Supply Chain and Quality Manager

Airbus S.A.S.; Filton; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Annual profit share

Contributory pension

Share options

Free onsite parking

Season ticket loan

Flexible working

Hybrid working

Personal development plan

Airbus Leadership University

Wellbeing benefits

Job summary

Airbus is seeking a Supply Chain Quality Manager in the United Kingdom to drive supplier performance, manage audits and ensure on-time, on-budget delivery of Landing Gear work packages. You will lead activities with internal teams and external partners, advancing proactive risk management and industrial qualification maturity.

In this role, you will collaborate across multidisciplinary teams, support compliance with aerospace certifications, and travel as needed to industrial sites.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in Supply Chain and Quality management.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary interface with suppliers to ensure On-Quality, On-Time delivery.
• Monitor new product introductions and engineering changes before serial production.
• Evaluate supplier capacity, capability, and performance; manage quality approvals for aerospace certifications.

Skills

Aerospace industry experience

Quality management

Supply chain coordination

Audits and assessments

Job description

Join Airbus as a Supply Chain Quality Manager and play a vital role in ensuring our Landing Gear Work Packages are delivered on time, on cost, and to the absolute highest quality standards. Reporting into the Lead SCQM, you will be the driving force behind our Audits and Assessments (A&A). As we evolve from a reactive to a proactive, risk-management-driven organization, you will have the exciting opportunity to bring innovative ideas to life, collaborate with a diverse portfolio of external partners, and work with cutting-edge manufacturing technologies. Join us to build bridges across our supply chain and safeguard the excellence of Airbus flyable products for years to come!

HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE TEAM

• Act as the primary operational interface with individual suppliers, managing supply chain and quality contract execution to ensure exceptional On-Quality, On-Time (OQOT) delivery.
• Monitor new product introductions, transfers of work, and engineering changes to guarantee industrial qualification maturity before entering the serial production phase.
• Evaluate supplier capacity, capability, and performance-starting from the tendering phase-and manage quality approvals to ensure strict compliance with required aerospace certifications.
• Proactively identify industrial risks, propose mitigation actions, and execute effective short-term recovery and long-term development plans.
• Coordinate with internal Multi-Functional/Divisional Teams (MFT/MDT) and utilize advanced management tools to initiate and drive supplier performance improvement projects.

  You have a proven track record working within Supply Chain and Quality management.

• You bring experience from the aerospace industry or have worked in similarly complex, high-stakes environments such as the automotive or rail sectors.
• Possess the ability to build trusting, collaborative relationships with both internal stakeholders and external suppliers
• You enjoy a fast-paced environment and are excited by the prospect of traveling to discover new places and manufacturing technologies., 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.

  Not a 100% match? No worries! Airbus supports your personal growth with customised development solutions., Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to [e-mail]. At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to [e-mail]. At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

• Financial Reward: Competitive salary, annual profit share, contributory pension, share options, car leasing scheme, free onsite parking, season ticket loan, tax-free technology scheme, shopping discounts and much more
• Work / Life Balance: 35 hour week, flexible working around core hours and Friday afternoons off, hybrid working, flexible working, option to buy/sell holiday
• Personal Development: Personalised development plan, Airbus Leadership University and unlimited access to 10,000+ E-learning courses, internal mobility including international opportunities
• Health & Wellbeing: Bupa health insurance (including assisted fertility treatments and gender dysphoria & reassignment support), wellbeing benefits (including 24/7 online GP and mental health support), discounted family health / dental insurance / eye tests, cycle-to-work scheme, on-site canteen and coffee shop, lunchtime yoga / meditation
• Family and Caregiving: Life assurance, enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave and caregiving and purpose built maternity rooms on site
• Inclusive Environment: Wellbeing room, Multi-faith room, Employee Representative Groups (Gender, LGBTQ+, International, Generational, Disability, Social & Cultural Diversity, Neurodiversity)

Our world is changing. And so are we. From our commitment to zero-carbon flight (#ZEROe) to cleaning up space, sustainability is at the heart of our purpose. So what's your next change? Are you ready to help shape the future of aerospace manufacturing?