Location: Hengelo, Netherlands
About the team
For Thales Netherlands is Procured parts are a main stake in our customer solutions . With a team of about 45 colleagues procure in average 300 M Euro per year, partly within the Thales group. For our site in Hengelo we searching for a Procurement Project Manager ( PPM )
About your future job
Your main missions as PPM are:
- To represent procurement in the bids, projects and products of Thales Hengelo
- Establishes and manages deployment of Mid Term Procurement strategy for the products
- Participates in the Bid organization, sets up action plans for Bids and challenges solutions.
- Participates in the product organization, sets up action plans for products incl. a product acquisition plan that is describing procurement efforts today, that mid- and long term objectives and mitigation plans to reach the objectives.
- Participates in the project organization, sets up action plans and monitors and reports on the progress and status.
- Contributes to the Make-or-Buy approach.
- Draws upon the work of the Segment/Family Procurement officers
- Identifying market innovation opportunities through advanced intelligence activities for the naval products
- Involving suppliers in design upstream and optimizing risk-sharing
- Participates in the product organization, sets up action plans for products
- Manages Cost budgeting for specific products participates in the product team
- Manages the purchased part of an offer or a project, participates in bid reviews and develops acquisition plan (tool e-acquisition)
- Challenges the technical solutions providing breakthrough with the support of the segments through Design for Cost (DfX) value engineering approach
- Realize cost reduction of the products and equipment.
- Make sure that we design what we can buy.
- Reports to the Team lead PPM or BL Procurement Director.
- Secure the supply chain
Why you'd be a good match
Your Education and Experience
- 5-10 years of Engineering/ program management + Procurement experience in an international company.
- Technical background (electronic industry experience), + MBA preferred.
- Value Engineering/ Design to Cost / program management experience.
- Fluent in the English language.
- Strategically capable, able to define and implement sourcing strategies for the sub domain in alignment with overall strategy of Domain and Procurement/Segment strategy. And influence overall business strategy where required. Has the capacity to compare the risks.
- Commercially savvy. Contracting and Bid experienced.
- Able to build strong relationships externally and internally, an excellent communicator.
A leader according Thales Group leadership competences:
- Shape solutions out of complexity; to see both the overall and immediate picture; sharp thinker, make the right choices.
- Be ambitious and Accountable. Proactive : team early, inform and take initiative. Accountability : feel and show ownership of important Procurement subjects (Strategy, contracts, savings, actions). Challenger.
- Perform through cooperation; drive successfully cross functional Procurement process and teams. And seek synergies within and across entities.
- Influence key stakeholders; work with Thales sub domain leaders, Engineering, Product management, Bid Management and Segment Procurement leaders, to ensure the right governance and performance on Procurement
- "Manage Self; be a role model, pursue own development, recognize emotions, aware of strengths and areas for development.
- To move forward in spite of potential obstacles and to remain determined and focused on the objectives to be achieved."
What's in it for you
- An interesting job within a nice team in an international high-tech environment;
- Room for and attention to personal development and personal initiative;
- The opportunity to grow within the organization, for instance on a technical, managerial, commercial or international level;
- An open and flexible work environment where a good work-life balance is considered important;
- A pleasant workplace in "the best building in the Netherlands" (Public’s Choice Award, 2015) with our own Starbucks corner;
- Excellent work conditions, with 40 holidays a year, among other benefits.
Level of responsibility
LR09 (Vakgroep 70) with a growth potential to LR 10 (vakgroep 80)
Interested?
Reach out for more information to our Talent Acquisition Partner Gerlof Jan Heck, via [email protected] or +31 (0) 638697390.
Would you like to apply directly? Then click on the link to show your interest.
An assessment could possibly be part of the procedure.
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What We Do
Fednav Limited, the largest Canadian international dry bulk shipping group and leader in the Arctic and Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway.
Founded in 1944, we conduct business worldwide with approximately 100 ships trading worldwide.
Fednav also operates a network of specialized subsidiaries
- FALLine (Fednav Atlantic Lakes Line), offering a regular general cargo liner service from Europe to ports along the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence system for over 60 years.
- FMT (Federal Marine Terminals), operating multiple stevedoring facilities in the US East Coast and Gulf Coast and in the Great Lakes. A leader in the industry, FMT handles breakbulk, bulk, containerized, project, and general cargoes for its clients. The wide range of commodities handled includes cement, cocoa, containers, gypsum, machinery, steel, sugar, wood pulp and forest products.
- Fednav Direct, our logistics services offering value-added on-carriage services, inventory management, and 24/7 inland transportation of cargoes
