Obsolescence Manager

Job description

Location: Templecombe, United Kingdom

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. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.

Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

Through Life Support Engineering (TLSE) is a holistic life cycle process through which the combination of management and engineering actions necessary to assure effective and economical through-life support of a system or capability are accomplished as an integral part of the acquisition process.

The Obsolescence Management function within TLSE has cross-domain responsibilities.

Obsolescence Management activities are aimed at ensuring that Obsolescence is managed as an integral part of the whole product life cycle, in order to minimize the obsolescence risk and hence cost and detrimental impact.

Primary Purpose of the role:

Normally based on the Project Site, the primary purpose of the Obsolescence Manager Role is to:

• Manage the obsolescence activities to minimise risk to the Project(s) and to deliver coherent and relevant Obsolescence Plans and Reports on time, within budget and meeting quality standards.
• Interface between the Component Engineering function and the Project team and its customers.

Core tasks and responsibilities:

• Issue the obsolescence deliverables on time, within budget, and in accordance with specified contractual requirements.
• The Obsolescence Manager shall ensure that all obsolescence-related documents delivered to the customer are published in the company Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system.
• He/she is responsible for managing the document review process.
• Manage the Work Package(s) budget and resources he/she is accountable for. He/she shall ensure that the required resources are allocated in the company Programme Management tool.
• Define and maintain the obsolescence strategy on related equipments covered by the Project(s) he/she is responsible for, flow-down that strategy internally and to suppliers via the Subcontract Management function and monitor obsolescence accordingly.
• Regularly report progress on his/her Work Package(s) to the relevant Project Manager(s) and Functional Management as required.
• Pro-actively monitor obsolescence issues (current or forecasted) affecting the programme(s) he/she is responsible for and recommend appropriate mitigation activities and managing the LTB procurement process as necessary.
• Liaise with customers (internal and external) to ensure that expectations are aligned;
• Risk identification, management and reporting to the Project Manager;
• Additional Project-specific activities and responsibilities as agreed with the Project and Functional Managers.

Principal Relationships:

The jobholder is required to develop networks & build key relationships to obtain ‘buy-in’ and cooperation in order to achieve objectives and fulfil responsibilities. Interfaces and communication shall be with all stakeholders and include, but are not limited to:

Internal Relationships:

• Functional Management;
• Project Managers;
• Project Controllers;
• Subcontract Managers;
• Contracts personnel;
• Project Team;
• TLSE;
• COT (Central Obsolescence Team)

External Relationships:

• Customers;
• Manufacturers/Suppliers/Distributors;
• Brokers;

Qualifications & Experience Required:

• Engineering degree or HND in a numerate discipline.
• Microsoft Office (mandatory).
• The experience required depends on the size and exposure of the programme(s). But, as a minimum, an experience of one year in one of the following domains is required: Programme Management; Programme Control; Work Package Management; TLSE; Engineering
• Experience in the obsolescence domain is not necessary but is preferred.

Personality/Behaviours:

• Maintains an ethical approach to business, in line with the Thales ethics policy.
• Demonstrates behaviours appropriate to the position and LR Grade
• Excellent communicator

• Self-motivated and proactive

Additional Information:

• Will need to be mobile / flexible enough to visit other sites both in the UK and internationally at short notice.

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