QMS & Supplier Quality Manager

The QMS & Supplier Quality Manager will develop and sustain the Quality Management System in line with the required industry standards (including AS9100/ ISO
9001), accreditation requirements and business requirements across the organization. Regulate, control, and improve the quality of all processes throughout the business. Manage the audit program to ensure that all nonconformities raised during internal/ external audits are effectively corrected and independently verified. Embed a culture of continuous improvement throughout the company.

This position also provides leadership and oversight of the Supplier Quality Management Program to ensure that externally provided products, materials, and services consistently meet engineering specifications, contractual requirements, and established quality standards.

The position serves as a key liaison between Quality Assurance, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, external suppliers, customers, and third-party certification bodies.

The ideal candidate possesses extensive aerospace quality management experience, demonstrated expertise in AS9100D compliance, strong supplier quality management capabilities, and a proven record of driving operational excellence.

Quality Management System (QMS) Management

• Manage and maintain the company's AS9100D Quality Management System to ensure continued compliance with applicable standards and customer requirements.
• Develop, review, revise, and maintain quality policies, procedures, work instructions, and associated QMS documentation.
• Lead internal quality audits, ensuring effective implementation and compliance with established processes.
• Coordinate and support AS9100D third-party certification and surveillance audits.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for QMS-related customer and regulatory audits.
• Authorized Management Representative, on behalf of the Quality Director, to include liaison with external parties on matters relating to the QMS.
• Identify systemic quality issues and implement effective corrective and preventive improvement measures.
• Ensure effective implementation of risk-based thinking throughout the organization's quality processes.
• Monitor QMS effectiveness through established quality objectives, performance indicators, and management review activities.
• Facilitate management review meetings, including preparation of performance reports and follow-up on assigned action items.
• Ensure proper document control, record retention, and configuration management practices.
• Responsible for overseeing the organization's calibration and measurement equipment control program to ensure compliance with AS9100D, applicable ISO/IEC 17025 requirements, and customer-specific quality requirements.

Supplier Quality Management

• Develop, implement, and maintain the organization's Supplier Quality Management Program in accordance with AS9100D requirements.
• Establish and maintain supplier qualification, approval, monitoring, and periodic reevaluation processes.
• Maintain the Approved Supplier List (ASL), including supplier approval status and authorized scope of services.
• Conduct supplier quality system audits, process assessments, and on-site evaluations.
• Monitor supplier performance through established quality, delivery, and responsiveness metrics.
• Manage Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCARs), including root cause analysis and verification of corrective action effectiveness.
• Collaborate with Purchasing and Engineering to resolve supplier-related quality issues.
• Evaluate supplier capabilities, process controls, and manufacturing readiness.
• Ensure applicable engineering, quality, contractual, and regulatory requirements are properly flowed down to suppliers.
• Coordinate supplier development initiatives aimed at improving product conformity, delivery performance, and overall reliability.
• Oversee supplier risk assessments and implement appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Ensure effective control of outsourced manufacturing and special processes.
• Evaluate, qualify, approve, and monitor external calibration service providers, including verification of ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation and applicable scopes of accreditation when required.

Quality Performance and Reporting

• Establish and monitor measurable quality objectives aligned with organizational goals.
• Develop and maintain QMS and supplier quality performance dashboards.
• Track internal and external audit findings, corrective action closure, supplier defect rates, and supplier…