Procurement Project Manager

Location:

Belfast, United Kingdom Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning, to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short-range systems, to extended protection across the entire battle-space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.

Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you;

whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

To represent Procurement as an integral part of a campaign, Bid or Product or Project team, leading the resources of the function in order to optimise it’s contribution to producing competitive campaigns, bids and products, and delivering profitable projects.

Work with internal stakeholders to ensure Acquisition or Sourcing strategies for a campaign, bid, or product or project are aligned to the needs of the business in the short, medium and long term durations.

Work with the bid and product development teams to ascertain the work package needs, competitiveness objectives and target costs. Develop a supply chain architecture; negotiate with the supply chain, under these mandates, to obtain a complete and competitive supply chain architecture which delivers the full requirement of the bid/product.

Deliver a risk managed set of Terms and Conditions of contract for all elements of the supply chain.

In project phase, work closely with key stakeholders and functions as necessary, to manage all Procurement aspects ensuring work packages are executed in accordance with technical, program, cost and performance (quality and delivery) requirements.

Although the role maybe assigned to a particular business or location, the job holder may be requested to support the function’s activities in other businesses or locations across the UK.

• Be seen as the lead Supply Chain architect for the assigned campaign, bid or project
• As a result, create, agree, maintain all governance requirements and Acquisition Strategy and Plan with the bid/project team
• Produce and agree the Purchasing Executive Summary
• Work with multiple stakeholders to design the supply chain architecture to meet needs of the bid or product
• Play a key role in defining and implementing strategies to meet the offset/industrial participation needs of the business where appropriate
• Generate/ review RFQs, ensuring bid and program requirements are accurately captured
• Ensure that the RFQ and contract packs are complete and agreed with stakeholders
• Establish and maintain the Purchasing Summary Sheet (PSS) and other Thales governance requirements
• Allocate Work Packages accurately and on time to the relevant functional resources whether in UK Procurement Competency Centres or in the CBU.
• Confirm tailoring and Purchase vet planning.
• Facilitate both strategic and tactical the Make, Team, Buy process in line with medium term industrial plan for the business line
• Lead the activities of the Procurement function to identify supply market innovation opportunities, involving suppliers in design upstream and optimizing risk-sharing
• Identify and mitigate risks and maximize opportunities in the role of Procurement Risk Manager for the bid.
• Undertake commercial and contractual tasks at all times, including engaging with commercial teams to define suitable terms and…