A Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), Thales Alenia Space is a global space manufacturer delivering, for more than 40 years, high-tech solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth Observation, environmental management, exploration, science and orbital infrastructures. Thanks to our diversity of skills, talents and cultures, our customers (governments, institutions, space agencies, telecommunications operators), therefore have Space to Connect, Secure & Defend, Observe & Protect, Explore, Travel & Navigate.
Position : Execution Performance Manager, Electronic units
Mission: Manage the relationship with the Suppliers for the delivery of the Products, from contract signature (Kick Off) to Products delivery. This encompasses all topics related to contract, technical, performance, planning and conformity of delivered products.
Expected skills and past experience
- Strong project management skills
- Solid technical background in development of electronic units
- Positive experience of supplier relationship management
- Fluent in English
Expected behaviors:
- Strong autonomy, rigor and transparency
- Fast and proactive problem solver
- Ability to maintain constructive relationships with both internal and external parties, whatever the criticality or complexity of topics to be addressed
- Wish to contribute to an agile and collaborative operating model, "One International Company"
- Mobility (regular travels)
Detailed responsibilities:
Before contract signature:
- Contributes to the Supplier selection, in the frame of the PVET (Supplier selection process) led by the Category Buyer by providing feedback on the Suppliers measured performance, current and forecast capacities in order to validate the reliability of the target planning.
Coordinates a contract execution Surveillance Plan according to identified risks and opportunities
After contract signature:
- Leads the relationship with the Supplier all along the execution of the contract for all matters related to the supplied products (technical, industrial, planning, Quality, contractual), and manages the follow-up of activities in line with the Surveillance Plan
- Manage supplier activities according to SOW (Statement of Work) and the Surveillance Plan, relying on the Thales best practices
- Manage Supplier progress status
- Manage and formalize change requests through contractual CCNs with the supplier and in cooperation with the Category Buyer
- Coordinate with Projects and suppliers performance through formal reviews all along the contract; Whenever necessary, coordinates the involvement of Engineering (validation of the design, evolution of specifications, deviations,), Procurement (contractual modifications) or Quality (formal conformance validation), each of these functions remaining the owners of their respective fields of accountability
Implements all necessary actions in order to early detect technical, quality or planning risks or issues which may impact TAS programmes schedule or Cost of Non Quality, and mobilise all necessary means to ensure a quick and thorough treatment.
- Provides internal clients and Central Functions (Operational & Forecast Planning, Finance, Quality) with regular technical, planning, risk & opportunities, costs status and forecast information, using JV tools (mainly SAP)
- Manages all formal reviews all along the contract (EQSR, PDR, CDR, TRR, TRB, DRB,), in line with the Surveillance Plan, ensures the exhaustiveness of the deliverables, gets approved (by Engineering, Quality) the related data, and authorizes the delivery of the goods with the related financial consequences (payments, calculation of penalties to be negotiated by Procurement,). Participate to development reviews and follow-up for complex products.
- At each formal step of the contract (reviews, delivery, ):
- Ensure the exhaustiveness and conformance of the deliveries with the contractual commitments.
- Get approved the related delivered documentation, acceptance data,
- Authorize the delivery of the goods and the corresponding invoices.
- Manage the Supplier action's review.
- Performs supplier performance evaluation according to TAS and JV defined parameters
- Responsible for the deployment of corrective and preventive action plans which address process, product, or component alerts
- Risk analysis:
- supporting TB/CB/Audit team for capability assessment during supplier selection process
- Manage continuously updated risk control analysis and related actions during execution
- Responsible for preventive action plans which address process, product, or component
- Throughout his network, she/he contributes to the identification of weak signals in coordination with Industry, Engineering, Services, Quality and Procurement departments
- Consolidate and analyse at JV level the forecasts from sites vs supplier global capability, alerting internally or at supplier level for gaps
- Act to improve the overall interface between T