Regional Category Manager - Austin, United States - Thales

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Location:
Austin, United States of America

In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales.

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Regional Category Manager

Austin - Arboretum Plaza Hybrid

Position Summary


The Category Manager for Industrial Services will represent the Procurement Organization both globally and for the Americas Region and shall be responsible for the effective creation and implementation of all the category's strategic direction and management of the category within the scope of their responsibility (supporting the Industrial Services category strategy in managing Thales Capital Equipment purchases for large industrial purchases, and supplier relationship management).

This role will be responsible for developing sourcing strategies, managing supplier relationships, as well as identifying and mitigating supply chain risk.

As Category Manager, and in full alignment with the Segment Director, the individual in this role will be responsible for managing their category, bringing procurement acumen, support and influence strategies that drive product and service innovation.

They are responsible for providing the best procurement solutions (quality, price and timing), meeting customer needs and aligning with the relevant Procurement Strategies as lead by the Global Category Managers, ensuring full compliance with all Thales policies and procedures.


Key Areas of Responsibility

  • Act as the point of contact (POC) for internal and external stakeholders (e.g. Bids and Proposals, Department Heads, Suppliers, Audits, etc.) and determine the priorities for the Category within the region
  • Help the Director to organize the category in such a way as to ensure a calibrated workload as well as a link to Stakeholders in order to ensure that their needs, requirements and priorities are addressed
  • Ensure that Category, Procurement and Stakeholder Team members adhere to the Thales Group Purchasing policies and ensure the Category adheres to the cost and competitiveness of the good and services purchased through the Purchasing Executive Summary (PES).Establish a method and monitor the execution of Category activities.
  • Act as Key Account Manager for certain global suppliers and interact and support all Thales business needs globally for such suppliers
  • Monitor category markets on an ongoing 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.
Help to define and monitor the schedule and deliverables associated with acquisitions

  • Ensure compliance of all Stakeholders and Procurement Team Members with the "Manage Acquisition" process as per Chorus 2.0, and the use established acquisition tools in place within the organization ( eAcquisition, ERP) for all activities.
This role is a functional Category Manager position


Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in business administration, procurement or comparable field of study with 8+ years of relevant work experience in procurement or Master's degree in procurement or business administration with 6+ years of relevant work experience in procurement
  • Understanding of Make/Buy, Should Cost Analysis approaches and inputs as well as supplier risk assessment and mitigation planning
  • Strong organizational, analytical, problemsolving and strategic thinking skills
  • Needs strong communication skills, both written and verbal, must have a strong executive presence,and have proven negotiation skills

Preferred Qualifications

  • Master's degree in procurement or business administration with 6+ years of relevant work experience in procurement
  • French speaking would be a plus

Physical Demands
Typical Office Environment - so special physical requirements


Special Position Requirements

Schedule:
Core Business Hours are Monday-Friday.

The expectation is that you are working a full eight-hour day, adjusting your scheduled hours of work to accommodate your workload, as well as hours of work to accommodate meetings with partners throughout North America, but also to facilitate effective and timely meetings and communication with the Global partners overseas.


Physical Environment:

This role has been designated as a Hybrid position, with the current expectation that, when you are not traveling, that you will physically work from your assigned Thales office at least two days each week.


Travel:
Travel is required, and is anticipated to be approximat
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