Supply Chain Responsible / Tactical Purchasing Manager

Thales Canada; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extended Health

Retirement Savings Plan

Vacation days

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Thales Canada is seeking a Tactical Purchasing Manager / Supply Responsible to manage short- and mid-term purchases for Thales Canada Avionique and Thales Digital Solutions. You will operate independently within scope, ensuring responsiveness and efficiency in a dynamic environment.

This role requires a high level of autonomy and rigor to organize work and comply with Thales processes and legal rules. You will interact with procurement teams, internal clients, and suppliers, maintaining ERP data

Qualifications

• Fluent in French and English (spoken and written).
• Strong purchasing and supply knowledge with supplier selection criteria.
• Ability to evaluate, select and maintain supplier relationships.
• Supply chain management skills including coordination with internal teams.
• Analytical/problem-solving skills (PDCA).
• Proficient with SAP, Power BI, SharePoint, and Excel.
• Negotiation and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organization and prioritization; able to handle multiple requests.

Responsibilities

• Develop strategic and continuous improvement in the tactical buyer role.
• Engage in Noram and Group Purchasing activities.
• Support upstream procurement; validate purchase requests for compliance.
• Transform PR to PO by validating supplier, contract, quotations; assist in analyses.
• Create and transmit POs; ensure data validity and attach documents.
• Manage POs: acknowledge receipt, track delivery, update ERP.
• Support finance in settling invoices and resolve billing disputes.
• Monitor KPIs and propose corrective actions within scope.
• Update supplier data with Process & Tools teams; maintain ERP data integrity.
• Support sales, program, and purchasing teams in organizing missions.

Skills

Bilingual FR/EN

Purchasing & supply knowledge

Supplier management

Supply chain coordination

Problem solving (PDCA)

SAP, Power BI, SharePoint, Excel

Negotiation skills

Communication skills

Organization & prioritization

Adaptability

Tools

SAP

Power BI

SharePoint

Excel

Job description

Summary

The role of the Tactical Purchasing Manager / Supply Responsible is to manage short- and medium-term purchases to meet the non-inventory operational needs of Thales Canada Avionique and Thales Digital Solutions. They operate independently within their scope on all responsibilities of a Tactical Buyer. This role focuses on responsiveness and efficiency in a dynamic environment.

This role requires a very high level of autonomy and rigor to organize work and to comply with legal rules and the Thales process.

Essential Functions

Within their scope of activities, the Tactical Purchasing Manager must:

• Participate in the strategic development of the BL's tactical buyer role by participating in transformation and continuous improvement
• Integrate and participate in activities within the Noram and Group Purchasing community
• Support upstream acquisition activities. Receive purchase requests and check their compliance
• Process the transformation of a PR into a PO by validating the status and compliance of the selected supplier, the contract, quotation data, (as appropriate, assist in quote analysis, conduct negotiations, collect export data) and take required actions with Category Managers / Category Buyers
• Create the PO: ensure data validity, attach all appropriate documents, transmit the PO to the supplier
• Manage the PO: obtain acknowledgment of receipt, track delivery dates, perform PO cancellations. In case of modification, follow up with the requester, supplier, and keep the ERP up to date
• Manage billing disputes: Support finance in settling invoices
• Monitor performance indicators within their scope of activity and propose any corrective actions
• Support the creation and updating of supplier data, in collaboration with Process & Tools teams and Category Managers / Category Buyers
• Ensure data integrity in the ERP and contribute to keeping the e-Acquisition group database up to date

Additional particularity of this position:

• Support sales, program, and purchasing teams in organizing missions

Minimum Requirements

Knowledge and skills required:

• Spoken and written language: Fluent French and English
• Purchasing and supply knowledge: Understanding of purchasing processes, negotiation techniques, and supplier selection criteria
• Supplier management: Ability to evaluate, select, and maintain relationships with suppliers to guarantee quality, deadlines, and costs
• Supply chain management skills: Notions of delivery times and coordination with internal teams (engineering, purchasing, finance, etc.)
• Practice of analysis and problem-solving techniques (PDCA, etc.)
• Mastery of IT tools: Use of software and ERP data analysis tools (SAP), Power BI, SharePoint, Excel
• Negotiation skills
• Communication skills: Very good interpersonal skills to collaborate with suppliers and internal teams
• Organization and priority management: Able to manage multiple requests and emergencies while respecting deadlines
• Sense of adaptability and responsiveness: Knowing how to adapt quickly to changing internal needs

The Tactical Purchasing Manager interacts with:

• Shared services, such as Accounting, IS/IT, or Human Resources
• Engineering
• Purchasing (Procurement Product, Bid & Project Managers (PPM), Category Managers/Buyers (CM/CB), other Tactical Buyers (TB), Process & Tools)
• Trade Compliance, Compliance Officer, and Legal
• Any other internal BL client

This position requires a good knowledge of English to interact with, support and/or provide services to international clients, employees, and/or partners as well as foreign government authorities who do not speak French.

Thales provides an extensive benefits program for all full-time employees working 24 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents, including the following:

• Company paid Extended Health, Dental, HSA, Life, AD&D, Short-term Disability, travel insurance, Employee Assistance Plan and Well-Being program
• Retirement Savings Plans (RRSP, DCPP, TFSA) with a company contribution and a match to a DCPP, with no vesting period
• Company paid holidays, vacation days, and paid sick leave
• Employee Discounts on insurance (home, and auto)

Thales is an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. Thales is committed to providing accommodations in all parts of the interview process. Applicants selected for an interview who require accommodation are asked to advise accordingly upon the invitation for an interview. We will work with you to meet your needs. All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of providing an accessible candidate experience.

This position requires direct or indirect access to hardware, software or technical information controlled under the Canadian Export Control List, the Canadian Controlled Goods Program, the US International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or US Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All applicants must be eligible or able to obtain authorization for such access including eligibility to the Canadian Controlled Goods Program.