Senior Project Manager (Introduction Product Baselining)

We are looking for a Senior Project Manager (Introduction Product Baselining) to join the Akkodis team in Hengelo, the Netherlands. About Your Future Job Thales Naval Netherlands delivers state‑of‑the‑art Military Radar systems, market demand is strongly increasing which causes challenges throughout the total value chain.

To address these, a companywide multiyear transformation program, called Radar Ramp Up, is started early 2025.

Goal of the program is a step change towards "readiness for series production". Scope of the program covers short‑term and long‑term process improvements and behavior changes. Timeframe is 2 to 3 years.

A cornerstone in the transformation is Configuration & Change Management. Scope is companywide process improvement and adherence based on CM2 process. Thales' maturity level is high, progress has been made in terms of content and implementation of improvements. However, end‑to‑end alignment of started initiatives, implementation in the products and process adherence throughout the value chain needs improvement.

For this purpose the Thales Ramp Program is in search of an energetic, experienced & knowledgeable Sr. Project Manager who will take the lead together with the current team members to realize these goals.

Key elements of the assignment:

Clarify current status of improvement initiatives & continue implementation. This comprises basically 2 initiatives which are:

CM2 improvement

Introduce product baselines.

Starting point are current plans, scope covers all aspects like content, competence development and process adherence, so is to be considered as a company wide transformation.

Introduction of product baselines has started for 1 specific product but needs to be continued for other products as well. This has to be done as a rework action for engineering since manufacturing is already in progress. This will be the main challenge as resistance is to be expected and a lot of stakeholder are involved.

Considering that improvements need to be implemented and impact on the running projects need to managed and minimized, it is likely that help requests from projects pop up.

Part of the assignment is to support the projects in case adherence to the newly introduced configuration management principles conflicts with project needs like meeting required delivery dates etc.

Company Detail 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.

Thales group is a global leader in the engineering and R&D consulting market - we bring digital and engineering solutions together, creating a smarter future for everyone. Akkodis' 50,000+ engineers and digital experts are spread among 30 global locations. Our success (€4 billion annual revenue) is built upon extensive cross‑industry experience of more than 38 years.

We Are Looking For a Person Who

Education: MSc beta sciences, preferably engineering.

Sr. Project Manager, > 10 years experience as project, change & transformation manager in high‑tech product development & industry.

Experience in product development & engineering in the high‑tech domain.

Experience with implementation of organisational changes, preferably based on a change management methodology like ADKAR, Kotter's 8 step leading change.

Proven competence in application of principles of configuration management in engineering, like baselining, management of changes through CCB.

Good understanding of product development process, e.g. V‑model and configuration management based on CM2 framework.

Understanding of concepts EtO‑CtO, E‑BOM, M‑BOM etc.

Experience with PLM/PDM systems, e.g. because of involvement in implementation and/or use of a PDM/PLM system, preferably Windchill or similar.

Dutch nationality is mandatory due to the required security clearance by the AIVD or MIVD.

Please send your CV to recruitmentaerospace@akkodisgroup.com

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