Procurement Protege Trainee - Supply Chain

The Programme

As Ground Transportation Systems (GTS), we are advancing rail signaling and safety solutions to ensure safe and efficient railway operations worldwide. 
 
Our technologies help to bring billions of people reliably to their destinations by rail every year – making sustainable mobility a reality. 
 
You will enjoy having this responsibility: 
 
As a Protege in the Procurement department, you will be supporting the Category Buyer team in supplier review and supplier onboarding for the APAC Region.

What You Will Do

• Review the supplier database and cross check the completeness of supplier information in respect to the compliances set by the group. 
• Work with Category buyers in the region as well as suppliers to collate and upkeep supplier information in our e-portal. 
• Help review mapping of applicable framework agreements and suggest its viability in APAC region 
• Track and share the local framework and local agreement validity. 
• Quotation Catalogue management on cloud server. 
• Consolidating pricelist with suppliers based on Category Manager inputs. 
• Organizing and maintaining supplier data in procurement tools. 
• Other Ad-hoc support needed by the category and process & tool team to improve overall efficiency.

Required Skills and Abilities

• Undergraduate or Graduate in Diploma or Degree in Procurement or Supply Chain Management. 
• Possess good communication and interpersonal skills. 
• Good multitasking and organizational skills. 
• Independent, proactive and self-motivated. 
• Strong MS Office skills, for example, a proficient knowledge of SharePoint, SAP By design, Excel and PowerPoint, will be necessary throughout this role.

Our Talent Acquisition Team is looking forward to hearing from you. 
 
At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields.  
 
Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.  
 
Great journeys start here, apply now! 
 
About Us: 
 
Thales people architect solutions that support 85 million mainline and suburban passenger journeys, worldwide, every day.  
 
Our Rail Signaling and Communication systems are used on metro lines across major cities, and 72,000 kms of route, 52,000 trains per day in 16 countries are controlled by our Traffic Management Systems. Together We deployed the first-ever nationwide ticketing system which processes over 50 million ticketing transactions in 100 cities daily. 
 
Thales has been present since 1980, contributing to the industrial success of the country with advanced technologies, services & solutions in the aerospace, defense, security & transportation markets.  
 
Aligned with Malaysia’s goal of strengthening local industrial capabilities, Thales, together with its local joint venture actively engaged in designing, building and implementing leading-edge solutions that help protect the nation’s citizens and infrastructure.