Supply Chain Engineer - Industrial Means

Role: Supply Chain Engineer - Industrial Means

Rate of Pay: Please apply for further details 

Location: Stevenage - Permanently on-site – free parking is provided

Working Pattern: 37 hours per week. Monday to Friday days. Core hours

Length of Contract: 6-months - Possible extension after initial contract duration

Travel: Occasional travel to other UK sites

The Industrial Means team is responsible for supplying mechanical ground support equipment used in the manufacture of various satellite equipment such as –

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To support the team in helping deliver two new exciting products this year; OneSat and ENEO6

The Supply Chain Engineer has to ensure the delivery of the jigs and tooling equipment, on-time, on-cost and on-quality; by working closely with stakeholders such as:

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The Supply Chain Engineer will work with the existing supplier base to:

This is a hands on role requiring some flexibility in scope and duties.

· Act as an interface with suppliers of Industrial Means for operational activities:

· Prepare for call for tenders and issue request for quotations in-line with Airbus policy. Raise purchase orders and track and monitor through to delivery.

· Assess suppliers during tendering phase and contribute to the selection decision.

· Assess the Supplier capacity, capability & performance and contribute to supplier development.

· Manage/contribute to supply chain & quality aspects of the contract being responsible for On time, on Quality (and on Cost when applicable) performance. Report on supplier operational performance.

· Identify the supplier industrial risks and propose mitigation actions.

· Review supplier quality performance and agree appropriate action plans.

· Raise Non-conformance Reports process and if applicable, requests for deviations and see through to closure.

· Work out short term recovery plans- Able to deal with complex quality events.

· Support the SCQM on quality topics & supplier qualification, lean, manage changes, audits & assessment, technical knowledge (if requested).

· Participate in delivery review boards and manage handovers to the relevant teams and departments.

· Industrial Means team

· Transport and logistics

· General Procurement

• Suppliers on ADS approval list.

• Experience in supply chain management and or logistics role

• A demonstrated competence and relevant experience in project, procurement or product development management.

• Knowledge of the current project management tools (SAP, Ms Project, Excel, Word, and PPT)

• Ability to lead negotiations

• Ability to work in a cross-functional team in a multi-national matrix organisation

• Ability to understand the challenges of the program beyond the scope of their own work and take those challenge into account in the execution of the work

• Work style characterised by good teamwork, autonomy, initiative and cooperation

• Good communication and interpersonal skills and social competence

• Ability to facilitate the exchange of information and lessons learnt between functions, projects and organisations.

• Efficient and organised with an ability to work effectively under pressure

• Demonstrates a behaviour of continuous improvement.