Purchasing Quality Manager (m/f/d) - Space Industry - Germany

Purchasing Quality Manager (m/f/d) (Ref. JR- )

For our clients in the aerospace industry, we are seeking motivated candidates for the position of Purchasing Quality Manager (m/f/d) based in Taufkirchen, Germany, to start immediately on a temporary employment basis.

The successful candidate will be based in Ottobrunn, working in quality assurance within the procurement department.

• Establishing and maintaining robust supplier relationships
• Defining and implementing preventive measures to ensure or improve quality levels
• Defining and implementing corrective actions in response to identified quality deviations
• Conducting supplier evaluations to clarify or maintain supplier approval for aerospace components
• Breaking down and agreeing upon quality assurance agreements with suppliers
• Defining incoming goods inspection procedures
• Conducting on-site component acceptance inspections
• Assisting suppliers in obtaining and maintaining delegated product acceptance status
• Supporting process managers in the management of special processes
• Acting as the quality interface between the supplier and the internal product management team
• Willingness to travel (approx. 10–20%) for supplier management purposes

This vacancy is open to both entry-level candidates and experienced quality and production managers.

Personal Requirements

• Strong communication skills to ensure effective information flow
• Ability to integrate well into a team
• High level of responsibility, resilience, and organizational talent

Education

• Comparable qualification (minimum Bachelor’s degree)
• Engineering (minimum Bachelor’s degree)
• Aerospace Engineering (minimum Bachelor’s degree)
• Mechanical Engineering (minimum Bachelor’s degree) Bachelor's degree program

Professional experience

• Aerospace: at least 1 year
• Quality management: at least 1 year
• Experience in metal processing
• Experience in a production environment

IT skills

• MS Office: advanced user proficiency
• SAP/MM-IM: advanced user proficiency
• Siemens Teamcenter: at least advanced user proficiency

Language skills

• German: business fluent (if you mention you are learning this may help)
• English: proficient
• French: desirable

What we offer

• Permanent employment contract
• Flexible working hours via a personal flextime account
• Continuous personal support from your dedicated contact person
• Commuting allowance (Deutschlandticket)
• Company pension scheme
• "Refer-a-friend" bonus payments

Legal

EU Passport required, or you must quickly apply for the special German Opportunity work permit.