Procurement Product, Bid & Project Manager

Responsibilities:
The Procurement Product / Bid / Project Manager’s main mission is to develop and promote Thales procurement competitiveness internally as well as externally (customer, consortia, etc...).The main tasks are :To challenge the acquisition needs and requirements and to promote design to cost analysis with the suppliers, during the definition phase of the solution, in order to increase the competitiveness of the solution and to define the acquisition strategy whilst taking into account :o

The offer available on the market / the accessible innovations or breakthroughs on the market
o The Make or Buy analysis (both structural and project-oriented)
o The prime contract requirements, with an appropriate flow down according to the acquisition context
o The access to Market criteria (KIP, partnership, ToT,…)
o The Thales Group Procurement policies
o The acquisition needs within the Bid/ Project / Product, to organize these needs into Procurement work packages
o The legal and regulatory requirements (export control, environmental rules, social regulations…)

About You:

• A Bachelor's or Masters in Engineering or relevant experience in Engineering

• Experience in Procurement is necessary.

• An experience in designing solutions for customer will be a plus.

• Understanding of the business model and of products’ lifecycles

• Make or Buy and risk management skills

• Basics in Finance

• Bid and Project Management competencies

• Knowledge in cost evaluation, Design to Value, Lean approach.

• Basics skills in regulations (export control, Reach, etc...)Capability to manage by influence and to convince

• Capability to animate international multi organization project (or bid) teams (requesters, Global Category Managers/Category Managers/Category Buyers, contract management,…)

• Excellent intercommunication in written and verbal formats in his /her environment

• Ability to prioritize tasks while meeting deadlines in high-pressure environment

• Fluent in English (Mandatory)

• Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales.