Mission:
Support of Configuration management team
The configuration manager MBOM (Manufacturing BOM) ensures the proper creation of the manufacturing BOM for new product in our portfolio but also the me maintenance of the actual portfolio. He/she will be responsible to verify completeness of the M-BOM before officializing it in the PLM system and communicating it towards the ERP system (OCM).
Assure the necessary product baselines (configuration) will be registered during the development and validation of the product. These baselines are linked to the development process (DDQS) defined by Thales.
He/she coordinates and monitors the execution of M-BOM changes from development, verification and validation up to industrialization.
Mission Overview:
Due to the number of projects, we need reinforcements in the Configuration team, especially on the M-BOM part. The PLM tool used is PTC's Windchill, linked to the CAD tool Creo.
- Verify the content of the M-BOM: structure, presence of E-BOM articles, necessary sub-assembly levels inclusive their documentation (DRW’s, production instructions, process inspections, production tools, …)
- Assure that all documents are validated (approvals) by the respective services before officializing them in the PLM system
- Follow up ECR tasks related to M-BOM changes, fine tune the content with logistics & production department.
- Fine tuning change implementation with logistics, production and purchasing (activation date, product obsolescence’s => scrapping of stock, retrofit, …)
- Check correct data receiving into ERP system (OCM) with logistics
- Creation of Baseline M-BOM linked to project or contract mile stones
- Manage all process changes (purely M-BOM), according internal & customer regulations
- Manage M-BOM variants due to customer specific requirements
- You play an important role in the communication towards the logistic and production facilities, so it's important that your soft skills are at a high level.
Mission Objectives:
- Officialization and maintenance of M-BOM
- Manage process changes
- Create and implement standards process flow improvements
Profile requirements:
- >5 years of professional experience in a product and process development team
- Experience with a PLM system, ideally Windchill
- Experience in configuration and change management processes
- Know how on ERP work flow & activities (ordering , follow up stock depletion, …)
- Rigorous, meticulous, and organized
- Strong soft skills, effective communication
- Language: French proficient , English good level
Skills Required
- >5 years of professional experience in a product and process development team
- Experience with a PLM system, ideally Windchill
- Experience in configuration and change management processes
- Know how on ERP work flow & activities
- Strong soft skills, effective communication
Thales Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Thales and has not been reviewed or approved by Thales.
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Retirement Support — Retirement plans with employer contributions and matches, profit sharing, and share purchase opportunities are emphasized across multiple regions. These elements are positioned as competitive components of total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO that increases with tenure, paid holidays, and paid military, maternity, and paternity leave are described. This breadth supports work–life balance across locations.
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Flexible Benefits — Hybrid work options, flexible schedules, and parental supports such as childcare benefits and leave for sick children are available in several markets. Flexibility is presented as a core part of the employee experience.
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What We Do
Thales is a global high technology leader investing in digital and “deep tech” innovations – connectivity, big data, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and quantum technology – to build a future we can all trust, which is vital to the development of our societies. The company provides solutions, services and products that help its customers – businesses, organisations and states – in the defence, aeronautics, space, transportation and digital identity and security markets to fulfil their critical missions, by placing humans at the heart of the decision-making process.
