Supply Chain Quality Specialist
| Posting date: | 23 April 2026 |
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| Salary: | £40 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | PAYE available |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 May 2026 |
| Location: | Filton, Gloucestershire, BS34 7PA |
| Company: | Carbon60 |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | BBBH176953_1776935509 |
Summary
Accountabilities
As a Supply Chain & Quality Specialist (SCQS) you will report directly to the Head of New Product Introduction Systems & Equipment UK and your key accountabilities will be:
- Developing and deploying APQP across Major Modifications to ensure industrial maturity
- Coaching and upskilling the Supply Chain Quality Managers community
- Supplier Continuous Improvement & Development
- Delivery & Quality Supplier Operation Support
Main activities
The successful candidate will need to be autonomous in supporting the UK Supply Chain Systems & Equipments organization to continuously improve in supply chain management ways of working and developing supplier capability and maturity. This will be achieved by pro-actively defining and rolling out the below initiatives:
> APQP Leader for New Product Introduction / Major Modifications / Transfer of Work:
- APQP Leader covering Product change across Landing Gear Structures / Systems and Fuel System Equipment.
- Liaising with program quality to ensure robust APQP deployment throughout the E2E processes
- Influencing and Developing
> Quality Tools, Techniques & Methodologies:
- Supply Chain & Quality Manager (SCQM) Coaching - Leading and influencing development of SCQM's to obtain accepted level of maturity in Quality Tools, Techniques and Methodologies across POEL scope.
- Quality Standards & Assurance
> Supplier Development:
- Supporting the SCQM community to implement robust continuous improvement plans through Supplier Business Improvement Plan Methodologies
- Focal point for Supplier APQP Self assessments and linked projects in Supplier Business Improvement Plan Methodologies
- Facilitator for Quality Tools, Techniques and Methodologies for supplier development
> Operation Support:
- Supporting SCQM facing complex quality supply chain issues impacting directly Airbus industrial flow
- Standardising Quality Tool ways of working across Systems & Equipement scope
- Supporting Corporate Assessments designed to assess the industrial maturity of the suppliers like IPCA's, CCP's and Concession processes
Required Skills
- Autonomous and pro-active approach
- Willingness to get involved and drive change within the organisation
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Practical Knowledge of Supply Chain Quality tools, techniques and methodologies
- Understanding of Change Request Industrial Implementation
- Supply Chain & Quality Background
Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.