Supplier Development Manager

Location: Bangalore, India

In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.

Present in India since 1953, Thales is headquartered in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, and has operational offices and sites spread across Bengaluru, Delhi, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune among others. Over 1800 employees are working with Thales and its joint ventures in India. Since the beginning, Thales has been playing an essential role in India’s growth story by sharing its technologies and expertise in Defence, Transport, Aerospace and Digital Identity and Security markets.

   Main  Responsibilities

• Establishes operational diagnosis utilizing maturity assessment tools with suppliers on site.
• Proposes and defines Supplier Development and Maturity action plan that must be aligned with main Thales internal stakeholders.
• Drive systematic changes in supplier maturity and performance with continuous improvement techniques, structured interventions, risk mitigation and adapted coaching.
• Implements training programs on behalf of the supplier and provides specific trainings based on diagnosis input and operational needs.
• Act as a conduit to improve the overall interface between Thales and the supplier by putting in place practices such as: suppliers Milk Run, Continuous pull flow and progressively advanced Lean and Agile Practices.
• Drive pre-assessment diagnosis for new potential suppliers along with participation in risk mitigation plan with key stakeholders, propose specific action plan and lead the implementation as required.
• Facilitates and encourages Suppliers to deploy Factory 4.0 concepts
• Coach the supplier on the implementation of the best supply chain and quality processes (training, project management, lean management, visual management, etc.)
• Act as a reference expert at Group level for the various supplier development tools and processes and coach the Supplier Performance network in the implementation of these tools and processes.
• Hold regular progress meetings and on-site visits with the supplier to drive the maturity improvement and development plans.
• Develop Supplier Development Dashboard and establish dedicated KPIs to share the status and maturity rating of the suppliers.

   Qualification and Skill-Set

• Engineering degree or equivalent with an industrial world experience of 10-15 years, (quality, procurement, production, supply chain, etc.).
• Experience of audit and operational experience in industry and supply chain will be an added advantage.

Technical skills :

- Industrial logistics :S&OP (Sales and Operations), MRPII (Material resources planning) and Supply chain management

- Project management : organization , coordination, planning, reporting and risk management

- Quality : Problem solving, 8 D, PDCA (Plan Do Check Act), FMEA (Failure Mode and Effect Analysis), ISO and AQAP standards

- Lean: 5S, KAIZEN, VSM (Value stream Mapping), continuous levelled pull flow

- Good notions of companies organizations and systemic analysis

- Notions of Factory 4.0 concepts

- Ability to diagnose and intervene in a wide variety of environments and fields.

Soft Skills :

- Ability to interact with a wide variety of actors from different cultures and interests.

- Leadership: ability to involve supplier stakeholders (top and middle management, field staff).

- Behaviors: proactivity, team spirit, perseverance, rigor, culture of result, curiosity, good interpersonal skills and sense of compromise.

- Respect of the rules of ethics in accordance with the values of the group.

Communication :

- Good capacity both in a team and in public in front of a large audience. His/her speech must be “self-adaptive”.

- Ability to express clearly Thales requirements and culture.

- Capacity to report complex matters simply.

This role requires both domestic and international travel.

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