Are you passionate about technology or aviation? Come invent the solutions of tomorrow in the aerospace and defense industry, with an international group where innovation, teamwork and continuing, daily education are fundamental values. Join us!
Safran Cabin headquarters are in Huntington Beach, California, with a global presence of over 10,000 employees at 36 sites. Site locations are in the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, Germany, France, Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Tunisia and Thailand. Safran Cabin serves over 400 airlines and leasing companies globally and delivers to all airframe OEM manufacturers with a heritage spanning over 80 years in the industry.
• Your Career: Safran is committed to providing internal mobility to our employees. We operate globally so the sky is the limit of where your Safran journey can take you.
• Your Development: Safran employees have free access to Safran University courses and external tuition reimbursement for approved programs or certifications.
In coordination with Supplier Performance Manager(s) (SPM), works to drive suppliers to reach and sustain quality and logistics performance levels in line with cabin-level targets across the assigned supplier and/or program scope.
Summary of Duties:
• Provide top level focused field assistance to Procurement teams on Crisis Management (chronic part shortages, recovery plan, other) in collaboration with the Supplier Performance Manager(s)
• Partner with Quality teams on Crisis Management (chronic rejections/NOE, quality issues, other)
• Partner with Supplier Performance / Quality on supplier action plans, assessment and escalations, in the event of recurring performance deviations, until acceptable performance is reached
• Ensure the consistency of initiated improvement actions with all supply chain stakeholders.
• Provide supplier on-site support for SPM/SQE supplier action plans in the event of recurring performance deviations, until acceptable performance is reached
• Support recovery plan management with onsite activities, with line of balance management of shortages across multiple sites.
• Recover acceptable supplier performances by addressing action plan follow up through close relationship and visits to supplier site.
• Partner with all supply chain/operation (at each level) teams on recovery plans, escalations and/or critical issues.
• Implement “check and act” action plan with SPMs support.
• Reinforce SPM/SQE action plans on major quality issues (scope definition, containment.)
• Escalate and participate to risk analysis with SPM & Senior Management
• Drive key stakeholders to define and deliver corrective action plans ensuring results are achieved and sustainable, with a key focus on production readiness, audits and systemic quality issues
• Lead and facilitate workshops to drive change and resolve conflict, both internally and at the supplier facility.
• Other duties may be assigned.
Travel specifictity
**Travel will be required – 60+%.
Candidate skills & requirements
Education: Requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, or related field
Experience: Minimum 5 years’ experience in Quality, Supply Chain and/or Engineering, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Other Skills:
• Experience in Automotive, Aerospace & Defense or related industry desired
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification preferred
• Project Management skills – Intermediate
• Technical awareness of manufacturing processes – Advanced
• Understanding of process control, total quality, APQP, and lean manufacturing – Intermediate
• Knowledge of supply chain principles & tools including audits; ERP principals – Advanced
• Knowledge of Quality/Lean tools (FMEA, 8D, DMAIC, 5W, Ishikawa etc.) including audits – Intermediate
• Problem solving skills – ability to analyze a problem and determine if driven by design, supplier or other factors in a timely fashion. – Intermediate
• Strong communication skills at all levels (written and verbal).
• Microsoft Office (Excel, PBI, MS Word, PowerPoint) – Intermediate
• ERP Systems – Basic
• Ability to work in autonomous environment.
• High level of self motivation and job planning in order to achieve goals and meet deadlines.
• Strong customer focus.
• Leadership through influence and effective conflict resolution.
• Required fluency in English; Spanish and French a plus.
At Safran, diversity & inclusion is a source of richness that adds quality of life, performance, and innovation. We welcome diverse contributions and provide equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, age, national origin, ancestry, disability/medical condition, military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic characteristics or information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws.
Annual salary
USD 70,600 – 110,900
Job location
Job location
North America, United States, California
City (-ies)
Huntington Beach
Applicant criteria
Minimum education level achieved
Bachelor’s Degree
Minimum experience level required
More than 3 years
Additional Languages preferred
English (Fluent)