Supply chain quality Specialist

Qualifications

• Proven experience within Supply Chain Quality, Supplier Quality or Quality Engineering within the aerospace industry.
• Strong understanding of APQP, PFMEA, FAI and RCCA/8D methodologies.
• Experience managing supplier quality issues and corrective action plans.
• Experience working with supplier concessions and non-conformances.
• Experience supporting or managing Transfer of Work (ToW) activities.
• Experience with QSR and supplier performance management.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with suppliers and internal cross-functional teams.
• Strong problem-solving and root cause analysis capability.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities within a demanding programme environment.
• Experience within an Airbus or similar major aerospace OEM environment.
• Knowledge of AS9100 and aerospace quality requirements.
• Experience with SARI or equivalent supplier assessment/audit processes.
• Experience working across complex aerospace manufacturing supply chains.
• Formal quality or engineering qualification.
• Experience in supplier recovery or intervention programmes.
• Proactive and confident in challenging supplier performance.
• Analytical, with a structured approach to problem solving.
• Collaborative, with strong stakeholder management skills.
• Commercially aware, understanding the impact of quality issues on programme delivery.
• Resilient and organised, able to manage multiple suppliers and competing priorities.
• Results focused, with the ability to drive actions through to effective and sustainable closure.