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Location: Taipei, Taiwan

In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.

Thales established its presence in Taiwan in 1992. The Group has since developed a strong partnership with local companies and is a key partner of the Taiwanese Government. Thales Taiwan employs over 100 people across the island with profiles that include engineers, sales representatives, customer service support, and operational staff. The company operates two sites across the country in Taipei, Neihu and New Taipei, Chung-Ho and remains in close proximity to its customers’ sites in Hsinchu, Taoyuan and Songshan. In 2021, Thales Taiwan established its new headquarters in Taipei Neihu district, gathering all its different experts in one single location to best service its customers. The Group is strongly committed to support Taiwan’s digital transformation with state of the art technology in Digital Identity & Security, Aerospace and Space. Thales Taiwan provides key technologies in Air Traffic Management and Avionics equipment. The company provides services to local airlines and the civil aviation authority. The Group successfully installed multiple high-performance radars that enable airports to easily and safely manage their flights.

Responsibilities:

Strategy:

  • Provide input into worldwide category strategies for short, medium and long term needs
  • Ensure the relevant players have a good knowledge of Thales needs and support the category strategy so that the business secures targeted projects and customer competitive advantage.
  • Ensure that clear and measurable savings targets are identified and delivered by category and endorsed by business / project. 
  • Ensure category commitment and spend compliance tracking is well reported.

Procurement Competitiveness Capture:

  • Monitor category markets on an on-going basis to identify and understand key players, newcomers, economic evolutions, market or regulation constraints, innovations and technology in order to support the development of the most up to date category strategies for the businesses.
  • Based on the above provide insights as to how products / projects could be more competitive via the adoption of different suppliers / methodologies / technology etc.
  • In conjunction with the Procurement Product, Bids and Project Managers (PPM) and cross functional teams, the CM supports the preparation of Make / Buy decisions (lead by the PPM) in order to optimize business performance.

Governance, Leadership and Performance Management:

  • Ensure THALES governance is applied using KPI's and root cause corrective actions

Supplier / Acquisition Management:

  • Performance management of the supply base in line with the standards set out by the Global Category Manager.
  • Ensure that supplier competitions follow the governance process and are balanced and fair in order to improve business and customer performance.
  • Ensure that the supplier contracts and framework agreements are negotiated when required in line with the category strategies.
  • Ensure that global contracts / framework agreements are adopted and utilized.
  • Ensure that specific legal compliance government or special customer requirements are taken into account during conception / implementation of category strategies.
  • Ensure that Thales e-Acquisition and all THALES procurement tools are properly used according to governance procurement work packages at global level.
  • Ensure that the risks, opportunities and Tier supply chain mapping is understood and managed in order to optimize business performance.
  • Based on the performance management of the supply base identify the suppliers who require focused development actions and ensure that the Supplier Development Team have the required support / leverage to conduct successfully these actions .

Operational Support:

  • Ensure the Tactical Buyers receive all required information to raise the Purchase Orders.

Requirements:

  • Recognized professional qualification (CIPS, EIPM, ISM, MAI...) are essential.
  • Business, Procurement, Supply Chain or Engineering degrees are desirable, coupled with other professional qualifications (e.g.) in Project Management.
  • Experience in managing display commodity such as LCD and OLED, Security System, Access Control or Power Product will be an advantage.
  • More than 5 years of experience in Procurement.
  • Experience interacting with senior management and senior stakeholders, in complex project environment, design / product development
  • Experience working with an international cross-functional matric organization environment in a Bids, sub-contract management and delivery of complex solutions,
  • Ability to define and influence category strategy
  • Strong implementation of the strategy on an operational basis.
  • Strong contractual knowledge especially of framework agreements, Liability & insurance.
  • Ability to lead complex negotiation including import / export considerations
  • Understanding of the market and forces impacting the category under management and the ability to understand the customer’s stakes, needs and program issues
  • Proven ability to challenge and develop innovative supply chain / procurement analysis (CCO, should cost) that adds value to the business and end customers.
  • Leadership skills and ability to manage complex sub-contracts including risks & opportunities and ability to identify Purchasing levers .
  • Good knowledge of the best practice for acquisition Process.
  • Ability to handle conflicts and problem solving.
  • Ability to take initiatives and to perform analysis and synthesis.
  • Agility and adaptation to complex environment, international and intercultural.
  • Ability to prioritize tasks while meeting deadlines under stress when needed.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • English language fluency is mandatory, Chinese languages will be an advantage.
  • Ability to work remotely from internal stakeholders.

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