Tactical Buyer Leader

Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billons of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds, people cross borders, energy become smarter and much more. More than 30,000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things, grant access to digital services, analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.

The Tactical Buyer Team Leader is responsible for leading a team of Tactical Buyers within a region. The role will be required to provide supervisory direction and guidance to Tactical Buyers and prioritize activities on a regular frequency. Additionally, the Tactical Buer Team Leader will need to measure SLAs and KPIs for the tactical procurement team which meet or exceed the expectations of the region/service and support the GBU and BLs.

**Missions and Responsibilities**:

- Drive innovative solutions to optimize resources and headcount
- Manage and resolve internal and external conflict as an escalation path
- Provide general supervisory and instructional direction to a team of tactical buyers
- Capture and cascade knowledge of global/regional commodity strategies to their respective teams
- Ensure accuracy of order placement and cancelation
- Interface with other shared services (Accounting) to capture required changes or modifications to purchase order documents
- Ensure proper execution to process and procedure as per Chorus
- Maintain regulatory compliance to Thales, regional, federal, or local laws & requirements
- Develop, lead and execute purchasing strategies
- Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness
- Forecast price and market trends to identify changes of balance in buyer-supplier power
- Monitor and forecast upcoming levels of demand

**Requirements**:

- Bachelor Degree in engineering, business, supply chain, finance, or economics (required)
- 5+ years of procurement experience in a large multinational project, product, and solutions based setting
- Strong working knowledge of various ERPs
- Understanding of general business process and flow
- Strong working knowledge of procurement foundational elements
- Managerial understanding and capability
- Understanding of relevant tax codes and financial reporting methodologies
- English (required)

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