Regional Category Manager

Position Summary

Orlando FL or Melbourne Florida or Austin Texas or Arlington VA Hybrid

Thales is looking for a Regional Category Manager who will lead the procurement of Engineering & Customer Support Services segment across various market sectors within the region covering the needs/suppliers in the North and Latin Americas region.

In this role the Category Manager in full alignment with the Country Team Lead will ensure that the of bids and projects in addition to enterprise requirements are in line with the business and corporate objectives and that timeframes and deliverables are aligned in order to deliver the best overall outcome for Thales in terms of cost service and quality of products/services from suppliers/subcontractors.

The role covers all the market sectors within Thales and as such requires an excellent view of the organization as well as a strong ability to interact with senior stakeholders.

You will be knowledgeable of the Engineering and Customer Support Services and possess the necessary leadership behaviors to develop and drive category strategies.

• Defining Long Term Procurement Strategy for Engineering and Customer Support Services:

  • Developing category strategies that meet the regional and global business objectives;

  • Monitoring category markets on an ongoing basis to identify and understand key players newcomers economic evolutions market or regulation constraints innovations and technology in order to support the development of the most up to date category strategies for the businesses;

  • Based on the above providing insights as to how products / projects could be more competitive via the adoption of different suppliers / methodologies / technology etc.;

  • Collating and optimizing the demand;

  • Setting up contractual agreements;

  • Analyzing and reporting on Spend Management;

  • With the support of the Global Category Manager keeping abreast of industry/ category best practices.

• Supporting the Supply Chain process by:

  • Managing the suppliers performance (quality cost and timely delivery) including risks and opportunities;

  • Leading the supplier performance review program;

  • Managing key Project stakeholders.

• Bachelors degree in related field of study with 8 years of relevant work experience in procurement or Masters degree in related field of study with 6 years of relevant work experience in procurement

• Solid Procurement experience of Engineering Services (including hardware engineering system engineering and software development) and Customer Support Services (including maintenance and repair services) gained within a large blue chip organization within the North & Latin American countries

• Understanding of Make/Buy Should Cost Analysis approaches and inputs as well as supplier risk assessment and mitigation planning

• Ability to create and deploy category strategy to secure short and long term vision of a commodity/ies applying procurement expertise to aid in meeting the same

• Ability tomake commitments and deliver on what was promised

• Ability to train engage and influence in line with the regional and global procurement objectives

• Ability to be an effective strategic decision maker and not only see but grasp the implications of the bigger picture

• Ability to manage and setup contracts

• Ability to guide and provide leadership to cross functional teams

• Must have proven negotiation skills

• Experience working within a large organization and dealing with all levels of management

If youre excited about working with Thales but not meeting the requirements for this position we encourage you to join our Talent Community!

Special Position Requirements

Travel: Travel is sometimes required and is anticipated to be approximately 1015 travel annually both domestically and internationally.

What We Offer

Thales provides an extensive benefits program for all fulltime employees working 30 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents including the following:

Elective Health Dental Vision FSA/HSA Voluntary Life and AD&D Whole Group Life w/LTC Critical Illness Hospital Indemnity Accident Insurance Legal Plan Identity Theft and Pet Insurance.

Retirement Savings Plan after 30 days of employment with a company contribution and a match and with no vesting period.

Company paid holidays and Paid Time Off.

Company provided Life Insurance AD&D Disability Employee Assistance Plan and Wellbeing Program.

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The reference Total Target Compensation(TTC) market range for this position inclusive of annual base salary and the variable compensation target is between

This reflects how companies in a similar industry and geographic region generally pay for similar jobs. This range helps the Company make pay decisions as one data point among many. Where a position falls within this range is also dependent on other factors including but not limited to the employees career path history competencies skills and performance as well as the companys annual salary budget the customers program requirements and the companys internal equity. Thales may offer additional benefits and other compensation depending on circumstances not related to an applicants status protected by local state or federal law.

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Thales provides an extensive benefits program for all fulltime employees working 30 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents including the following:
Elective Health Dental Vision FSA/HSA Voluntary Life and AD&D Whole Group Life w/LTC Critical Illness Hospital Indemnity Accident Insurance Legal Plan Identity Theft and Pet Insurance

Retirement Savings Plan after 30 days of employment with a company contribution and a match and with no vesting period

Company paid holidays and Paid Time Off

Company provided Life Insurance AD&D Disability Employee Assistance Plan and Wellbeing Program