Supplier Management Officer

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About Aerospacelab

Our mission is supported by an ambitious vertically integrated approach: design & manufacture of small satellites combined with development of earth observation services.

Since its creation in 2018, the company has already grown substantially. Our team gathers more than 25 engineering expertise, from hardware design to software development & data science.

In 2024, Aerospacelab counts offices in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), Toulouse (France), Lausanne (Switzerland) and US West Coast with more than 200 full-time employees, with the ambition to position itself as the European leader in small satellites.

Role Overview

Aerospacelab recently signed a major Telecommunication contract and is looking to strengthen its Procurement & Supply chain team with a supplier management officer.

Your main responsibilities are

To ensure a relation of trust with our local & international EEE parts & PCB suppliers
To ensure full deliveries on-time & on-quality
To identify critical paths for the delivery to our Customer

Key Activities

Issue Purchase Order (PO) to suppliers based on the manufacturing need & on existing contracts

You set-up relevant follow-up with supplier to ensure the order is delivered on time, on quality & in-full

Support the quality and engineering team for space qualifications of our EEE parts & PCBs (Radiation test, constructional analysis, ….)

Support the supplier in the validation of their special process??

Act as a direct delegate of our quality department by

Setting-up up the relevant quality check at supplier
Verifying Certificate of conformance, traceability of parts
Following-up all the nonconformances on delivered parts + ensuring correctives actions are implemented
Help setting up supplier evaluation

Set-up KPI to follow supplier performance & organize audit at the supplier

Monitor the supplier capacity and ensure it stays coherent with our order volume

Ensure the ERP is up-to-date with correct qty and delivery date, using the info received by the suppliers

Identify day-to-day procurement issues and set-up relevant solutions

You have a central position in the company in interaction with: project, production, quality, industrialization

Must have

Master/Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Supply chain, or equivalent by experience
Experience in an Electronic industry
2-5 years of experience in a similar position
Fluent in English
Excel proficiency
Autonomous & independent
Assertive
Diligent