Supply Chain Assurance Lead
Establish, in evidence, that every part in a critical assembly came from where the paperwork says it did. The remit covers counterfeit prevention, provenance, and the resilience of a supply base that cannot simply be re-sourced.
- Location
- Toulouse, France
- Level
- Principal
- Clearance
- None
- Reference
- ON-OP-8802
- Division
- Operations
- Site
- Engineering centre
- Region
- EMEA
- Engagement
- Full-time · On site
- Travel
- Substantial — supplier sites worldwide
- Reports to
- Director, Supply Chain
What the role is responsible for.
- Own the assurance programme for critical and controlled components end to end.
- Lead supplier audit — technical, ethical, and provenance — and rule on qualification.
- Design and maintain counterfeit-part prevention controls.
- Model supply-base concentration risk and drive the mitigation.
- Lead investigation when provenance fails, and see the corrective action through.
What we need you to bring.
- Twelve or more years in supply chain quality, procurement engineering, or supplier assurance.
- Demonstrated audit leadership at supplier sites in multiple jurisdictions.
- Understanding of component authentication and traceability methods.
- Willingness to disqualify a supplier the programme depends on.
- Willingness to travel substantially.
Useful, not essential.
- Electronic component authentication experience.
- Background in conflict-minerals or responsible-sourcing assurance.
- Second language relevant to a major supply region.
We read the preferred list as a description of a useful background, not a checklist. Candidates who meet the required list and none of the preferred are regularly hired.
Who you would be joining.
Supply Chain Assurance operates from Toulouse across all divisional supply bases, with an independent reporting line from procurement.
What to know before you apply.
The role has qualification and disqualification authority. That authority is written into the offer.
All candidates undergo comprehensive vetting. Reasonable accommodation is available at any stage — say so in your first note and it will be arranged. We do not use unverified third-party recruiters, and we never ask a candidate for a fee.