Procurement Project Manager for Ksa Defense

1 week ago

الرياض, Saudi Arabia Thales Full time

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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.

We have been present in Saudi Arabia for 40 years and with over 600 employees to date, we are growing rapidly. Together we are delivering our signalling, control and train protection systems for the North -South Railway (NSR), the longest system of it’s kind in the world. Together we are key suppliers of In-flight entertainment and connectivity systems as well as air traffic management solutions in Saudi. We are making Saudi Arabia a safer place by securing the country’s critical infrastructure and e-security solutions that secure the country’s electronic payment systems. Thales has been selected to supply major electronic systems for air defence and the Group also supplied communication and optronic systems for the Army, the Saudi Arabia National Guards and the Air Force.

The Procurement Product / Bid / Project Specialist reports to a Procurement Manager Products, Bids and Projets (PPM) or to a BL Procurement head.
Key Figures:

- The turnover of the Bids / Projects or Products he works for
- The amount of procurement for these Bids / Projects or Products
- The savings, coming from the suppliers, on the costs of the solutions designed

The Procurement Product / Bid / Project Specialist’s main mission is to develop and promote Thales procurement competitiveness internally as well as externally (customer, consortia, etc...). His main tasks are:

- To challenge the acquisition needs and requirements and to promote design to cost analysis with the suppliers, during the definition phase of the solution, in order to increase the competitiveness of the solution and to define the acquisition strategy whilst taking into account:

- The offer available on the market / the accessible innovations or breakthroughs on the market
- The Make or Buy analysis (both structural and project-oriented)
- The prime contract requirements, with an appropriate flow down according to the acquisition context
- The access to Market criteria (KIP, partnership, ToT, )
- The Thales Group Procurement policies
- The acquisition needs within the Bid/ Project / Product, to organize these needs into Procurement work packages
- The legal and regulatory requirements (export control, environmental rules, social regulations )
- To define the resulting acquisition plan, in order to optimize the cost of the Procurementd parts, with the support of the Global Category Managers/Category Managers/Category Buyers
- To execute the acquisition plan (in project phase / product development and production phase) in accordance with the allocated targets ( Time, Quality, Total Cost of Ownership, Risks & Opportunities ) and update the procurement dashboard
- To liaise with operational teams and Category Buyers to monitor the execution of the Procurement plan
- To define and monitor the contractual requirements of the acquisition
- To comply with the “Manage Acquisition” process as per Chorus 2 and use the acquisition tools in place in the organization ( e-Acquisition, ERP, ) for all activities

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