Thales

Global defense and aerospace electronics

Configuration Manager Manufacturing BOM

Operations & LogisticsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeHerstal, BelgiumNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

>5 years of professional experience in a product and process development team.
Experience with a product lifecycle management system, ideally Windchill.
Experience in configuration and change management processes.
Knowledge of enterprise resource planning workflows and activities, including ordering and following up on stock depletion.
Proficiency in French and a good level of English.
Rigorous, meticulous, and organized work approach.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

Support the configuration management team.
Ensure the proper creation of manufacturing bills of materials for new products and maintain the existing product portfolio.
Verify the completeness of each manufacturing bill of materials before formalizing it in the product lifecycle management system and communicating it to the enterprise resource planning system (OCM).
Register required product configuration baselines during product development and validation, linked to the development process (DDQS) defined by Thales.
Coordinate and monitor execution of manufacturing bill-of-material changes from development through verification, validation, and industrialization.
Verify manufacturing bill-of-material structure and content, including the presence of engineering bill-of-material articles, required subassembly levels, and related documentation such as drawings, production instructions, process inspections, and production tools.
Ensure all documents receive approval from the relevant services before formalizing them in the product lifecycle management system.
Follow up on engineering change request tasks related to manufacturing bill-of-material changes and refine content with logistics and production.
Fine-tune implementation of changes with logistics, production, and purchasing, including activation dates, product obsolescence, stock scrapping, and retrofits.
Check with logistics that data is correctly received in the enterprise resource planning system (OCM).
Create manufacturing bill-of-material baselines linked to project or contract milestones.
Manage manufacturing-bill-of-material process changes in accordance with internal and customer regulations.
Manage manufacturing bill-of-material variants required by customer-specific requirements.
Communicate with logistics and production facilities.
Create and implement improvements to standard process flows.

Lieu : Herstal, Belgium

Mission:

Support of Configuration management team

The configuration manager MBOM (Manufacturing BOM) ensures the proper creation of the manufacturing BOM for new product in our portfolio but also the me maintenance of the actual portfolio. He/she will be responsible to verify completeness of the M-BOM 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 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, especially on the M-BOM part. The PLM tool used is PTC's Windchill, linked to the CAD tool Creo.

Verify the content of the M-BOM: structure, presence of E-BOM articles, necessary sub-assembly levels inclusive their documentation (DRW’s, production instructions, process inspections, production tools, …)
Assure that all documents are validated (approvals) by the respective services before officializing them in the PLM system
Follow up ECR tasks related to M-BOM changes, fine tune the content with logistics & production department.
Fine tuning change implementation with logistics, production and purchasing (activation date, product obsolescence’s => scrapping of stock, retrofit, …)
Check correct data receiving into ERP system (OCM) with logistics
Creation of Baseline M-BOM linked to project or contract mile stones
Manage all process changes (purely M-BOM), according internal & customer regulations
Manage M-BOM variants due to customer specific requirements
You play an important role in the communication towards the logistic and production facilities, so it's important that your soft skills are at a high level.

Mission Objectives:

Officialization and maintenance of M-BOM
Manage process changes
Create and implement standards process flow improvements

Profile requirements:

>5 years of professional experience in a product and process development team
Experience with a PLM system, ideally Windchill
Experience in configuration and change management processes
Know how on ERP work flow & activities (ordering , follow up stock depletion, …)
Rigorous, meticulous, and organized
Strong soft skills, effective communication
Language: French proficient , English good level

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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