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Airbus · 5 months ago

Supply Chain Quality Manager, Propulsion (San Diego, CA)

Newport Beach, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$140K/yr - $160K/yr

10+ years exp

Airbus is looking for a Supply Chain Quality Manager - Propulsion to join their team in San Diego, California. This role involves ensuring on-time delivery and quality of propulsion systems from US-based suppliers, assessing production readiness, and managing supplier quality improvement projects.

AerospaceCommercialManufacturing

Work & Life Balance

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Responsible for On-Time and On-Quality Delivery of Supplier propulsion systems: Create and manage short-term recovery plans

Responsible for the interface with primary Supplier: Program, Industrial, Supply Chain, and Quality Executives and Senior Management

Responsible for analyzing Supplier's production value stream providing feedback on improvement opportunities to de-risk performance to plan

Assess Lean Manufacturing practices and develop improvement plans

Responsible for supplier quality Approval and Compliance: Secure compliance with AIRBUS Quality Management System (QMS) & industry quality standards. Support cascade of AIRBUS Quality requirements and implementation through: Quality Assurance Plan, compliance matrix, and Business Quality Review process

Support internal and external audits: Lead Industrial and Product Assessments & Audits

Responsible for establishing the Supplier surveillance plan and coordinating AIRBUS participation in order to support the Supplier on on-site activities and within its supply chain. Ensure that the Supplier surveillance plan takes into full consideration all audits and assessments required in support of AIRBUS Production Organization Approval

Responsible for ensuring workable end-to-end industrial planning and regular review of Supplier and its Supply Chains’ Configuration Change Notifications, Multi-Sourcing Strategy, and Transfers of Work

Monitor Tier 1 / Tier 2 suppliers in the region as necessary: Delivery & Quality performance, Capital expenditure and ramp-up action checks, recovery plan and Quality Notification eradication and if applicable completion of shop floor GEMBA

Support the Industrial Quarterly Review (IQR) process and capacity assessments, proactively participate, anticipate planning / execution risks or opportunities and drive timely action closure

Manage multiple, complex Supplier Quality Improvement Projects with AIRBUS and Supplier senior management

Collaborate with responsible AIRBUS employees across multiple functional organizations in Europe and Propulsion Systems suppliers to secure the On-Time and On-Quality Delivery of propulsion systems

Work with responsible propulsion systems suppliers to ensure they are implementing the necessary corrective and preventative action plans in a timely manner in support of Airbus targets

Consolidate and maintain an outlook of key industrial, supply chain, and quality Risks & Opportunities and drive mitigation plans with the support of the responsible propulsion suppliers

Organize and/or support business and executive reviews (Program Review Meetings, Industrial Quality Reviews, Assessments, etc.) at AIRBUS and Supplier locations

Ensure timely communication to internal stakeholders of responsible propulsion suppliers status and risks per above assessments

Recurring reports / KPIs / dashboards highlighting progress, mitigated risk and opportunities

Integration of Supply Chain activities both with other regional procurement offices and central Propulsion Operations Procurement teams

Integrated supplier pictures of overall readiness towards required rates and review the Red / Amber during Control Tower and Industrial Reviews

Manage deviation to defined industrial targets is managed, communicated to all stakeholders, and corrective actions implemented with Supplier through root cause and eradication methods to mitigate reoccurrence

Supplier is in full compliance with all cascaded requirements in support of Airbus Production Organization Approval with any actions from audits and assessments closed in required timescales

Lead and close complex, cross-functional improvement projects on-time and with expected benefits achieved

Timely revision and update of Airbus & Supplier RASCI / Governance documents as needed

Documented improvement in supply chain meeting contractual obligations

Feed strategic / decisions to achieve propulsion systems and aircraft deliveries in-line with AIRBUS Multi-Functional Team strategy and AIRBUS annual production goals

Secure Supplier annual performance improvements in accordance with agreed target letters

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

Supply Chain ManagementQuality ManagementLean Six SigmaAdvanced Product Quality PlanningRisk ManagementIndustrial PlanningGoogle SuiteProject Management CertificationStakeholder ManagementCommunication Skills

Required

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

Ten (10) years of experience in the aerospace or automotive industry in industrial planning, supply chain management, quality management, and continuous improvement required

Knowledge and expertise in Advanced Product Quality Planning, Risk Management, and Continuous Improvement (Lean Six Sigma) required

Experience leading industrial capacity and quality assessments

Significant experience in Google Suite: Slides, Docs, Sheets, Diagram, Sites

Valid driver's license required

Valid US Passport required

This position requires that the job holder be a US Person under ITAR definition (i.e. U.S. Citizen, green card holder or person covered under our existing ITAR license)