Job Title: Supplier Technical Assurance Manager

Location: Derby / Bristol/ Hybrid

Working Pattern: Full Time / Permanent

Position Summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Supplier Technical Assurance Manager.

As the Supplier Technical Assurance Manager, you will lead the Manufacturing Engineering activity in the supply chain team. You will undertake the role of Technical Authority, assuring the initial and continuing capability of the method of production to produce product conforming to design definition, and ensuring the resolution of technical issues/problems/arisings, to meet business and customer requirements for safety, quality, cost, delivery rate, and lead time (SQCD).

You will lead a team of Manufacturing Engineers who will interface with the supply chain and integrate all Manufacturing Engineering activities across the product lifecycle.

What You Will Be Doing

• HSE: Responsible for ensuring that all manufacturing processes and methods of manufacture deployed within the area of accountability are in full compliance with Health, Safety & Environmental Standards and meet the expectations of the Zero Harm programme.
• Product Safety: Responsible for ensuring that product safety risks are understood and mitigated to meet the required safety levels and reduce the safety risks so far as is reasonably practicable. Champion product safety and promote a product safety culture in the supply chain, ensuring learning related to product safety is embedded.
• Quality: Promote a culture of zero defects within the area of accountability. Ensure that manufacturing processes and methods of manufacture within the business and suppliers are developed and deployed to support Right First Time manufacture. Coach the community in the use of RRPS, DMAIC, and Systems Engineering tools. Ensure compliance with all relevant company, legislative, and technical policies and standards.
• Technical Authority: Specify Manufacturing Engineering and process requirements and make technical decisions in relation to the area of accountability. Chair the Control Authority(s) governing change for the area of accountability, subject to appropriate delegation.
• Requirements: Identify, synthesise, and locally govern the requirements for improvements and innovations in manufacturing processes and methods of manufacture within their area of accountability. Prioritise and promote launch of new projects based on business case.
• Create Strategy: Lead the technical input into the facility or supply chain strategy, including ensuring that Commodity and Manufacturing Process strategy implications are included in relevant capital plans. Integrate Manufacturing Technology, Digital Manufacturing, and Product Introduction activities within the business.
• Planning: Deploy mechanisms to govern the achievement of Manufacturing Engineering deliverables, report status, and ensure issues and risks are resolved to meet project timescales. Manage Man Eng load/capacity plans and budgets. Nominate PI Component Lead for all PI parts. Note: Prior to sourcing, this will be an appropriately experienced commodity specialist (typically MECL) to support the IPT in the early design stages.
• Develop Capability: Buy-off the production readiness of new manufacturing capabilities or methods of manufacture for new parts and assemblies. Develop numerate, real-time methods for capturing process capability, and ensure it is available and acted on within the facility/supply chain and in new product design.
• Deploy Capability: Maintain and/or govern Production Technical Packages (technical instructions, programmes, tooling, etc.) for all parts/assemblies which clearly define the manufacturing process. Ensure manufacturing processes and/or methods of manufacture within the business and suppliers are capable of meeting and continuing to meet requirements for quality, cost, delivery rate, and lead time. Co-ordinate the technical support to operations and suppliers such that problems and arisings are resolved in a structured and timely manner.
• Minimum Standards: Working with the Manufacturing Engineering Commodity Leaders and Manufacturing Process Owners, and where applicable with the suppliers, drive manufacturing processes towards identified consistent best practice.
• Collaboration & Knowledge Sharing: Operate as an active member of the global Manufacturing Engineering leadership team, proactively supporting cross-Business collaboration, knowledge sharing, skills, and process development to best utilise the available resources to deliver business needs and priorities.
• Develop Talent: Responsible for self-development to meet the required competencies for the role. Continuously seek to expand knowledge and experience to increase effectiveness in undertaking existing and new activities.
• Act as Professional Leader: Act as a professional leader of the Manufacturing Engineering community within the area of accountability, ensuring required competencies are in place and promoting the development and growth of the community. Drive accountability and enablement through engagement and coaching team members, so that everyone can be at their best.
• Build External Relationships: Manage, develop, and maintain effective relationships within internal and external supply chain, ensure the requirements are understood and maximised, coach when required to deliver a successful outcome in line with the requirements and commitment of Rolls-Royce.