Procurement Project Manager

1 Month ago • All levels • Project Management

Job Summary

Job Description

This Procurement Project Manager role at Thales UK involves full representation and accountability for procurement for OME in the UK from both a product and project perspective. Key responsibilities include defining and executing the procurement acquisition plan, acting as a link between internal and transnational procurement, validating the availability of offers, optimizing costs, monitoring the procurement plan's execution, and defining contractual requirements. The role offers the opportunity to develop procurement competitiveness internally and externally.
Must have:
  • Understanding of the procurement lifecycle and strategy.
  • Experience in a complex, multinational, multi-site organization.
  • Strong technical awareness of procurement activities.
  • Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
Good to have:
  • Experience in Defence, Aerospace, or Manufacturing.
  • MCIPS / IACCM / EIPM qualifications.
Perks:
  • Pension plan.
  • Private medical insurance.
  • Life assurance.
  • Income protection.
  • Employee assistance programme.
  • Flexible benefits platform.
  • Variable compensation plan bonus.
  • 27 days annual leave + 1 company day + UK public holidays.
  • Opportunity to volunteer up to 3 days.

Job Details

Location: Glasgow, 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.

Are you an experienced procurement professional looking for your next high-profile procurement role?  Do you have experience and enjoy working in multinational/multi-site environments?  Do you possess the right mix of technical expertise and interpersonal skills?  Then look no further…

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Procurement Project Manager to join our Thales Optronics Missile Electronics (OME) UK team in Govan, Glasgow.

What the role has to offer:

  • Full representation and accountability for procurement for OME in the UK from both a product and project perspective

  • An opportunity to develop and promote Thales procurement competitiveness internally as well as externally (customers and consortia)

  • Hybrid working (3 days in the office / 2 days from home)

Key responsibilities

On a day-to-day basis, you’ll be involved in:

  • Defining, implementing and executing the procurement acquisition plan/strategy (project, product development and production phases) in accordance with the allocated targets (time, quality, costs, risks and opportunities)

  • Being an effective link between the internal customer and transnational procurements and the interface to all segments/categories

  • Validating the availability of offers on the market of the product/project design

  • Optimising the cost of procured parts, in collaboration with Category Managers/Subcontract Managers/Tactical Buyers, in order to increase the competitiveness of the solution

  • Liaising with operational teams and Category Managers/Subcontract Managers / Tactical Buyers to monitor the execution of the procurement plan and updating the procurement dashboard

  • Defining and monitoring the contractual requirements of the procurement acquisition plan

About you

Ideally, you’ll:

  • Have demonstrable understanding of the procurement lifecycle, procurement strategy and supplier management in best practice environments through bid, project, product development and production phases

  • Have demonstrable experience working within in a complex, multinational, multi-site organisation and working with different cultures - experience within Defence, Aerospace, Manufacturing or other comparable industries is desirable

  • Have a strong technical awareness of the end-to-end procurement activities (including experience of project management), with the ability to identify and mitigate risks and assess opportunities

  • Possess excellent communication, influencing and negotiation skills with experience building and managing strong, long lasting relationships across internal stakeholders, customers, partners and suppliers

  • Have experience working autonomously within a matrix organisation and managing your own deliverables without the requirement of regular supervision

  • MCIPS / IACCM / EIPM qualifications – desirable

Benefits at Thales

We strive to create an environment where you can prioritise your wellbeing and have designed our benefits to give you the flexibility and power to do so.  Our core benefits include a pension plan, private medical insurance, life assurance, income protection as well as an employee assistance programme.

In addition, our flexible benefits platform gives you the power to customise your benefits to suit your needs.  You can choose to add a number of optional benefits including: healthcare cash plan, health assessments, family cover private medical insurance, buying/selling annual leave, gym membership discounts + much, much more.  You can also enjoy exclusive access to our discount site!

Alongside a competitive base salary, we offer a variable compensation plan bonus, 27 days annual leave + 1 company day + UK public holidays as well as the opportunity to volunteer up to 3 days to support local charities/communities in which we work.

Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to our success.

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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.

Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.

Great journeys start here, apply now!

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