

• 7-10 years professional experience in a procurement operations environment (monitoring, auditing, developing suppliers/operations) or equivalent

• Preferred: Aerospace industry and/or manufacturing experience

• Knowledge and expertise in Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), structured problem solving, Risk Management, and Continuous Improvement (Lean Six Sigma)

• Experience leading industrial capacity audits and quality assessments

Licensure/Certifications

• Preferred: Green Belt/Black Belt certification, CPIM certification (Certified in Production & Inventory Management)

• Valid driver's license required

• Valid Passport required

Knowledge, Skills, Demonstrated Capabilities

• Required: Knowledge of Supply Chain and Quality Processes

• Preferred: Knowledge of Quality Regulations, Quality Core Tools Knowledge, Practical Problem Solving, International standards, Authorities / Regulations / Standards, Knowledge of QMS, Auditing/Assessing, IPCA+ and CCP tools

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a multi-lingual, multi-cultural environment required

• Ability to effectively coordinate the work of others with different technical skills and experiences required

• Ability to lead problem definition using a matrix organization and without direct