Sarah Jenkins is the Vice President of Procurement & Aerostructures at Airbus Americas, responsible for industrial sourcing strategy, supplier development, and structural component delivery across North American aircraft final assembly lines.

With more than twenty-two years of international aerospace executive experience spanning France, Germany, and the United States, Sarah has played a pivotal role in accelerating single-aisle production ramp-rates and integrating regional Tier-1 and Tier-2 component manufacturers into Airbus’s global supply architecture.

Prior to her current leadership mandate in Mobile, Alabama, she led composite procurement programs and metallic structural contract negotiations in Toulouse. At the Gulf Coast Aerospace and Defense Summit, she will deliver the inaugural keynote addressing supply-chain resilience, digital procurement visibility, and localized sourcing partnerships across the Gulf Coast corridor.