Social network you want to login/join with: col-narrow-left Client: Thales Location: Job Category: Other - EU work permit required: Yes col-narrow-right Job Reference: 5adb87568b16 Job Views: 7 Posted: 14.06.2025 Expiry Date: 29.07.2025 col-wide Job Description: A Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), Thales Alenia Space is a global space manufacturer delivering high-tech solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth Observation, environmental management, exploration, science, and orbital infrastructures for over 40 years. Our diverse skills, talents, and cultures enable us to serve customers such as governments, institutions, space agencies, and telecommunications operators, providing solutions to Space to Connect, Secure & Defend, Observe & Protect, Explore, Travel & Navigate. Who are you? You have an Engineer School background with skills in sales and/or economics. You have significant experience in Bid/Program management or several years in Procurement/Supply Operations. You possess good interpersonal skills, are effective in team support, and have proven transverse management abilities. Leadership and customer focus are among your core values. What can we do together? The PPM (Procurement Project Manager) acts as the end-to-end project manager throughout the lifecycle of products, bids, and programs. Main objectives include: Providing competitiveness and business opportunities through supply chain and innovation, ensuring objectives are met. Guaranteeing procurement strategies are aligned with product, bid, and program expectations. Acting as a business partner to internal customers within Procurement. Collaborating with Capture Team Leaders and Bid Managers to optimize supply chain contributions. Defining overall acquisition strategies for projects. Coordinating co-engineering efforts with strategic suppliers. Proposing partnerships with suppliers. Managing multi-equipment Purchase Vet (PVET) processes at the bid level. Issuing final procurement and supply operation quotes. Reporting to the Bid/Program team and coordinating contributions until delivery or contract signing. At Thales Alenia Space, we offer careers, not just jobs. With around 8,900 employees across 10 countries and multiple sites, our mobility policy supports career development locally and internationally. We view space as a new horizon to build a better, sustainable life on Earth. Join us on this journey—apply now! J-18808-Ljbffr