Sub-Contract Manager

2 months ago

Templecombe, Somerset, United Kingdom Thales Full time
Job Title: Sub-Contract Manager

Thales is seeking a highly skilled Sub-Contract Manager to join our team. As a Sub-Contract Manager, you will be responsible for managing sub-contracted suppliers within a specified Thales bid, product, or project.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Manage and be accountable for the overall performance and compliance of key suppliers.
  • Coordinate and lead sub-contract reviews, including identification and mobilization of internal support required to execute sub-contracts from other Thales departments.
  • Be responsible for and monitor the performance of suppliers and update the procurement dashboard, including engagement with other procurement key stakeholders.
  • Be accountable for the monthly measurement of supplier metrics and enforcement of contractual agreements where Key Performance Indicators are not being met.
  • Ensure appropriate supplier relationship management and performance management techniques are employed with suppliers to improve performance, mitigate risk, and capture innovation from suppliers.
  • Recognize and identify subcontract claims as they develop and manage the timely resolution under changing provisions where possible, obtaining legal expertise where necessary.
  • Support negotiation of sub-contracts, including appropriate customer flow down, to achieve timely performance while minimizing program risk and exploiting program opportunities.
  • Ensure continuous monitoring and action against risks, opportunities (including cost savings) through execution of such complex sub-contracts.
About You:
  • Have a demonstrable understanding of the procurement lifecycle, procurement strategy, and supplier management in best practice environments through bid, project, product development, and production phases.
  • Have a strong technical awareness of the end-to-end procurement activities (including experience of project management), with the ability to identify and mitigate risks and assess opportunities.
  • Possess excellent communication, influencing, and negotiation skills with experience building and managing strong, long-lasting relationships across internal stakeholders, partners, and suppliers.
  • Proven relevant experience in a mid-to-senior level procurement role, with a record of success.
  • Demonstrable experience working within a complex, multinational, multi-site organization and working with different cultures - experience within space, defense, aerospace, or other comparable industries is desirable.
Benefits at Thales:

We strive to create an environment where you can prioritize your well-being and have designed our benefits to give you the flexibility and power to do so. Our core benefits include a pension plan, private medical insurance, life assurance, income protection, as well as an employee assistance program.

In addition, our flexible benefits platform gives you the power to customize your benefits to suit your needs. You can choose to add a number of optional benefits, including healthcare cash plan, health assessments, family cover private medical insurance, buying/selling annual leave, gym membership discounts, and much more.

You can also enjoy exclusive access to our discount site. Alongside a competitive base salary, we offer a variable compensation plan bonus, 27 days annual leave, 1 company day, UK public holidays, as well as the opportunity to volunteer up to 3 days to support local charities/communities in which we work.

Your health and well-being matter to us, and that's why we offer you the flexibility to do what's important to you; whether that's part-time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

If you are interested in this role, we would encourage you to have an informal chat with the Talent Acquisition Partner.

Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales.

The successful candidate will need full Security Clearance (SC) - For more information and guidance, please visit the UKSV website.

  • Sub-Contract Manager

    4 weeks ago

    Templecombe, Somerset, United Kingdom Thales Full time

    About the RoleWe are seeking a highly skilled Sub-Contract Manager to join our team at Thales. As a Sub-Contract Manager, you will be responsible for managing sub-contracted suppliers within a specified Thales bid, product or project. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop and deliver complex, high-risk, high-value equipment or services.Key...

  • Sub-Contract Manager

    4 weeks ago

    Templecombe, Somerset, United Kingdom Thales Full time

    About the RoleWe are seeking a highly skilled Sub-Contract Manager to join our team at Thales. As a Sub-Contract Manager, you will be responsible for managing sub-contracted suppliers within a specified Thales bid, product or project. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop and deliver complex, high-risk, high-value equipment or services.Key...

  • Sub-Contract Manager

    2 months ago

    Templecombe, Somerset, United Kingdom Thales Full time

    Job Title: Sub-Contract ManagerThales is seeking a highly skilled Sub-Contract Manager to join our team in Templecombe, United Kingdom. As a Sub-Contract Manager, you will play a critical role in supporting the Marine Sensor Enhancement Team (MSET) contract, a £1.85 billion contract that aims to maximise days at sea for the Royal Navy Fleet.Key...

  • Sub-Contract Manager

    2 months ago

    Templecombe, Somerset, United Kingdom Thales Full time

    Job Title: Sub-Contract ManagerThales is seeking a highly skilled Sub-Contract Manager to join our team in Templecombe, United Kingdom. As a Sub-Contract Manager, you will play a critical role in supporting the Marine Sensor Enhancement Team (MSET) contract, a £1.85 billion contract that aims to maximise days at sea for the Royal Navy Fleet.Key...

  • Sub-Contract Manager

    3 weeks ago

    Templecombe, Somerset, United Kingdom Thales Full time

    About the RoleThe Sub-Contract Manager will play a crucial role in supporting the Marine Sensor Enhancement Team (MSET) contract, a significant new contract worth £1.85 billion. This contract aims to maximise days at sea for the Royal Navy Fleet by ensuring sustained, long-term availability and resilience of critical assets, spares, and repairs over the...

  • Sub-Contract Manager

    3 weeks ago

    Templecombe, Somerset, United Kingdom Thales Full time

    Job DescriptionThales is seeking a highly skilled Sub-Contract Manager to join our team in Templecombe, United Kingdom. As a Sub-Contract Manager, you will play a critical role in supporting the Marine Sensor Enhancement Team (MSET) contract, a £1.85 billion contract that aims to maximise days at sea for the Royal Navy Fleet by ensuring sustained, long-term...

