Scalian is hiring a Senior Transfer of Work (ToW) Specialist to drive major industrial transitions for a leading aerospace, engineering, and manufacturing client. You'll be central to ensuring the resilience and future performance of a critical supply chain network.
What You'll Do
- Lead end-to-end planning, execution, and governance of Transfer of Work activities across suppliers and internal sites.
- Develop and implement detailed ToW plans, timelines, and risk mitigation strategies.
- Ensure robust industrial readiness at receiving sites, including capability assessments, capacity verification, and approval milestones.
- Act as primary interface between supplier sites and internal stakeholders.
- Conduct onsite reviews, audits, and readiness checks during scheduled visits.
- Manage multi-functional communication streams across engineering, operations, supply chain, and quality.
- Oversee production transfers, tooling moves, qualification activities, and first article inspections (FAI).
- Monitor supplier performance during transition, ensuring compliance with technical, quality, and contractual requirements.
- Support process validation, documentation transfer, and manufacturing approval processes.
- Identify industrial risks and constraints, providing mitigation and escalation paths.
- Maintain detailed progress trackers, KPIs, and performance dashboards.
- Present high-level updates to senior management and cross-functional governance bodies.
- Analyse lessons learned and propose improvements to ToW methodologies, frameworks, and governance models.
- Develop standardised templates and processes to support future industrial transfer activities.
What We're Looking For
- 10–15 years’ experience in Transfer of Work within aerospace, engineering, automotive, defence, or complex manufacturing.
- Proven track record of delivering multiple ToW projects independently.
- Strong understanding of supplier capability assessments, manufacturing readiness, industrialisation processes, and quality standards like AS9100.
- Strong understanding of supply chain performance management, tooling transfer, documentation migration, and FAI processes.
- Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills across executive, operational, and supplier levels.
- Ability to work autonomously and drive decisions in fast-moving, high-pressure environments.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, with a structured, process-driven approach.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field.
- Minimum of 3 years' experience in business transfer, industrial transformation, or similar roles.
- Proven expertise in project management and planning for complex transfers.
- Strong understanding of technical and industrial environments.
- Excellent risk analysis and problem-solving skills.
- Exceptional cross-functional communication and stakeholder management abilities.
- Demonstrated team spirit and rigour in approach to work.
- Proficiency in change management principles and methodologies.
- Experience with process improvement techniques such as Lean or Six Sigma.
- Strong analytical skills with proficiency in data analysis and reporting tools.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Excellent organisational skills with a proactive and detail-oriented approach.
- Fluency in English.
Nice to Have
- Background in aerospace or high-precision manufacturing.
- Experience managing suppliers in Spain or wider Europe.
- Engineering, supply chain, or manufacturing qualification (degree or equivalent experience).
- Fluency in Spanish beneficial but not essential.
- Additional languages beneficial.
Benefits & Compensation
- Complete 1-year onboarding programme with manager and HR.
- Personalised training programmes.
- Technical communities and internal events.
- Great Place to Work® and Best Workplaces for Women certifications.
- Co-option bonus.
- Holiday bonus.
- Teleworking agreement.
- Sustainable mobility initiatives.
- Environmental actions.
- Disability Agreement and disability mission with dedicated time.
Work Mode
This is a hybrid position with locations in Spain and the UK.
Scalian is an equal opportunity employer.
