Supply chain quality Specialist

Overview

As a Supply Chain Quality Specialist at Scalian, you will safeguard and improve quality across a complex aerospace supply chain. You will work with suppliers and cross-functional teams to drive quality performance, readiness, and containment actions. The role focuses on APQP, supplier investigations, and ToW management to support production programmes. You will contribute to ongoing quality surveillance and supplier performance reviews, shaping robust quality processes. This position offers hands-on impact in a major aerospace context and collaboration with engineering, manufacturing, and programme teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage and drive supplier quality performance across assigned suppliers and programmes
• Lead and support APQP activities for robust quality planning
• Drive RCCA activities for supplier quality issues
• Lead and review 8D investigations with effective root cause analysis and corrective actions
• Support Quality Surveillance Reviews and supplier performance reviews
• Conduct and support SARI activities ensuring supplier compliance with quality standards
• Manage and monitor Transfer of Work activities ensuring quality requirements during transfer
• Review and support PFMEA to mitigate manufacturing/process risks
• Manage FAI requirements and readiness for production
• Support resolution of supplier concessions with justification
• Identify emerging supplier risks and implement containment and mitigation
• Monitor supplier performance, quality trends, recurring issues, and improvement actions
• Collaborate with suppliers to implement continuous improvement initiatives
• Provide clear quality status updates, risk and recovery plans to programmes and stakeholders
• Facilitate communication between suppliers and internal functions (Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement, Programme Management, Quality)
• Maintain quality records, action trackers, and performance data
• Support supplier escalation and recovery activities as required
• Ensure all activities comply with aerospace quality standards, customer requirements, and company procedures

Key requirements

• Proven experience in Supply Chain Quality, Supplier Quality, or Quality Engineering in aerospace
• Strong understanding of APQP, PFMEA, FAI, and RCCA/8D methodologies
• Experience managing supplier quality issues and corrective action plans
• Experience handling supplier concessions and non-conformances
• Experience supporting or managing Transfer of Work activities
• Experience with QSR and supplier performance management
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Ability to work effectively with suppliers and cross-functional internal teams
• Strong problem-solving and root cause analysis capability
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a demanding programme environment

• strong stakeholder management
• effective communication
• problem-solving and analytical thinking
• APQP
• PFMEA
• FAI

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