Industrial Manager (M/F)

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Thales is a global high-tech leader specializing in three business sectors: Defense & Security, Aeronautics & Space, and Cyber & Digital. It develops products and solutions that contribute to a safer, more environmentally friendly, and more inclusive world. The Group invests nearly 4 billion euros per year in Research & Development, particularly in key innovation areas such as AI, cybersecurity, quantum, cloud technologies, and 6G. Thales has nearly 81,000 employees in 68 countries.

Our commitments, your benefits

• Success driven by our technological excellence, your experience, and our shared ambition
• An attractive compensation package
• Continuous skills development: training courses, internal academies and communities
• An inclusive, benevolent environment respecting employee balance
• Recognized societal and environmental commitment

Your daily life

The Brest site houses our digital services activities as well as Thales' expertise in development, integration, and maintenance for maritime patrol and surveillance systems, electronic warfare, sonar systems, and airborne anti-submarine warfare, as well as our digital services activities.

You will be in charge of: 4 lines of spare parts and Retrofit repairs, the Process Engineering teams (methods, line support, and quotes) as well as industrial architects and Information Systems Security. (approximately 140 employees)

You will join the Industry Services Management Committee (CODIR) (450 people across 4 sites).

Your missions:

• Manage the daily operations of a unit of 140 people, including 10 in direct management
• Supervise the annual production of repairs (1700 equipment), spare parts (~€5M), and retrofit operations
• Guarantee the achievement of quality objectives (physical and documentary), costs (mastery of fixed prices and competitiveness), and deadlines (respect of deadlines, medium and long-term resource planning)
• Lead performance reviews to ensure effectiveness and efficiency
• Validate and apply the security policy for IT resources within the scope
• Define and manage budgets, particularly productivity and costs related to the delegated industrial P&L
• Adjust load and capacity, and develop team versatility
• Build the long-term industrial policy in collaboration with industrial architects
• Lead or contribute to structuring projects for the services industry (ranges, scheduling, industrial performance, process simplification, Make or Buy analysis)
• Actively participate in the "Thales Toward 2030" strategy around the axes: Grow, Deliver, Lead, Protect

Your profile

Do you know how to manage large teams in a demanding technical environment, including managing managers and leading multi-trade teams?

Are you recognized for your strong sense of leadership?

With an engineering degree or equivalent, you have solid experience in:

• Industrial management (Production and Production Manager).
• Methods, flows, lean manufacturing, planning, technical support.
• Digital tools (Power BI, AI, XL…).
• Electronics.

Are you recognized for your perspective, synthesis capability, excellent communication skills, organization, and ability to develop your teams?

Then this position is for you!

Thales, a Handi-Engaged company, recognizes all talents. Diversity is our best asset. Apply and join us!

As the position may require access to information related to national defense secrecy, the selected person will be subject to a security clearance procedure, in accordance with the provisions of articles R.2311-1 et seq. of the Defense Code and IGI 1300 SGDSN/PSE of August 9, 2021.