As a Business Administrator to the External Supplier Quality team for blades and vanes, you will be supporting our Small Gas Turbine business and be part of a growing team in a position that entails a large responsibility! You'll collaborate internally with experienced cross-functional teams to uphold our client's quality standards while fostering strong relationships with our valued global suppliers. You will be part of a team responsible for assessing and maintaining supplier capabilities across the investment casting, machining and coating supply chain. The role will manage the end-to-end administration of supplier concessions and supplier change requests to fixed processes, ensuring accurate processing, documentation control recording, and efficient tracking of quality activities across a diverse supplier base. Your role will help the team to ensure key deliverables are met whilst minimising disruption to engine build line.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage supplier concession submissions - Uploading and sanitising supplier submissions for completeness, accuracy, and compliance; coordinate distribution by assigning submissions to the appropriate subject matter experts for timely review and disposition.
- Quality data reporting - Compile concession performance metrics, defect trends, and produce monthly KPI reports to monitor supplier performance.
- Team coordination - Organise meetings, prepare agendas and minutes, and support cross functional reviews with engineering, procurement, and operations.
- Corrective action tracking - Monitor CAPA progress, elevate overdue actions, and ensure accurate updates in QMS/ERP systems.
- Continuous improvement support - Help streamline templates, reporting tools, and administrative processes to improve team efficiency.
Skills & Experience
- Experience in administration within engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, or quality environments.
- Strong organisational skills with excellent attention to detail.
- Proficiency in Excel, SharePoint, Power BI and business systems (ERP/QMS).
- Confident communicator with suppliers and internal technical teams.
- Ability to work with data, produce reports, and manage multiple priorities.
What Success Looks Like
- Accurate, up to date supplier quality documentation.
- Clear, reliable reporting that supports decision making.
- Improved communication flow between suppliers and the quality team.
- Reduced administrative burden on Supplier Quality Engineers.
