Project Management Officer Operations

PMO Operational Project:

In Herstal you will join more than 250 colleagues specialized in the design development production and supply of weapon systems and ammunitions for use by customers in the Defense (MoD) Aerospace (OEM) and Land (OEM) sectors. With the Guided Rocket in the portfolio additional markets segments are now addressed like Ground-to-Ground applications or Counter-UAS.

Today the Group employs more than 1000 people across nine sites in Belgium. Discover all Thales activities in Belgium here.

Your mission

As Project Management Officer you are familiar with Bid or Project Management process (scheduling cost estimate financial monitoring & control risk analysis etc). You will manage processes and procedures and propose adjustment if necessary in order to reach the satisfaction of the different internal stakeholders and to meet strategic business objectives. You will coordinate with the various departments (Bids & projects Sales & Marketing Finances and Engineering) to consolidate data regarding both bids and on-going projects.

Main Responsibilities:

As PMO you will be responsible for managing and coordinating the actions of the Project Management Office covering different domain(s) of Bid / Project Management.

You will be in charge of:

Project Coordination

• Assist project manager(s) in planning execution and monitoring of projects
• Support scheduling and resource allocation for projects
• Participating as needed to progress meetings and bid and project reviews in order to capture relevant information
• Producing and analyzing data mainly related to revenues milestones cashflow actuals and estimated at completion
• Contribute to the adjustment of processes instructions and guidelines to the context of the offer or project based on lessons learnt

Documentation and Knowledge Management

• Support project manager over project documentation
• Ensure project documentation is completed stored and easily accessible
• Facilitate knowledge transfer and lessons learned throughout the project lifecycle

Tool Management

• Maintain and support the use of PMO tools

Profile:

• You hold a bachelor of economics engineering or laws.
• You have already acquired an experience as PMO or (W)PM position in an international and technically demanding environment.
• You are analytical autonomous and rigorous with an ability linked to innovation.
• You are able to merge data in order to present and explain them in a synthetic manner.
• You have strong oral and written communication skills.
• You have a good knowledge of MS Suite (for e.g.: Excel) and one of the following is considered as an asset: Microsoft Project PowerBI and/or Sharepoint background in PPM tools.
• You are fluent in both French and English (read written and spoken).
• The position is basedfull-time in Herstal/Loncin Belgium.