Supply Chain & Quality Manager

Supply Chain & Quality Manager

The importance of the supply chain and the resulting supplier management continues to increase at Airbus Defence and Space. "Supply Chain Quality Management" plays a decisive role here and is much more than an aviation law requirement to ensure compliance with quality requirements by our suppliers: in order to offer our customers the highest quality and provide excellent on‑time service, we also demand this from our supply chain.

Responsibilities
- Act as interface with suppliers for operational activities
- Assess suppliers during tendering phase and contribute to the selection decision
- Manage and contribute to supply chain and quality aspects of the contract, being responsible for on‑time, on‑quality (and on‑cost when applicable) performance
- Manage supplier quality approval, ensuring that suppliers are compliant with required certifications in coordination with relevant stakeholders
- Monitor or support new product introduction, ToW, changes, to ensure industrial qualification maturity before serial phase




- Assess supplier capacity, capability and performance and contribute to supplier development
- Identify industrial risks and propose mitigation actions; work out short‑term recovery plans
- Initiate and manage supplier performance improvement projects
- Report on supplier operational performance
- Apply current tools to manage all activities related to supplier management

Interfaces
- Supplier (multiple functions & possibly critical sub‑tiers)
- Procurement (CM, PSM, SDM, SO, SCQM, SCQS, TC&L;…)
- Programme lines, Engineering, Production, Quality

Qualifications
- Completed studies in engineering, aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, business & administration, industrial engineering & management
- Background in Procurement, Quality, Production, Engineering or Programmes (2‑4 years)
- Project Management skills
- Leadership
- Good negotiation and communication sk

📌 Supply Chain Quality Manager (Getafe)
🏢 Airbus Defence And Space
📍 Getafe