Ingénieur Opérations et relations fournisseurs F/H

About Thales

Thales is a global leader in high technology, specializing in three business sectors: Defense & Security, Aeronautics & Space, and Cyber & Digital. It develops products and solutions that contribute to a safer, more environmentally friendly, and more inclusive world. The Group invests nearly €4 billion per year in Research & Development, particularly in key innovation areas such as AI, cybersecurity, quantum, cloud technologies, and 6G. Thales has nearly 81,000 employees in 68 countries.

Our commitments, your benefits

• Success driven by our technological excellence, your experience, and our shared ambition
• An attractive compensation package
• Continuous skills development: training courses, academies, and internal communities
• An inclusive, caring environment that respects employee balance
• Recognized societal and environmental commitment

Your daily life

The Gennevilliers Campus is at the heart of the design, development, and support activities for major defense systems: radiocommunications, resilient networks and infrastructure systems, satellite communications, collaborative combat, and cybersecurity. Located north of Paris, it is easily accessible by public transport.

The System Engineering Directorate (DIS) Competence Center (CC) for the Mobile NetWorks (MNW) sector designs and delivers resilient network and infrastructure systems solutions for our defense sector clients.

Within this competence center, as a Operations and Supplier Relations Engineer F/M, you will join the System Solutions Directorate (DIS), whose main mission is to carry out all system engineering activities related to the development of satcom and tactical network solutions.

Reporting to the Head of Engineering Operations (HoEO), you will work in collaboration with engineering discipline managers, Delivery teams, and cross-functional functions (Purchasing, Management Control…).

YOUR MISSION:

As part of your Operations Engineer role, the following missions will be entrusted to you:

• Supplier relationship management (capturing service needs, monitoring current and upcoming needs, tracking ongoing orders, receiving work in SAP, participating in regular subcontracting management meetings)
• Support for defining the Make or Buy strategy of the MNW CC for the implementation and adherence to the subcontracting strategy
• Support for managing MNW operational performance and communicating results to the Networks and Infrastructure Systems (NIS) Business Line (BL) and the Secure Communications & Information Systems (SIX) Global Business Unit (GBU)
• Support for managing COTS within the CC
• Support for evaluating and improving engineering processes implemented within the CC
• Support for managing and animating the competitiveness initiative within the CC
• Support for managing the training of our teams in good/new engineering practices.

YOUR PROFILE:

• With an Engineering/Bac+5 degree, you have at least 5 years of experience in the development of complex aeronautical or defense systems in an international environment.
• You have knowledge of engineering principles, practices, and processes.
• You have an aptitude for managing engineering activities, particularly in financial and resource aspects (service providers, ...)
• You have knowledge of network or radio communications and are interested in the military domain.
• Knowledge of SAP is a plus.

Thales, a Disability-Friendly company, recognizes all talents. Diversity is our greatest asset. Apply and join us!

As the position may require access to information related to national defense secrets, the selected candidate will undergo a security clearance procedure, in accordance with the provisions of articles R.2311-1 et seq. of the French Defense Code and IGI 1300 SGDSN/PSE of August 9, 2021.