Supplier Performance Manager General Maintenance (f/m)

Airbus Aircraft; Toulouse; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing schemes

Employee stock purchase plan

Staff council activities

Extensive upskilling and e-learning

Job summary

Airbus Operations SAS in Toulouse, France, seeks a Supplier Performance Manager to join the Facility Management team. You will oversee supplier performance across five sites, driving improvement roadmaps and governance to ensure safety and compliance while coordinating multi-site activities.

You will lead supplier governance, manage contracts, and coordinate cross-divisional infrastructure and maintenance projects, bringing advanced English and fluent French skills to the role.

Qualifications

• Proven professional experience in supplier management and maintenance.
• Expertise in problem-solving methodologies (PPS) and project management.
• Strong negotiation, contractual management, and influencing skills.
• Knowledge of regulations related to technical infrastructures.
• French fluent and English advanced.

Responsibilities

• Manage the operational and contractual performance of suppliers (KPIs, reviews, escalations, steering committees).
• Coordinate multi-site activities to harmonize processes and share best practices.
• Define and deploy short, medium, and long-term improvement roadmaps for Airbus and suppliers.
• Lead the Supplier Performance Agents network and supplier governance.
• Drive cross-divisional and transnational infrastructure and maintenance projects.

Skills

Supplier management

Contract management

Negotiation

Project management

KPI governance

Job description

Job Description

Toulouse, France. You will be part of a team developing Airbus infrastructure and ensuring facility availability. As part of the team, you will be involved in managing Operation and Maintenance contracts aiming at ensuring compliance and safety across 5 sites in France.

Role

Airbus Commercial Aircraft is looking for a Supplier Performance Manager (f/m) to join our Facility Management department based in Toulouse, France. You will be part of a team developing Airbus infrastructure and ensuring facility availability. As part of the team, you will be involved in managing Operation and Maintenance contracts aiming at ensuring compliance and safety across 5 sites in France.

Your working environment

Global capital of aeronautics and European capital for space research, Toulouse is a dynamic city in the southwest of France served by an international airport. Ideally located between the Mediterranean sea and the Atlantic ocean and close to the Pyrenees mountains, it offers plenty of options for outdoor activities!

How we care for you

• Financial rewards: Attractive salary, agreements on success and profit sharing schemes, employee savings plan abounded by Airbus and employee stock purchase plan on a voluntary basis.
• Work / Life Balance: Extra days-off for special occasions, holiday transfer option, a Staff council offering many social, cultural and sport activities and other services.
• Wellbeing / Health: Complementary health insurance coverage (disability, invalidity, death). Depending on the site: health services center, concierge services, gym, carpooling application.
• Individual development: Great upskilling opportunities and development prospects with unlimited access to +10.000 e-learning courses to develop your employability, certifications, expert career path, accelerated development programmes, national and international mobility.

Your challenges

• Manage the operational and contractual performance of suppliers (KPIs, reviews, escalations, steering committees).
• Coordinate multi-site activities to harmonize processes and share best practices.
• Define and deploy short, medium, and long-term improvement roadmaps for both Airbus and suppliers.
• Lead the Supplier Performance Agents network and the overall supplier governance.
• Drive cross-divisional and transnational infrastructure and maintenance projects.

Your boarding pass

• Proven professional experience in supplier management and maintenance.
• Expertise in problem-solving methodologies (PPS) and project management.
• Strong negotiation, contractual management, and influencing skills (Challenging the As-Is).
• Knowledge of current regulations related to technical infrastructures.
• French: fluent and English: advanced.

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

Company

Airbus Operations SAS

Employment Type

Permanent

Classe Emploi (France)

Classe G13

Experience Level

Professional

Job Family

Facility Management and Real Estate

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