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Supplier Quality Field Representative - California

Los Angeles, California Job ID 2025-15188 Category Supply Chain Management Post Date Sep. 10, 2025
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Spirit AeroSystems designs and builds aerostructures for both commercial and defense customers. With headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, Spirit operates sites in the U.S., U.K., France and Malaysia. The company's core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components for the world's premier aircraft. Spirit AeroSystems focuses on affordable, innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions to support customers around the globe,

Key Accountabilities:

  • Frequent travel to Supplier sites.
  • Plans, organizes, and conducts audits, surveys, and inspections.
  • Monitors and reports on supplier quality-related activities to verify Quality System, product and contract, or purchase order compliance.
  • Prepares, maintains, and reviews procurement quality procedures to ensure compliance with customer and government requirements.
  • Represents the company with suppliers.
  • Conducts training programs and coordinates company initiatives to develop and improve supplier performance and productivity.
  • Provides technical expertise to company employees, suppliers, customers, and regulatory education and coaching on the Quality System.
  • Ensures that suppliers manufacturing and Quality System, special processes, and products meet purchase contract requirements and applicable regulatory agency and government regulations.
  • Ensures that suppliers document and maintain an approved Quality System to meet the appropriate company or customer requirements.

Required Qualifications:

  • 6-9 years of experience in manufacturing and operations or Quality/Manufacturing Engineering.

  • Proficiency in Root Cause Corrective Action and ability to conduct conformity checks
  • Strong skills in interpreting drawings, procedures, First Article Inspections (FAI), and understanding contracts
  • Must be willing to travel (Up to 50%)
  • High School Diploma or GED

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Familiarity with Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)
  • Certification in Lean and Six Sigma methodologies
  • Additional knowledge of Statistical Process Control (SPC), Six Sigma, and Geometrical Dimensioning and Tolerance (GD&T)
  • Technical or Engineering degree preferred
  • Govt. SF-86 clearance preferred
Spirit AeroSystems is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.
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