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Thales est un leader mondial des hautes technologies spécialisé dans trois secteurs d’activité : Défense & Sécurité, Aéronautique & Spatial, et Cyber & Digital. Il développe des produits et solutions qui contribuent à un monde plus sûr, plus respectueux de l’environnement et plus inclusif. Le Groupe investit près de 4,5 milliards d’euros par an en Recherche & Développement, notamment dans des domaines clés de l’innovation tels que l’IA, la cybersécurité, le quantique, les technologies du cloud et la 6G. Thales compte près de 85 000 collaborateurs dans 65 pays.
Une réussite portée par notre excellence technologique, votre expérience et notre ambition partagée
Un package de rémunération attractif
Un développement des compétences en continu : parcours de formation, académies et communautés internes
Un environnement inclusif, bienveillant et respectant l’équilibre des collaborateurs
Un engagement sociétal et environnemental reconnu
The Industrial Strategy Manager defines and drives the global industrial strategy of the Industry Competence Center, in alignment with the Business Line’s objectives. He/She oversees an international scope and is responsible for defining industrial architectures, mastering manufacturing processes, and optimizing the industrial footprint (site distribution, capacities, specializations) while ensuring:
He/She intervenes upstream to anticipate industrial needs and downstream to ensure operational deployment, in collaboration with business units and country teams.
As the head of industrial strategy, you will be required to
- Develop the ICC’s industrial roadmap,
- Ensure alignment with Group strategy,
- Manage localization obligations (offsets).
- Map and rationalize industrial capacities,
- Supervise technical maturity of ICC's manufacturing processes,
- 0versee Process Technology Managers.
-Supervise industrialization of new products,
-Manage technology transfers,
-Drive industrial partnerships.
- Animate the industrial network,
- Manage HR aspects,
- Represent THALES with institutions.
The Industrial Strategy Manager defines the core and non-core activities, which plant is best fitted to manufacture a defined product, and in which locations we should implement new production site. He/She is looking at the optimal production processes that would drive THALES ability to lead the market place and be competitive. The Industrial Strategy Manager is constantly seeking for innovative processes that could help improving the quality of our products, he/she is looking for innovative manufacturing architectures to reach operational optimum, he/she is considering opportunities to localize production in the right places to optimize our offset strategy.
Skills :
• Strategic:
- Mastery of industrial analysis tools (benchmarking, SWOT, footprint scenarios).
- Understanding of offset mechanisms and public-private partnerships.
• Technical:
- Evaluation of site performance (costs, quality, flexibility).
- Supervision of Manufacturing Readiness Levels (MRL).
• Managerial:
- International leadership (multi-cultural, dispersed teams).
- Complex negotiation (balancing business and local constraints).
•Financial:
- Industrial profitability analysis (full costs, ROI on investments).
- CAPEX budget management and transformation plans.
• Global Vision: Ability to arbitrate between local issues and Group strategies.
• Resilience: Crisis management (e.g., supply chain disruptions, regulatory changes).
• Diplomacy: Adaptation to different cultures and government expectations.
• Innovation: Monitoring new technologies (Industry 4.0, decarbonization).
Additional information
Travel across different plants
Fluent in english
This position reports to the SRA ICC Director
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