Supply Chain Quality Specialist (m/f)

Job Description

Airbus Commercial Aircraft is looking for a Supply Chain and Quality Specialist (f/m) to join our Procurement, Supply Chain and Quality team in Toulouse, France.

As part of the PIMS Fasteners team, you will be involved in supplier portfolio management specializing in adherence and management of quality, ensuring contract adherence related to quality performance, industrial risk management and continuous process improvement to guarantee deliveries to Airbus plants.

Your working environment

Toulouse is the global capital of aeronautics and the European capital for space research. The city is dynamic and served by an international airport, located between the Mediterranean sea and the Atlantic ocean, and close to the Pyrenees mountains, offering many outdoor activities.

How we care for you

• Financial rewards: attractive salary, success agreements and profit sharing schemes, employee savings plan and voluntary employee stock purchase plan.
• Work / Life Balance: extra days off for special occasions, holiday transfer option, staff council offering social, cultural and sport activities and other services.
• Wellbeing / Health: complementary health insurance coverage (disability, invalidity, death). Depending on the site: health services centre, concierge services, gym, carpooling application.
• Individual development: great upskilling opportunities, unlimited access to over 10,000 e‑learning courses, certifications, expert career paths, accelerated development programmes, national and international mobility.

Your challenges

• Assess suppliers during the tendering phase, manage quality approvals, and ensure industrial qualification maturity before serial production (via FAIR, APQP, ToW).
• Drive end‑to‑end contract execution to guarantee on time, on quality and on cost performance.
• Evaluate supplier capacity and capabilities, identify industrial risks, and implement development and mitigation plans.
• Handle complex quality events (NoE, SARI, concessions) and establish short‑term recovery plans and root‑cause analyses.
• Support SCQMs on manufacturing engineering, change management, audits (Aero‑excellence, CMA) and ensure strict regulatory compliance.

Your boarding pass

• Background in Quality Management, Supply Chain, Industrial or Mechanical Engineering.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Aerospace Quality or Supply Chain, ideally with specific expertise in the Fastener commodity.
• Proficiency in aerospace tools and regulations (APQP, FAIR, EASA, NADCAP, SAP, Skywise) and manufacturing processes (forging, machining, heat treatment, coatings).
• Strong communication and negotiation skills, leadership to drive recovery plans, analytical mindset, high responsiveness to crises, and collaborative spirit.
• Fluent English (C1 level minimum) is mandatory to operate in an international environment and interface daily with global suppliers.
• This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.

Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to