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Thales

Global defense and aerospace electronics

Supplier Compliance Manager

Quality EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeRouen, FranceNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bac+5 degree specialized in quality, industrial engineering, or equivalent is required.
  • Experience managing supplier non-conformities, monitoring quality indicators, conducting audits and First Article Inspections, and coordinating corrective actions is required.
  • Analytical ability, rigor, communication, and teamwork are specified as valuable attributes.

Responsibilities

  • Manage supplier non-conformities from detection through closure, serving as the primary contact for suppliers.
  • Monitor the conformity of purchased items and establish plans for monitoring and recovering from non-conformities.
  • Organize the return of defective parts to suppliers and track the suppliers’ handling of non-conformities.
  • Confirm and explain non-conformities detected during incoming or production inspection.
  • Notify suppliers or subcontractors of non-conformities, track returns of defective parts and their processing, and ensure return times meet production needs.
  • Implement containment actions, including traceability and sorting, and coordinate decisions on whether non-conforming items may be used.
  • Organize and facilitate analysis and decision committees to obtain prompt supplier responses and maintain the associated action plan.
  • For major non-conformities, require external providers to conduct root-cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions.
  • Close non-conformities.
  • Help update supplier-level definition and manufacturing records with production support, and ensure consistency between suppliers’ incoming and outgoing inspections.
  • Consolidate and report blocking issues and improvement opportunities to the Supplier Performance Management function, and assess supplier-originated deviations before delivery in agreement with the RPS.
  • Help consolidate and report supplier-originated costs of poor quality.
  • Help optimize technical incoming inspections, including inspection content, inspection-status revisions, and item non-quality rates.
  • Help define and implement new acceptance criteria and communicate them to suppliers.
  • When requested, participate in PRR/FAI activities at critical suppliers and validate supplier First Article Acceptance by delegation from the Product Support Manager.
  • Conduct approximately four visits per year per supplier.
  • Participate in S-SRR and S-FAI activities and draft the KOMs needed to renew orders.
  • Update performance indicators and track progress on supplier action plans.

About the Company

Thales

Global defense and aerospace electronics

Thales designs and delivers critical technology for aerospace, defense, and digital security. Its products include electronics, software, and data-security systems that power air travel, payments, and modern military platforms, by integrating hardware and software to build systems such as avionics, radar, cybersecurity, and secure communications that collect sensor data and protect networks. It stands out through deep industrial experience, end-to-end solutions across defense, aerospace, and cybersecurity, and a focus on AI and quantum tech, aided by strategic acquisitions and partial state ownership. Its goal is to provide reliable, secure, and connected technologies that support national security, public safety, and everyday life by solving complex security and connectivity challenges.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Meudon, France
Founded
1893

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