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Thales

Global defense and aerospace electronics

Industrial Logistics Manager

Supply Chain Management +1Posted on Nov 13
Full-timeStuttgart, GermanyNo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • A completed degree in logistics, industrial engineering, or business administration with a logistics specialization, or a comparable qualification.
  • Several years of logistics experience, ideally in the defense, aviation, or industrial-goods industry.
  • Demonstrated leadership experience and strong project management competence.
  • Sound knowledge of SAP, especially MM and LO, warehouse management, and IT-supported process control.
  • Experience in lean management, process optimization, and strategic logistics development, including VSM, Kaizen, and PDCA.
  • Knowledge of third-party logistics management, audit management, international goods traffic, and customs.
  • Proficiency with MS Office, especially Excel.
  • Fluent German and very good English.
  • Strong leadership, communication, and assertiveness.
  • Analytical and strategic thinking.
  • Structured, independent, and results-oriented working style.
  • Confident, self-assured, and appreciative manner.
  • Flexibility, initiative, and readiness for change.

Responsibilities

  • Take overall responsibility for managing and organizing intralogistics and extralogistics across the value chain.
  • Ensure timely material supply to production and reliable delivery to customers.
  • Ensure efficient material and goods flows and a high level of supply reliability.
  • Analyze, optimize, and further develop logistics processes and structures.
  • Implement continuous improvement measures using lean methods, including VSM, Kaizen, and PDCA.
  • Develop and implement strategic logistics concepts and contribute to investment and budget planning.
  • Lead and develop the logistics team functionally and disciplinarily.
  • Define, monitor, and analyze logistics key performance indicators and derive appropriate actions.
  • Manage and develop external logistics service providers, including quality, cost, and service-level agreement management.
  • Work closely with internal departments, particularly production, compliance, health, safety and environment, facility management, and security, as well as external partners.
  • Prepare for and support internal and external audits and implement relevant requirements.
  • Ensure and further develop health, safety, and environmental standards in logistics.
  • Maintain and optimize SAP logistics modules MM and LO and the quality of logistics master and transaction data.
  • Help shape and further develop the IT systems landscape for the Plan to Deliver value stream.
  • Implement and optimize warehouse-management, Kanban, vendor-managed-inventory, and track-and-trace processes.
  • Support and further develop international goods-traffic, export, and customs processes.
  • Ensure appropriate IT-supported procedures and interfaces in customs management.

Desired Qualifications

  • Certifications such as CLTD, CSCP, SCPro, CTSC, or CPIM are desirable.

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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