Join Airbus Operations SAS as a Supplier Performance Manager General Maintenance based in Toulouse, France. This permanent, full-time role involves managing operation and maintenance contracts, supplier performance, and infrastructure projects across 5 sites.
Requirements
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 current regulations related to technical infrastructures.
Fluent French and advanced English.
Skills & Responsibilities
Supplier management: Manage the operational and contractual performance of suppliers through KPIs, reviews, escalations, and steering committees.
Project management: Drive cross-divisional and transnational infrastructure and maintenance projects while coordinating multi-site activities.
Process improvement: Define and deploy short, medium, and long-term improvement roadmaps for both Airbus and suppliers.
Leadership: Lead the Supplier Performance Agents network and overall supplier governance.
Potential transition routes: People from contract management, facility management, or project engineering roles may bring strong negotiation, coordination, and technical oversight skills, alongside meeting the language and experience requirements.
Job description
Job Description:
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.
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.
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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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.
