Head of Sub-Contract Management
Location: Templecombe, United Kingdom
Type: Hybrid, Full time
Posted: 30+ Days Ago
Job Requisition ID: R0243583
Thales people provide armed forces customers with operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defence mission systems solutions at land, sea, and air. Our platforms extend across the battlespace including Above and Sonar, Electronic Combat, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance systems.
A superb opportunity has arisen within our Procurement team within the Thales Under Water Systems (UWS) part of our business. We are seeking a forward-thinking Head of Sub-Contract Management. Reporting to the Procurement Director in this leadership role, you will lead and support the business working with our suppliers in underwater systems both domestically and internationally.
You will liaise with a broad range of stakeholders at the Under Water Systems (UWS) domain level as well as Thales UK’s International Business Line and our Global Procurement Categories. You will have significant engagement with category management, industry, and project management to ensure on-time, cost, and conformance delivery as part of the UWS delivery team.
The Head of Sub-Contract management will be expected to develop and manage the team, be a part of the UWS Procurement Leadership Team (PLT), and act as a delegate for the Procurement Director or other members of the PLT as required. Key targets include sub-contract/supplier delivery, quality and cost performance, and process development and improvement.
What this role has to offer:
This role will be an excellent opportunity for career progression, with high profile internal and external stakeholders. The experiences you gain in this role could support your development in the future. Initially a fixed-term contract, there is the potential for the successful applicant to be offered the role on a permanent basis.
Essential skills and experience:
* Strong Leadership qualities
* Excellent communication and influencing skills
* Experience of Supplier and Sub-Contract Management
* Sound commercial and business awareness
* Forward-leaning, able to look at the broader strategy and outcomes beyond the immediate task
* Record of accomplishment in assessing risk and communicating management and mitigation requirements
* Flexibility to travel to other sites in the UK and overseas as required
* Industry related experience preferred
* Team Management experience preferred
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, and an employee assistance programme. In addition, our flexible benefits platform allows you to customise your benefits to suit your needs.
Flexibility:
Your health and well-being matter 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.
If you are interested in this role, we encourage you to have an informal chat with the Talent Acquisition Partner.
Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales.
The successful candidate will need full Security Clearance (SC).
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