About the Team
At the Mechanical & Electrical Engineering division consisting of 170 experts we develop and design cutting-edge hardware systems for multiple applications such as search radars fire control radars and combat management equipment for our customers in both Naval and Ground-based domains.
The department consists of mechanical electrical and Procured Parts Engineering teams as well as our Environmental Competence Center. One of the key teams in our department is the Procured Parts Engineering team. This team of 20 highly educated specialists is responsible for:
Introducing and managing data of catalog parts in our PLM system.
Outsourcing complex hardware components/systems/assemblies and guiding suppliers through their development design and qualification processes to integrate them into our products.
Qualifying new or existing suppliers for new products.
Identifying introducing and maintaining building blocks.
As part of the Mechanical & Electrical Engineering (MEE) Management Team youll collaborate closely with other engineering departments such as System Engineering Electronics Engineering Test Engineering as well as with Supply Chain Management and our own production unit. Your team will mainly partner closely with Procurement and Supply Chain forming a triad responsible for the entire lifecycle of our procured parts.
We are Looking for a:
Manager Procured Parts Engineering
About Your Future Job
We need an enthusiastic and motivated people manager with a strong engineering background to lead the Procured Parts Engineering team with the following responsibilities:
Competence and skill management within your team in collaboration with the Thales Naval Academy to ensure the highest level of competitiveness.
Proactively managing the allocation of resources to successfully staff development projects.
Leading the deployment and improvement of processes methods and tools for the Procured Parts discipline.
Enhancing the visibility of the PPE team within the organization to assure early involvement in developments.
Managing the technical innovation roadmap for your discipline.
Guiding your team through the annual HR cycle.
Why Youd Be a Good Match:
You are in the possession of a Bachelors degree (or higher) in Mechanical Electrical or Mechatronic Engineering.
You have strong interpersonal skills to manage and cooperate with stakeholders
You have proven experience as a people manager in an engineering role.
You have a positive and cooperative mindset continuously seeking improvements (within the own team or the interfaces).
You have a clear vision result-oriented and capable of navigating complex situations.
You are a team player committed to achieving common goals.
You are able to leverage your personality and experience to bring out the best in others and yourself.
You have a Can-do and why-not-this mentality: entrepreneurial flexible and open-minded.
Fluency in both Dutch and English is required.
A screening and assessment will be part of the selection process.
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