  • Sub-Contract Manager

    1 month ago

    Templecombe, Somerset, United Kingdom Thales Full time

    About the RoleWe are seeking a highly skilled Sub-Contract Manager to join our team at Thales UK. As a key member of our Marine Sensor Enhancement Team (MSET), you will play a critical role in supporting the delivery of our £1.85 billion contract.Key ResponsibilitiesManage and be accountable for the overall performance and compliance of key...

  • Sub-Contract Manager

    1 month ago

    Templecombe, Somerset, United Kingdom Thales Full time

    About the RoleWe are seeking a highly skilled Sub-Contract Manager to join our team at Thales UK. As a key member of our Marine Sensor Enhancement Team (MSET), you will play a critical role in supporting the delivery of our £1.85 billion contract.Key ResponsibilitiesManage and be accountable for the overall performance and compliance of key...

  • Sub-Contract Manager

    1 month ago

    Templecombe, Somerset, United Kingdom Thales Full time

    About the RoleWe are seeking a highly skilled Sub-Contract Manager to join our team at Thales UK. As a key member of our Marine Sensor Enhancement Team (MSET), you will play a critical role in supporting the delivery of our £1.85 billion contract.Key ResponsibilitiesManage and be accountable for the overall performance and compliance of key...

  • Sub-Contract Manager

    1 month ago

    Templecombe, Somerset, United Kingdom Thales Full time

    About the RoleWe are seeking a highly skilled Sub-Contract Manager to join our team at Thales UK. As a key member of our Marine Sensor Enhancement Team (MSET), you will play a critical role in supporting the delivery of our £1.85 billion contract.Key ResponsibilitiesManage and be accountable for the overall performance and compliance of key...

  • Senior Sub-Contract Manager

    3 weeks ago

    Templecombe, Somerset, United Kingdom Thales Full time

    Job Opportunity:We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced professional to lead our Sub-Contract Management team. As a key member of our Procurement team, you will be responsible for managing our sub-contractors and suppliers to ensure timely, cost-effective, and high-quality delivery of our products and services.Key Responsibilities:Lead and manage a...

  • Sub-Contract Manager

    4 weeks ago

    Templecombe, Somerset, United Kingdom Thales Part time

    Location: Templecombe, United KingdomThales people provide armed forces customers with operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defence mission systems solutions at land, sea, and air. Our platforms extend across the battlespace including Above and Sonar,...

  • Head of Sub-Contract Management Lead

    3 weeks ago

    Templecombe, Somerset, United Kingdom Thales Full time

    Job Opportunity: We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Head of Sub-Contract Management to join our team at Thales UK. As a key member of our Procurement team, you will be responsible for leading and managing a team of Sub-Contract Managers, ensuring the delivery of high-quality sub-contracts and suppliers to support our Underwater Systems business....

  • Sub-Contract Manager

    5 days ago

    Templecombe, Somerset, United Kingdom Thales Full time

    About This RoleWe are seeking a highly skilled Sub-Contract Manager to support the Marine Sensor Enhancement Team (MSET) contract within our Defence and Aerospace division.This is a high-profile contract worth £1.85 billion, which aims to maximise days at sea for the Royal Navy Fleet by ensuring sustained, long-term availability and resilience of critical...

  • Head of Sub-Contract Management Lead

    3 weeks ago

    Templecombe, Somerset, United Kingdom Thales Full time

    Job OpportunityWe are seeking a forward-thinking leader to join our Procurement team within the Thales Under Water Systems (UWS) part of our business. As the Head of Sub-Contract Management, you will lead and support the business working with our suppliers in under water systems both domestically and internationally.Key ResponsibilitiesLiaise with a broad...

  • Sub-Contract Manager

    3 weeks ago

    Templecombe, Somerset, United Kingdom Thales Full time

    About the RoleThe Sub-Contract Manager will play a critical role in supporting the Marine Sensor Enhancement Team (MSET) contract, a significant new contract worth £1.85 billion. This contract aims to maximise days at sea for the Royal Navy Fleet by ensuring sustained, long-term availability and resilience of critical assets, spares, and repairs over the...

  • Sub-Contract Manager

    3 weeks ago

    Templecombe, Somerset, United Kingdom Thales Full time

    Job DescriptionThales is seeking a highly skilled Sub-Contract Manager to join our team in Templecombe, United Kingdom. As a Sub-Contract Manager, you will play a critical role in supporting the Marine Sensor Enhancement Team (MSET) contract, a £1.85 billion contract that aims to maximise days at sea for the Royal Navy Fleet by ensuring sustained, long-term...

  • Procurement and Supplier Management Specialist

    6 days ago

    Templecombe, Somerset, United Kingdom Thales Full time

    Job DescriptionThales is seeking a talented Procurement and Supplier Management Specialist to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for managing sub-contracted suppliers within a specified Thales bid, product or project. You will work closely with internal stakeholders, partners, and suppliers to develop and deliver complex, high-risk,...

  • Procurement Project Manager MSET UWS

    1 month ago

    Templecombe, Somerset, United Kingdom Thales Full time

    Job Title: Procurement Project Manager MSET UWSThales is seeking a highly skilled Procurement Project Manager to join our team in Templecombe, United Kingdom. As a key member of our Procurement team, you will play a critical role in ensuring the successful delivery of our Underwater Systems projects.About the RoleThe successful candidate will be responsible...

  • Procurement Project Manager MSET UWS

    1 month ago

    Templecombe, Somerset, United Kingdom Thales Full time

    Job Title: Procurement Project Manager MSET UWSThales is seeking a highly skilled Procurement Project Manager to join our team in Templecombe, United Kingdom. As a key member of our Procurement team, you will play a critical role in ensuring the successful delivery of our Underwater Systems projects.About the RoleThe successful candidate will be responsible...