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Category Manager - Thales

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Category Manager

The Role

Thales UK Procurement function has 39 categories across five business units. A superb opportunity to join our Category Management Transformation team has arisen within the function. The Category Manager may support one procurement category or several procurement categories depending on the size of the Category.

Responsibilities

The Category Manager will be responsible for supplier relationship management and continuous improvement of suppliers within  their category (with the support of Supplier Performance Management Team if needed) and the management of suppliers performance including, but not limited to, quality, cost, delivery, contractual performance and innovation.


We are looking for the individual to be accountable for ensuring the most up-to-date knowledge of their supplier market, including new innovations and key emerging technologies relevant to their category. You will be responsible for end to end performance of the acquisition process via the management of the RFI &/or RFP's.

You will be expected to lead major / business critical supplier selection exercises to support business needs.  As well as the deployment, implementation and monitoring of agreed category strategies.

An essential element of his role is to ensure that the suppliers provide the competitiveness required to support the business and to introduce optimal supply base changes to support business winning capability.

Skills and Experience

  • Strong involvement in defining/updating the strategy with the Global Category Manager
  • Strong implementation of the strategy on an operational basis.
  • Has ability to performance manage suppliers to above target performance and working knowledge of supplier development techniques?
  • Strong contractual knowledge especially of framework agreements, Liability & insurance.
  • Ability to lead complex negotiation including import / export considerations
  • Understanding of the market for the category under his control but also ability to understand the customer’s stakes, needs and program issues
  • Mastering economic models for the category so that increased value can be added to Thales and the supply base.
  • Proven ability to challenge and develop innovative supply chain / procurement analysis (CCO, should cost) that adds value to the business and end customers.

We are looking for procurement professional who is passionate about Category management and can deliver the transformation we are implementing. To find out more click on the link below.

Company

Manor Royal Business District is the biggest business park of the Gatwick Diamond area and one of the south east's premier mixed activity employment hubs.

Enviable location and connections

Situated at the heart of the Gatwick Diamond on the Sussex and Surrey county borders, just two miles from London Gatwick Airport, a major motorway junction (M23 Junctoion 10) and two mainline railway stations (Gatwick Airport and Three Bridges), Manor Royal is a popular choice for a diverse range of occupiers including a host of blue chip global brands.

Manor Royal in numbers

  • One of the biggest business parks in the South East.
  • Covers an area of 539 acres – that’s over 300 football pitches.
  • 700 properties
  • 500 businesses
  • 30,000 people

Manor Royal more than a number

Since the formation of the Manor Royal Business Group (MRBG), an association of Manor Royal based business and firms, being on Manor Royal means being part of something. You’re never just a number.

Manor Royal makes sense

Scale, diversity, location and great connectivity with a property offer to match means Manor Royal based firms are never far away from their suppliers, customers and a talented workforce.

Pay us a visit

Visit www.manorroyal.org to find out more and to get in touch

 

Company info
Website
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Manor Royal Business District
Location
7 Magellan Terrace (Ground Floor)
Gatwick Road
Crawley
West Sussex
RH10 9PJ
United Kingdom

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