TACTICAL BUYER

Location : Madrid Tres Cantos, Spain

A Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), Thales Alenia Space is a global space manufacturer delivering, for more than 40 years, high-tech solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth Observation, environmental management, exploration, science and orbital infrastructures. Thanks to our diversity of skills, talents and cultures, our customers (governments, institutions, space agencies, telecommunications operators), therefore have Space to Connect, Secure & Defend, Observe & Protect, Explore, Travel & Navigate. Thales in Spain is a leader in technological solutions applied to Defence, Aeronautics, Security, Transportation and Space and, furthermore, is a global centre for excellence in Space, Security of Critical Infrastructures and Transportation. With a turnover of €320 million and a staff of 1,200, it exports approximately 40% of its total production principally to the Middle East, North Africa and Latin America. The Operational Buyer is the first point of contact between Thales Alenia Space (TAS) and its suppliers in the operational procurement flow. She / he is responsible and authorized to create, issue, manage and eventually close Purchase Orders on behalf of TAS. She / he does this by transforming purchase requisitions into purchase orders within time frames defined by service levels agreements. She / he bases the activity on TAS acquisition plans by using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and other procurement information systems as well as Contracts, Thales / TAS Terms and Conditions. She / he has end to end responsibility and ownership of each purchase order they place, including monitoring the timely deliveries of the products and services they order, expediting late deliveries, resolving invoicing errors and maintaining accurate data and records in TAS's systems.

Mission and Responsibilities

• Support Procurement Strategy :

o Analyse Purchase Request (In / Out of policy supplier status, Frame Agreement or price list availability, need date)

o Analyse local business needs and challenges demand as related to his / her product perimeter and Contribute to global category strategies for short, medium, long term.

o Seek for Communalization, Synergy between several Purchase Requisitions

o Check adequacy with Category Buyer strategy

o Register the Purchase Order and Contract in line with Manage acquisition process in case of Category Buyers are out of the country.

o Manage local RFP and negotiations within the DoA threshold with suppliers as per TAS ST&C (Standard Terms & Conditions).

o Ensure Financial Procurement Performances & proper Cash Management

o Ensure Procurement Performances are properly declared at the creation of the Purchase Order

o Check the compliance of the Milestone