Supply Chain Quality Manager Avionics (Chicago or Charlotte)

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Job Description:

Position Summary:

This position is responsible for a large Avionics Tier 1 supplier (Collins) 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). They draw on their past expertise in Quality Industrial & Operations Management and strong relationship building skills to problem-solve and proactively mitigate Supply Chain issues. The nature of the job requires a high level of autonomy and a strong level of soft skills including communication.

Primary Responsibilities:

Supply Chain and Quality Management: 70%

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

• Ensure maturity and robustness of Equipment & Systems Suppliers 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 transformation 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 expected level in terms of end results.

• Prepare and support regular management reviews (PRM Industrial Senior Management Meeting Quality Supply Chain Meetings) with suppliers to regularly review delivery and supply chain performances and ensure that preventive/corrective & improvement actions are continuously undertaken.

Internal Stakeholder Management: 20%

• Manage relationships with internal stakeholders such as MFT leaders Programs and Final Assembly Lines (FALs). This includes communication customer / supplier relation & meetings and improvement actions.

Other Responsibilities: 10%

• Complete required trainings

• Special projects (internal and external initiatives) and stretch assignments

Qualified Experience / Skills / Training:

Education:

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering/Industrial Engineering or similar field. Equivalent work experience may be considered in lieu of education.

• Preferred: Masters Degree in Engineering Industrial Engineering Supply Chain or similar field

Experience:

• Required: Minimum of 8 years professional experience in a procurement operationsenvironment (monitoring auditing developing suppliers/operations) or equivalent.

• Preferred: 10 years of relevant professional experience. Aerospace industry and/or manufacturing experience

Licensure/Certifications:

• Required: n/a

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

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 Mgmt. system standards Authorities / Regulations / Standards Knowledge of QMS Auditing/Assessing IPCA and CCP tools

Communication Skills (Spoken Written Influencing Proficiency in Other Languages):

• English (Reading Speaking Writing: Fluent/Negotiation)

• Communicating at all levels within the suppliers organization and Airbus to influence the decision making

• Ability to summarize complex industrial situations in a clear manner

• Team Player with excellent communication skills customer-oriented problem solving and flexible way of working.

Technical Systems Proficiency:

• na

Travel Required:

• 50% Domestic and International

Citizenship:

• Authorization to work in the U.S. is required.

Clearance:

• na

Decision Making Complexity:

The Job holder will be part of a team and will be able to act autonomously and but operationally driven by the Procurement commodity in Europe. The management support for the Job Holder is US based as are the suppliers. Most internal customers will be based in Europe. This role will manage complex and high profile suppliers.

Organizational information:

The job holder will be part of the Airbus Americas Procurement team whose internal customer is the Procurement Operations Equipment & Systems organization in Europe primarily and all Airbus FALs. No direct reports.

Nature of Contacts:

Involved negotiation type Communication on a daily basis with internal and external parties

Physical Requirements:

The job content requires the ability to travel via car and airplane. Must be able to sit stand walk and view computer monitor for long periods of time. Requires hearing and vision.

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity as the foundation for the Companys success reputation and sustainable growth.

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