Location: Gorgonzola Italy
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. We work in aerospace, transportation, defense, security and space, designing innovative solutions that make tomorrow’s possible.
Gorgonzola hosts the Navigation Air Systems (NAS) domain. The NAS domain focuses on avionics navigation and radar systems for civil air traffic, and technologies supporting civilian and military pilots, ATC controllers and technicians of airlines, air‑traffic control agencies and the Air Force around the world. Italy is the Group’s Competence Centre for the design, production and delivery of Navigation Aids products, and for the delivery of non‑Radar Surveillance Products.
As a Project Manager at Thales you will be accountable for customer projects in the domain of Airspace Mobility Solutions (NAVAIDS and Non‑Radar Surveillance). You will manage sales costs, cash flow and project quality, ensuring that customer satisfaction is achieved.
Tasks and responsibilities
- Ensuring all necessary planning, execution and acceptance activities throughout the delivery of the project.
- Representing Thales interests within the assigned area of responsibility.
- Analyzing contract content and implementing delivery and service packages.
- Creating and updating project baselines, cost and time schedules.
- Conducting negotiations with local subcontractors regarding project‑related subcontracting and construction work in cooperation with the purchasing department.
- Managing customer requests and contract changes to closure.
- Managing external suppliers.
- Creating and maintaining project documentation using Thales internal process instructions and tools.
- Defining and managing all elements required to successfully deliver the project (incl. design maintenance, training, spare parts supply and documentation).
- Executing lessons learned from the project delivery and providing corresponding feedback to the departments.
- Participating in offers, creating schedules, cost and risk assessments.
Education and Experience
- Engineering degree or equivalent qualification.
- Certification IPMA or PMI project manager (or comparable).
- Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in project management in an international business environment.
- Proven experience in stress management is essential.
- Proficient in using planning tools (MS Project and Excel).
- Good knowledge of business administration, contract management and supplier management.
- Driving Change Order Management and upselling in running projects in close cooperation with the Legal & Contracts and Sales community.
- Ability to monitor project performances through relevant indicators (financial and schedule efficiency).
- Good knowledge of financial data and business plan.
- Ability to manage international customers in multi‑supplier environments.
- Proven experience in different industry schemas (JV Consortium, ATI, RTI, Co/ Subcontracting).
- Very good language skills in English and French spoken and written.
- Knowledge of Italian language is a must.
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