Aircraft Group Supplier Lead

Moog Aircraft Group is the worldwide leader in advanced flight controls and actuation for commercial and military aircraft.

We are positioned on virtually every aircraft flying today, supplying highly reliable systems that are supportable and add significant value for our customers.

Aircraft Group Supplier Lead

The Supplier Lead is the primary point of contact responsible for the holistic management of assigned suppliers. The Supplier Lead develops and maintains effective relationships with their designated suppliers and the supply chain team to achieve the operational requirements for all Moog sites.

Responsibilities :

• Developing and managing effective supplier relationships to achieve the business requirements.
• Surveillance and monitoring of assigned suppliers.
• Evaluation of supplier performance including the identification and mitigation of risk.
• Providing effective purchase order management to ensure current and verified delivery information is reflected using standard systems and processes.
• Ensuring the effective and timely closure of root cause and corrective actions.
• When necessary, expediting supplier deliveries to achieve site operational requirements.
• Lead problem-solving activities to resolve issues affecting supplier relationships and supply chain performance.
• Supporting and potentially leading supplier performance recovery and improvement activities.
• Providing support for supplier selection, supplier development, and NPI.
• Using supplier knowledge to provide input to supply chain planning.
• Identification and pursuit of quality, cost, delivery, and lead-time improvements
• Requires strong analytical and problem-solving abilities to understand and lead complex supply chain requirements.
• Requires excellent working knowledge and understanding of contractual requirements, business systems, and processes.
• Required to effectively communicate both internally and externally with customers and suppliers.
• Regular business travel (10%) will be required to visit suppliers within the designated region. Occasional travel may be required to visit Moog sites outside of the designated region.

Required Qualifications :

• A bachelor’s degree level education, preferred in the fields of engineering, supply chain, or business.
• Up to 5 years of progressive experience (usually post-education) in the field of manufacturing or engineering (preferably Aerospace)
• Good communication / organizational skills and be able to demonstrate an ability to understand complex regulations / procedures.
• Ability to deal with a variety of tasks at any one time and understand the priorities.
• Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Must be able to collaborate and effectively influence across multiple functions, cultures, and geographic regions, to achieve global end to end supply chain performance requirements.

This requires working with teams located in different time zones, resulting in the need to be flexible with working hours, as required.

Desired Qualifications :

• Certification in Purchasing, Supply Chain, Program Management, additional education, and a master’s degree in business, Engineering.
• An engineering or technical background is preferable, along with Project / Program Management experience.
• Good negotiating skills, combined with knowledge of procurement and contractual law is preferred.

The base pay range for this opportunity is $80,000. -$105,000. per year. The base salary range represents the low and high end of the Moog salary range for this position in the given work location.

Actual salaries will vary depending on factors including location, experience, and performance. The range(s) listed is just one component of Moog's total compensation package for employees.

Other rewards may include annual bonuses, employee stock purchase plan, an open paid time off policy, competitive 401K plan with enhanced matching program, and many region-specific benefits.

You will have the option of a 9 / 80 work schedule with a hybrid work option (3 days / week in the office, or more depending on program needs) in Torrance, CA.

This position requires access to United States Export Controlled information.