Ensuring products from vendors and suppliers meet quality standards and follow company and manufacturing regulations
Developing and maintaining strong, trust-based partnerships with both local & international suppliers
Supporting our suppliers’ growth throughout the entire process. From product development to production preparation and into mass production in the areas of safety, quality and productivity
Defining supplier product assurance requirements based on Aerospacelab’s customer requirements and company policies, and monitoring their implementation
Perform on-site and remote system and process quality reviews and audits at potential and existing suppliers
Monitor and support suppliers’ product and project compliance to the requirements
Review First Article Inspection and Lot Acceptance Testing process and results in accordance with applicable standards
Verify that "Off the Shelf" products are compliant with their specifications
Planning relevant follow-ups and audits with suppliers to ensure orders to be delivered on time, on quality and in-full, supported by setting up appropriate KPI’s
Identifying day-to-day procurement risk, escalate concerns in a timely manner and support development of efficient countermeasures
Track supplier quality metrics
Track and manage all anomalies, NCs, RFDs and RFWs detected by our suppliers or on supplier products
Being quality point of contact in Aerospacelab’s Suppliers Management team
Continuously promote innovations and improvements by collecting supplier feedback and lessons learned after major mission phases
