Supplier Performance & Quality Manager - On-board power (Phoenix or Newport Beach CA)

Airbus Americas · Newport Beach, CA

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Level: Manager
Team: Quality
Degree: Required
Experience asked: 5+ years
Certification: Black Belt preferred
Industry: Aerospace & defense
Posted: 30+ days ago

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A management quality role at Airbus Americas (aerospace & defense) in Newport Beach, CA.

They ask for: 5+ years · degree required · Black Belt preferred
Tools it names: Black Belt, Green Belt, APQP, Assembly lines

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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026

Quality Engineer roles in California: typical posted base $101k–$149k.

Median of the low and high ends of 84 live postings that list pay, out of 179 quality engineer openings in California, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

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How this role compares

Against 178 other live quality postings in California.

Base pay: Not listed in this posting
Experience asked: Typical (5+ years)

Skills these teams ask for most

Root cause 78%
FMEA 56%
Supplier quality 49%
AS9100 44%
Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 44%
ISO 9001 40%

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Stands out: this posting asks for Assembly lines, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.

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This plant: Airbus Americas in Newport Beach

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Supply Chain Quality Manager - PIMD - Newport Beach, CA · Quality · Manager

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Position Summary

This SCQM (Supply Chain & Quality Manager) position is responsible for a large Tier 1 supplier and is accountable for ensuring on time delivery and on quality of equipment & systems for Airbus Aircraft. The Supply Chain Quality/Performance Manager is in daily contact with suppliers and internal customers (located in US, Canada and Europe). They draw on their past expertise in Industrial, Operations & Quality Management, and strong relationship building skills to problem-solve and proactively mitigate Supply Chain issues. The nature of the job requires a high level of autonomy and a strong level of soft skills including communication. This role is targeted for Newport Beach, California, or Phoenix, AZ.

Primary

requirements

✓Ensure Suppliers’ preventive/corrective action plans are managed and achievements are at the expected level in terms of end results.
✓Prepare and support regular management reviews (SBR, PRM, Industrial Senior Management Meeting, Quality Supply Chain Meetings) with suppliers to regularly review delivery and supply chain performances and ensure that preventive/corrective & improvement actions are continuously undertaken.
✓Remote position, but acting facing the supplier or in the Airbus office 4 days per week.

Responsibilities

10%

◆Complete required training
◆Special projects and stretch assignments
◆Mentor new hires and support colleagues as needed

Education

✓Required: Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering/Industrial Engineering or similar field. Equivalent work experience may be considered in lieu of education.
✓Preferred: Master’s Degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, or similar field

Experience

✓Required: Minimum of 5 years professional experience in a procurement operations environment (monitoring, auditing, developing suppliers/operations) or equivalent.
✓Preferred: 10+ years of relevant professional experience. Aerospace industry and/or manufacturing experience

Travel Required

✓50% Domestic and International

Requirements

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Supply Chain Management: 70%

•Ensure maturity and robustness of Equipment & Systems Supplier’s manufacturing and supply chain processes to avoid supply failures
•Deploy Zer0-M routines with the supplier including robust SBR (Supplier Business Review) process and BIP (Business Improvement Plan) management
•Utilize best practices, industrial methods, and quality management techniques to continuously improve Supply Chain related performances for deliveries of supplied products
•Assess supplier capacity and capability to secure ramp-up period as well as Airbus industrial objectives (major planning changes, ramp down, etc.)
•Monitor and analyze performance through Key Performance Indicators and organize the surveillance of the suppliers through audits, assessments, recovery plan and mission, CID (Corrective, Improvement, Development) and industrial risks management with internal and external concerned parties
•Appropriately monitor major industrial risks, major changes (industrial transfers, major planning changes) and supporting design changes on an industrial point of view in order to protect Airbus operations
•Initiate and follow recovery or transformation plans with Suppliers in case of delivery performances degradation to ensure deliveries are back to Airbus

Internal Stakeholder Management: 20%

•Manage relationships with internal stakeholders, such as MFT leaders, Programs and Final Assembly Lines (FALs). This includes communication, customer / supplier relation & meetings, and improvement actions.

Other

Licensure/Certifications

•Required: n/a
•Preferred: Green Belt/Black Belt certification, CPIM certification (Certified in Production & Inventory Management)

Knowledge, Skills, Demonstrated Capabilities

•Required: Knowledge of Supply Chain and Quality Processes.
•Preferred: Knowledge of Quality Regulations, Quality Core Tools Knowledge (APQP), Practical Problem Solving, Industrial planning (MRP/ERP). International Mgmt. system standards, Authorities / Regulations / Standards, Knowledge of QMS, Auditing/Assessing, IPCA+ and CMA tools (Industrial Capability and Capacity assessment tools)

Communication Skills (Spoken, Written, Influencing, Proficiency in Other Languages):

•English (Reading – Speaking – Writing: Fluent/Negotiation)
•Communicating at all levels within the supplier’s organization and Airbus to influence the decision making
•Ability to summarize complex industrial situations in a clear manner
•Team Player with excellent communication skills, customer-oriented, problem solving and flexible way of working .

Technical Systems Proficiency

•na

Citizenship

•Authorization to work in the U.S. will be required.

Clearance

•na

Decision Making, Complexity

The Job holder will be part of a team and will be able to act autonomously, operationally driven by the Procurement commodity in Europe and the US/Canada.

•The management support for the Job Holder is US based, as are the suppliers.
•This role will manage complex and high profile suppliers.

Organizational information

The job holder will be part of the Airbus Americas Procurement team whose internal customer is the Procurement Industrial Equipment & Systems organization (PIE) and Airbus production lines across EU, US and Canada.

Nature of Contacts

Involved, negotiation type Communication on a daily basis with internal and external parties

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