Supply Chain and Quality Manager

Job Description:

Supply Chain & Quality Manager

Location: Rolls‑Royce Site, Derby (onsite)
Contract Type: Contract (Inside IR35)
Hours: 35 hours per week (4.5‑day week, flexible hours between 7am-7pm)
Security Clearance: BPSS+ (processed via Airbus Security)
Pay: £30.64 p/h PAYE / £41.00 p/h Umbrella

Join Us as a Supply Chain & Quality Manager
Guidant Global is proud to partner with Airbus, a world‑leading aerospace organisation, to recruit a talented Supply Chain & Quality Manager. Based onsite at the Rolls‑Royce facility in Derby, you'll play a key role in driving operational excellence across supply chain, quality, and risk activities.

If you thrive in a fast‑paced engineering environment and enjoy building strong supplier and stakeholder relationships, this is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to high‑impact aerospace programmes.

What You'll Be Doing
Supply Chain Management

• Monitoring supplier performance to maintain delivery, quality, and operational standards.
• Assessing load and capacity to ensure suppliers are rate‑ready and capable.
• Managing supply chain intelligence and supporting strategic decision‑making.
• Coordinating transfer‑of‑work activities.
• Supporting design change industrialisation.

Quality Management

• Driving corrective actions to eradicate non‑conformities (including SARI/QSR/Concessions).
• Leading preventative activities including APQP and SQIP deployment.
• Supporting quality improvement initiatives across the supply chain.

Risk Management

• Identifying and assessing risks across supplier operations and programme milestones.
• Creating and delivering mitigation plans.
• Supporting governance activities to ensure compliance and oversight.

What We're Looking For
This role values experience over formal qualifications, and we welcome applicants from a range of industries including aviation, manufacturing, and automotive.
You'll be a great fit if you can demonstrate:

• Strong communication skills and the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• A background in industrial operations, ideally within aerospace.
• Confidence in analysing data and presenting concise, meaningful reports.
• Practical problem‑solving capability and resilience in crisis/recovery scenarios.
• Familiarity with project management processes.
• Understanding of safety and quality requirements within engineering environments.

Experience working with Airbus or Rolls‑Royce is highly desirable.

Why This Role Matters
You'll be supporting critical aerospace manufacturing programmes, ensuring suppliers deliver safely, efficiently, and on time. Your work will directly contribute to operational performance, product quality, and programme success. It's a visible, high‑impact role at the heart of one of the world's most advanced engineering environments.

What's in It for You?

• Opportunity to work onsite at a world‑class engineering facility.
• Be part of a collaborative, forward‑thinking environment backed by Airbus.
• Flexible working hours within a 4.5‑day week.
• Long‑term contract with extension potential.
• Support from Guidant Global throughout your assignment - we're here to help you thrive.

Next Steps
Interviews are typically conducted onsite and consist of a single stage. Guidant Global will support you throughout the process and provide clear, timely feedback.

If you're ready to take the next step in your supply chain or quality career, click Apply and our team will be in touch.

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.