Supplier-Development Manager (d/f/m), Donauwörth

Airbus is a leading aircraft manufacturer with the most modern and comprehensive family of airliners on the market, ranging in capacity from 100 to more than 500 seats. Airbus champions innovative technologies and offers some of the world’s most fuel efficient and quiet aircraft. Airbus has sold over 13.800 aircraft to more than 360 customers worldwide. Airbus has achieved more than 8,000 deliveries since the first Airbus aircraft entered into service. Headquartered in Toulouse, France.

Tasks

• Carrying out recovery, improvement and maturity missions at critical suppliers (especially for military) using best practice standards/tools (LoB, Lean, Six Sigma, APQP, PFMEA, CCP).
• Ensuring that the supplier relationship is established/improved in a sustainable manner, including at the supplier management level
• Holistic and sustainable development of suppliers from the development phase to the series and support phase
• Structured reporting (score card/8D) to internal customers/stakeholders.
• Carrying out assessments in accordance with Airbus Group standards: capacity (CCP/CMA), ramp-up readiness, maturity (Aero Excellence)
• Independent crisis intervention and recovery missions at suppliers to ensure sustainable parts availability/delivery quality
• Commissioning via SLA with clear recovery targets (OTD, OTQ, missing parts)
• Defining action plans within the framework of SQIP (end-to-end process)
• Support with relocations (various production sites, cross-border): risk analysis, action plan, tracking of actions
• Training/coaching of supply chain actors with regard to APQP/quality core tools, assessments
• Participation in the Aeroexcellence expert pool (SCE A Deutschland GmbH)

Profile

• Degree in supply chain, aerospace or similar
• At least 8 years of relevant experience in supply chain management or similar
• Knowledge of project, supplier and crisis management
• Experience in operations management (MRP, APICS/CPIM certification) and APQP
• Experience in relocating work between production sites and/or to other countries, as well as support with capacity assessments
• Very good leadership, communication and conflict management skills
• Assertiveness and diplomacy
• International experience and ability to work in a (transversal) team
• Willingness to travel (approx. 60-80% of the work takes place at the supplier's premises)
• Business fluent in English; fluent in German; French is an advantage
• Knowledge of Industrial suitability and maturity tests is an advantage
• Proficiency in IT solutions (e.g. SAP, Excel, etc.)