Job Description

Location: Bristol, United Kingdom

A Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), Thales Alenia Space is a global space manufacturer delivering, for more than 40 years, high-tech solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth Observation, environmental management, exploration, science and orbital infrastructures. Thanks to our diversity of skills, talents and cultures, our customers (governments, institutions, space agencies, telecommunications operators), therefore have Space to Connect, Secure & Defend, Observe & Protect, Explore, Travel & Navigate.

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 five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that\xe2\x80\x99s why we offer you the flexibility to do what\xe2\x80\x99s important to you; whether that\xe2\x80\x99s 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.

We are looking for a Country Referent for procurement. Within the Procurement organisation at Thales Alenia Space, this person is responsible for managing all the needs for purchasing at TAS in Spain and is the local referent for the procurement team members. She/he is the primary Procurement interface for TAS in Spain.

Furthermore, he/she is Bid/Project/Product Procurement manager (PPM) senior team leader for complex systems (complete systems, payloads, instruments\xe2\x80\xa6), interfacing with the bids and projects teams and coordinating teams of buyers, which might be located in other locations, to cover the corresponding purchasing needs.

The team of procurement specialists located at TAS in Spain is composed of Category Buyers, Bids/Projects/Product Procurement managers, Supply Performance managers, Execution Performance Managers (= Subcontractor Managers) and Process and tools experts.

She / he is member of the international team of Thales Alenia Space Procurement Managers and is member of the Operational Committee of TAS in Spain.

The type of purchases covered go from complex systems for Space applications, from flight and ground segments, and related fields, up to EEE parts and mechanical components, General Procurement purchases (utilities, measurement instruments\xe2\x80\xa6) and Intellectual services subcontracting (SW, design\xe2\x80\xa6).

What we offer

Join us and contribute to our growing phase. You will find a supportive and open culture and a continuous improvement mindset. Furthermore, we work in a thrilling market, covering a wide portfolio of products and solutions for Space applications, from flight and ground segments, and related fields.

The PPM Senior Team Leader reports to the Head of / Director of Procurement BL and to the VP/Director of Regional Procurement.

Key Figures:

• The turnover of the Bids, Projects or Products of his BL/Region he/she works for
• The amount of procurement
• The saving, coming from the suppliers, on the costs of the solutions designed

The PPM Team Leader main mission is to develop and promote Thales procurement competitiveness internally as well as externally (customer, consortia, etc...). His main tasks are:

• To manage a Team of PPMs based in his/her region
• To ensure that all PPMs of his/her team apply procurement rules and best practices
• To setup a procurement team that will provide competitiveness to the region business:
• by involving procurement in the early definition phase of solutions / product so that they are able to challenge the needs / requirements
• by bringing added value from suppliers into the solutions
• by securing delivery from the suppliers in terms of quality and on time delivery
• To coordinate with the Segment and the Region organizations on :
• The procurement strategies of categories that impact the BL business
• The resources needed to work the procurement work packages
• The sourcing decisions

• In coordinaton with Supplier Performance and Process & tools teams, to standardize practices and tools over the group procurement
• To monitor the Procurements activities on bids/projects/products and to track competitiveness performance and risks/opportunities on procurement on his/her perimeter
• To contribute to the acquisition MYB of the GBU, by providing the data related to his/her perimeter
• To ensure compliance with the customers contractual requirements and compliance with Thales procurement policy and with the \xe2\x80\x9cManage Acquisition\xe2\x80\x9d process of Chorus 2.

In your job you will need to be able to :

• Negotiate in English and Spanish (written and spoken) in complex environments (if you are not fluent in English or Spanish, you should be willing and able to learn it in a period of 6 months.)
• Influence and work in close coordination with high number of local and international stakeholders
• Work successfully in multicultural environment and lead a diverse teams
• Feel at ease in a changing environment
• Be proactive, selfstarting, and anticipate
• Work successfully in a matrix organisation
• Understand technical aspects
• Keep a high level of ethics
• Perform operational hands-on work such as request for quotations, tender evaluation boards, contract negotiations, procurement management plans and in general contribute to bids and projects and general procurement acquisitions.

Desirable:

• Experience in Space field
• Experience with purchase processes, including contractual, supply chain and purchase knowledge
• International background and experience in other European countries
• Knowledge of international, especially European, and Spanish Space companies and organisations, both in traditional and new space markets

What do we offer?

• Smart Working (teleworking, flexible working time, equipment & tools endowment, etc.).
• Free meals at the office.
• 28 business days of vacation.
• Pension plan.
• Individual training programs.
• Good working environment.

We will consider being in possession of a certificate of disability.

Thales is a company committed to equal opportunities between women and men, and for this reason, we work to raise awareness and disseminate information on the subject both internally and externally.

In line with Thales\' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.

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