Supplier Performance Manager
Safran Helicopter Engines UK
Permanent | Full-Time | Onsite
Fareham
Travel within the UK and France Required
About the Role
Reporting to the Purchasing & Procurement Department, the Supplier Performance Manager is responsible for driving supplier performance, capability, and continuous improvement across Safran Helicopter Engines UK's supply chain.
This role leads the Supplier Support Team, including Supplier Quality Engineers and Supplier Manufacturing Engineers, ensuring suppliers consistently meet quality, delivery, industrialisation, and business performance requirements.
Working closely with Purchasing, Procurement, Quality, Supplier Development, and Industrialisation teams, you will identify risks, assess supplier capability and capacity, and implement robust improvement plans to support operational performance and customer satisfaction.
Key Responsibilities
- Supplier Performance Management
- Manage the performance of a portfolio of suppliers across quality, delivery, and industrialisation metrics.
- Monitor and improve supplier On-Time Delivery (OTD), Quality (PPM), and overall performance.
- Conduct regular supplier reviews and performance meetings.
- Lead supplier visits to assess capability, capacity, risk, and improvement opportunities.
- Develop and implement supplier recovery and improvement plans.
Identify and mitigate supply chain risks through structured action plans.
- Support supplier onboarding, qualification, and selection activities.
- Manage supplier industrial maturity and continuous improvement programmes.
- Assess supplier readiness to support current and future business requirements.
Team Leadership
- Lead and develop the Supplier Support Team.
- Foster a culture of engagement, learning, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Conduct performance reviews
- Support team competency development
- Communicate priorities and objectives effectively across the team.
Quality & Compliance
- Support supplier quality improvement activities.
- Ensure effective processing of PPAPs and FAIRs.
- Review supplier quality performance and establish improvement plans.
- Work closely with Supplier Quality teams regarding compliance and audit activities.
- Maintain a strong understanding of AS9100 requirements and supplier compliance expectations.
- Support supplier audit planning and risk management activities.
Reporting & Stakeholder Management
- Prepare and present supplier performance reviews to management.
- Produce regular reports covering supplier visits, risks, OTD, PPM, action plans, and mitigation activities.
- Collaborate with internal functions including Purchasing,
- Procurement, Quality, Engineering, and Operations.
- Build relationships across the Safran Group to share best practice and standardise supplier performance methodologies.
- Align activities with Safran corporate processes, reporting, and continuous improvement initiatives.
