Supplier Quality Leader

Location:

Belfast, United Kingdom Thales is a global technology leader with more than 83,000 employees on five continents. With over 7,500 people in the UK, operating across defence, space, aerospace, and digital security, we help build a future we can all trust. Thales supports the security and stability of our nation by providing extraordinary technology to our customers, as well as delivering social value to the UK with our products and services.

Supplier Quality Leader Belfast Are you an inquisitive individual that has a passion for Quality Assurance? Are you looking for your next challenge with the opportunity to work within a highly regarded team that will support with your learning and development? Then look no further…

About the role:

Thales UK has an exciting opportunity for a Supplier Quality Leader to join our Integrated Airspace Protection Systems UK (IAS) team. IAS brings together people, expertise, and technology to deliver coordinated protection capabilities to the international market.

As a Supplier Quality Leader (SuQL), you will be a trusted partner to our Procurement community. You’ll work closely with colleagues across the business to uplift supplier quality performance, encourage shared learning, and support thoughtful, long‑term improvements from supplier selection through to ongoing evaluation.

What this role offers:

A supportive hybrid working pattern between our Belfast site and homeA people‑centred role with variety, collaboration, and meaningful interactions across the business

The chance to represent the voice of the customer and help shape positive outcomes

Main responsibilities:

Providing quality insight during supplier selection to help teams make confident, informed decisions.

Working collaboratively to reduce internal non‑quality issues and strengthen processes.

Enhancing supplier quality monitoring through partnership and continuous improvement.

Supporting product and process qualification with care and attention to detail.

Engaging with Procurement leadership to align on shared goals and transformation plans.

Leading Supplier Quality Improvement Plans (SQIP) and communicating progress with clarity and transparency.

Offering regular training and guidance to QAMs, sharing best practices and lessons learned.

Helping teams deepen their root‑cause analysis capability and improve Cost of Non‑Quality understanding.

Coordinating supplier audit plans with a focus on constructive feedback and long‑term relationships.

About you:

You bring clarity, and confidence to your communication, both written and verbal. You enjoy working collaboratively and building trust across diverse teams. You’re comfortable guiding others, presenting insights to senior stakeholders, and supporting change in a thoughtful, inclusive way.

You’ll also bring strengths in data analysis, problem‑solving, project management, and organisational planning. You understand how to balance risks and opportunities with empathy and sound judgement, and you’re confident navigating auditing in supply chain, industrial operations, logistics, and manufacturing environments.

Benefits:
Performance-related bonus (grade dependent)
Half day every Friday, usually finishing around 13:00 – delete if not applicable to the BL28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) with opportunity to buy up to 40 hours/year (pro rata)24 hours volunteering, per year, paid forOne professional membership, per year, paid for Private healthcare (grade dependent)
Pension scheme

Life cover
24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers

Gym membership discounts

Security Clearance Requirement:

Due to the nature of the work that we do at Thales, many of our roles are subject to…