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Working at Airbus

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Join Airbus Defence and Space in Getafe, Spain as an MRTT+ Industrialization Supply Chain & Quality Manager. In this permanent, full-time professional role featuring a hybrid working model, you will lead End-to-End Supply Chain Operations and Quality Management for national and international suppliers across multi-program environments like A400M, MRTT, and EURODRONE, requiring fluent English and Spanish.

Requirements

  • 3 to 5 years of experience in Supply Chain Quality or Supply Chain Management with a solid technical background in Manufacturing Engineering or Product Quality.
  • Aeronautical Engineering degree preferred, or Industrial/Chemical Engineering degree with a strong background in industrialization.
  • Negotiation/fluent level in both English and Spanish.
  • Technical expertise in APQP deployment, Quality Escapes/Non-conformity management, Root Cause Analysis, and First Article Inspection (FAI).
  • Strong negotiation, stakeholder management, active listening, proactive mindset, and decisive problem-solving abilities.
  • Availability and willingness to travel (typically 4-5 trips per year).

Skills & Responsibilities

  • Supply Chain Management: Manage operational relationships, monitor performance, and lead End-to-End Supply Chain Operations across national and international footprints.
  • Quality Assurance & Control: Conduct quality audits, deploy APQP, execute First Article Inspections (FAI), and manage quality escapes and non-conformities.
  • Industrialization & Procurement: Participate in supplier selection (Call For Tender), provide technical and industrial approvals, and lead industrialization of work packages.
  • Crisis & Risk Management: Lead recovery plans, field-level actions during operational crises, and execute root cause analyses and corrective/preventative action plans.
  • Potential transition routes: People from Quality Assurance Engineer or Manufacturing Engineer roles may bring technical problem-solving skills and quality management experience, alongside meeting the engineering degree and language requirements.

Job description

Job Description:

An opportunity for a Supply Chain and Quality Manager (SCQM) has arisen within Airbus Defence and Space, Getafe (Madrid).

The selected candidate will join the Supply Chain and Quality department as part of the Composite and Metallic Detail Parts team within the Procurement Organization. Due to team expansion, this new position has been created to manage the operational relationship between Air Power and detail parts suppliers across both national and international footprints.

You will join a multicultural team with members located across different Airbus sites in Spain and Germany, operating in multi-program environments (including A400M, MRTT, L&M, EFA, Aerostructures, MRTT+, and EURODRONE). Your mission as SCQM will be to lead the End-to-End Supply Chain Operations and Quality Management and act as Supply Chain Industrial, Operations and Quality leader for all the suppliers under the applicable scope.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The jobholder will be responsible for:

  • Representing Airbus Defence and Space directly in front of national and international suppliers, acting as the primary operations, industrialization, and quality leader.
  • Participating in supplier selection (Call For Tender) by providing technical and industrial approvals, and leading the industrialization of work packages to ensure on-time, high-quality production.
  • Monitoring supplier operational performance, conducting quality audits, managing Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) deployment, and executing First Article Inspections (FAI).
  • Managing quality escapes and non-conformities by leading root cause analyses, corrective/preventative action plans, and risk & opportunities management.
  • Representing the procurement organization within Multi-Functional Teams (MFT) and in front of official authorities during assessments and audits.
  • Leading recovery plans and field-level actions when suppliers experience operational crises to minimize impact on manufacturing plants.

SKILLS

Is your profile aligned to the following list of skills? Apply! We are looking forward to knowing you:

  • Education: Aeronautical Engineering degree preferred, or Industrial/Chemical Engineering degree with a strong background in industrialization.
  • Experience: 3 to 5 years of experience in Supply Chain Quality or Supply Chain Management, requiring a solid technical background in Manufacturing Engineering or Product Quality .
  • Soft skills: Strong negotiation, stakeholder management, active listening, proactive mindset, and decisive problem-solving abilities.
  • Languages: Negotiation/fluent level in both English and Spanish.
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Airbus

MRTT+ Industrialization Supply Chain & Quality Manager

Getafe
Hybrid
Attractive salary
  • Technical knowledge: Expertise in APQP deployment, Quality Escapes/Non-conformity management, Root Cause Analysis, and First Article Inspection (FAI).
  • Valuable / Nice to have: Availability and willingness to travel (typically 4-5 trips per year, which may increase depending on the project and its development phase).
  • WHICH BENEFITS WILL YOU HAVE AS AIRBUS EMPLOYEE?

    At Airbus we are focused on our employees and their welfare. Take a look at some of our social benefits:

    • Vacation days plus additional days-off along the year.
    • Attractive salary.
    • Hybrid model of working when possible, promoting the work-life balance.
    • Collective transport service in some sites.
    • Benefits such as health insurance, employee stock options, retirement plan, or study grants.
    • On-site facilities (among others): free canteen, kindergarten, medical office.
    • Possibility to collaborate in different social and corporate social responsibility initiatives.
    • Excellent upskilling opportunities and great development prospects in a multicultural environment.
    • Special rates in products & benefits.

    #MYCYM

    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 Defence and Space SAU

    Employment Type:
    Permanent
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    Experience Level:
    Professional

    Job Family:
    Supplier Management

    By submitting your CV or application you are consenting to Airbus using and storing information about you for monitoring purposes relating to your application or future employment. This information will only be used by Airbus.
    Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.

    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 emsom@airbus.com .

    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.

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