Thales

Lieu : Herstal, Belgium

Main Responsibilities:

• Bid manager, act as the key element in the bid preparation, bring support and contribution for the bid negotiation with the client:
• Define the initial project baseline based on a viable solution and a clear project structure in order to provide the best solution for the customer requirements, and aligned with the business segment strategy.
• Launch the solution direction and plan the upcoming project.
• Build, challenge and validate the bid proposal taking into consideration stakeholders’ inputs and commitments. Manage the risks and the opportunities of the future project.
• Define the main delivery and acceptable milestones, consolidate the costs and validate the global project toolkit in the bid phase, basing it on the initial project toolkit.
• Project manager:

Ensure the good transition from the bid to the project phase and take part in the preparation, the organization and the validation of the project launch:

• Initialize the project: Identify the key stakeholders of the project, build the project team, shape the structuring activities, etc …
• Manage the financial aspects of the acquisition strategy: « Make or Buy » strategy, consultation and negotiation with suppliers, contractualisation, execution and contract completing.
• Drive the project launch review involving all the stakeholders: Management of the project plan and associated documents (WBS, OBS, calendar, budget allocation…), industrial scenario, project chart, team chart…

Implementation, control and management of the project:

• Launch the work package
• Manage the project and be accountable & respect the stakeholder commitments while managing the risks and opportunities,
• Master the requirements, the deadlines and the financial aspects during all the project duration
• Be in charge of the project quality, the clients and global satisfaction of the stakeholders
• Manage the legal and contractual obligations and master the litigations
• Carry out the reporting, the projects and the phase review meetings.

Finalize the project (document archiving, expenses permission closing) while capitalizing and sharing about lessons learned.

Profile:

Required level of studies and experience

• Engineer degree, with at least 5 years of experience minimum in project management in a high-tech and demanding environment;
• Experience in an international company;
• Having experience in the military and/or aerospace fields is a valuable asset;

Knowledge and skills

• You are autonomous and rigorous;
• You are able to think out of the box;
• You have strong spoken and written communication skills;
• You are comfortable with technical documents writing;
• You are able to work inside matrix teams and you are a real team-player;
• You always challenge yourself in order to bring new ideas and new skills in your day-to-day job;
• You are proficient in both German and English (both speaking and writing).
• You are open to traveling (on a regular basis);

The defense sector or the OEM’s knowledge will be considered as a major asset.