PreFAL Supplier Manager – Aerospace (contract)

We are seeking a PreFAL Supplier Manager – Aerospace to manage supplier and service provider relationships, ensuring performance, compliance, and alignment with Airbus production and customer support requirements. This role requires strong logistics, industrial engineering, and supplier management expertise, with the ability to drive continuous improvement initiatives. You will be responsible for coordinating multidisciplinary teams, monitoring supplier performance, supporting negotiations, and ensuring seamless production and service activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage supplier and service provider relationships in accordance with contractual agreements.
• Monitor supplier performance and initiate corrective or improvement actions as needed.
• Define and implement supplier support and service policies aligned with Airbus strategy.
• Support Airbus negotiations with suppliers to ensure customer support requirements are integrated.
• Act as the central point of production activities, including planning and work monitoring.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Logistics & Procurement, Methods, Plant Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Quality).
• Contribute to improvement projects, including Airbus Operating System, 5S, lean manufacturing, cost reduction, and manufacturing efficiency.
• Facilitate resolution of in-service issues encountered by customers with suppliers.
  
  

Technical Profile

• Bachelor’s degree in logistics, industrial engineering, or operations/logistics management, or equivalent diploma with relevant experience.
• 2–5 years of relevant experience in logistics or production planning.
• Industry experience in aerospace or automotive (preferred).
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project).
• Comfortable with Google Suite (Docs, Slides, Files).
• Experience with SAP (an asset).
  
  

Functional Profile

• Strong interest in continuous improvement and lean manufacturing.
• Ability to work in bilingual (English/French) environments.
• Effective collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.
• Skilled in supplier performance management and issue resolution.
• Hands-on approach with production planning and operational activities.
  
  

Skills Summary

Core Expertise:

• Supplier relationship management
• Logistics and production planning
• Continuous improvement and lean manufacturing
• Aerospace/automotive operations (asset)
  
  

Languages & Frameworks

• English (professional proficiency)
• French (professional proficiency)
  
  

Build & Testing Tools

• SAP (asset)
• MS Project
  
  

Other Tools & Technologies

• Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Google Suite (Docs, Slides, Files)
  
  

Soft Skills

• Strong communication in English and French
• Problem-solving and issue resolution
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Detail-oriented with organizational skills
• Proactive and adaptable in a fast-paced environment
  
  

The pay range that the employer in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $37.37/hour - $58.39/hour. Our benefits include medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis. Tundra Technical Solutions is among North America’s leading providers of Staffing and Consulting Services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations.