Thales

Global defense and aerospace electronics

Configuration Manager E- & M-BOM

Operations & LogisticsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeHerstal, BelgiumNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

More than five years of professional experience in a configuration management role.
Experience working in a product and process development team.
Experience with a product lifecycle management system; Windchill is preferred.
Proficiency in French.
Proficiency in English.
Rigorous, meticulous, and organized work habits.
Strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

Support the Configuration Management team.
Ensure the creation of bills of material for new products and maintain the existing product portfolio.
Verify bill of material completeness before officializing it in the product lifecycle management system and communicating it to the enterprise resource planning system (OCM).
Ensure that product configuration baselines are registered during product development and validation, linked to Thales's DDQS development process.
Coordinate and monitor engineering and manufacturing bill of material changes from development, verification, and validation through industrialization.
Verify engineering and manufacturing bill of material structure and content, including bill of material articles, required subassembly levels, and supporting documentation such as drawings, production instructions, process inspections, and production tools.
Perform product and process change impact analyses with logistics, quality, methods, purchasing, bids, and project departments.
Ensure documents receive approval from the respective services before officializing them in the product lifecycle management system.
Follow up on engineering change requests and related change tasks, ensuring progress and completion within the required timeframe.
Fine-tune change implementation with logistics, production, and purchasing, including activation dates, product obsolescence, stock scrapping, and retrofits.
Create baseline bills of material linked to project or contract milestones.
Manage all product and process changes in accordance with internal and customer regulations.
Manage manufacturing bill of material variants to meet customer-specific requirements.
Create and implement standards and improve process flows.

Desired Qualifications

Experience with PTC Windchill.

Lieu : Herstal, Belgium

Mission:

Support of Configuration management team

The configuration manager E- & M- BOM (Engineering & Manufacturing BOM) ensures the proper creation of the bill of material for new products in our portfolio but also the maintenance of the actual portfolio. He/she will be responsible to verify completeness of the BOM’s before officializing it in the PLM system and communicating it towards the ERP system (OCM).

Assure the necessary product baselines (configuration) will be registered during the development and validation of the product. These baselines are linked to the development process (DDQS) defined by Thales.

He/she coordinates and monitors the execution of E- & M-BOM changes from development, verification and validation up to industrialization.

Mission Overview:

Due to the number of projects, we need reinforcements in the Configuration team. The PLM tool used is PTC's Windchill, linked to the CAD tool Creo.

Verify the content of the E- & M-BOM: structure, presence of BOM articles, necessary sub-assembly levels inclusive their documentation (DRW’s, production instructions, process inspections, production tools, …)
Perform impact analysis of product & process changes with the different departments (logistics, quality , Methods, purchasing, bid & projects)
Assure that all documents are validated (approvals) by the respective services before officializing them in the PLM system
Follow up in ECR and their related Change tasks, assure progress and completion within the desired time frame.
Fine tuning change implementation with logistics, production and purchasing (activation date, product obsolescence’s => scrapping of stock, retrofit, …)
Creation of Baseline BOM linked to project or contract mile stones
Manage all product AND process changes according internal & customer regulations
Manage M-BOM variants due to customer specific requirements

Mission Objectives:

Officialization and maintenance of E & M-BOM
Manage product and process changes
Create and implement standards, process flow improvements

Profile requirements:

>5 years of professional experience in configuration management role
Experience in a product and process development team
Experience with a PLM system, ideally Windchill
Rigorous, meticulous, and organized
Strong soft skills, effective communication
Language: French proficient , English proficient

About the Company

Thales

Global defense and aerospace electronics

Thales designs and delivers critical technology for aerospace, defense, and digital security. Its products include electronics, software, and data-security systems that power air travel, payments, and modern military platforms, by integrating hardware and software to build systems such as avionics, radar, cybersecurity, and secure communications that collect sensor data and protect networks. It stands out through deep industrial experience, end-to-end solutions across defense, aerospace, and cybersecurity, and a focus on AI and quantum tech, aided by strategic acquisitions and partial state ownership. Its goal is to provide reliable, secure, and connected technologies that support national security, public safety, and everyday life by solving complex security and connectivity challenges.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Meudon, France
Founded: 1893

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