In rapid 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.Present in India since 1953, Thales is headquartered in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, and has operational offices and sites spread across Bengaluru, Delhi, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune among others. Over 1800 employees are working with Thales and its joint ventures in India. Since the beginning, Thales has been playing an essential role in India's growth story by sharing its technologies and expertise in Defence, Transport, Aerospace and Digital Identity and Security markets. Main Responsibilities
- Establishes operational diagnosis utilizing maturity assessment tools with suppliers on site.
- Proposes and defines Supplier Development and Maturity action plan that must be aligned with main Thales internal stakeholders.




- Drive systematic changes in supplier maturity and performance with continuous improvement techniques, structured interventions, risk mitigation and adapted coaching.
- Implements training programs on behalf of the supplier and provides specific trainings based on diagnosis input and operational needs.
- Act as a conduit to improve the overall interface between Thales and the supplier by putting in place practices such as: suppliers Milk Run, Continuous pull flow and progressively advanced Lean and Agile Practices.
- Drive pre-assessment diagnosis for new potential suppliers along with participation in risk mitigation plan with key stakeholders, propose specific action plan and lead the implementation as required.
- Facilitates and encourages Suppliers to deploy Factory 4.0 concepts
- Coach the supplier on the implementation of the best supply chain and quality processes (training, project management, lean management, visual management, etc

📌 Supplier Development Manager (Bengaluru)
🏢 Thales India Private
📍 Bengaluru