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Supply Chain Engineering Manager

Job in Nepean, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Listing for: Thales
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-06-20
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Operations Manager, Procurement / Purchasing
  • Management
    Operations Manager
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Location: Nepean

Location:

Ottawa 1 Chrysalis, Canada In fast 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.

For decades, Ottawa has been a global technology leader. Today, Canada’s capital holds one of the brightest and most diverse technological ecosystems in North America. Voted as Canada’s best place to live 2017 by Maclean's, Ottawa offers a low cost of living with a high quality of life. The Thales Ottawa office has been a major supplier and long-term trusted partner to DND, enabling the Canadian Armed Forces and the Canadian Coast Guard to achieve mission success.

Ottawa, ON, (CAN.), Hybrid

Position Summary

Thales Canada Defense & Security (TCDS) has a vacancy for a Supply Chain Engineering Manager. The Manager is the Head of Discipline (HoD) responsible for Supply Chain Engineering across the organization. You will also be the Resource Manager for the Supply Chain Engineering team.

As Supply Chain Engineering Manager, you will be responsible and accountable to the Director, Supply Chain for material definition and supply chain solutions in support of TCDS programs. You will also be responsible for creation and maintenance of materiel data and the Material Master. Finally, you will interface with the Customer, TCDS Engineering, Build Program, ILS, and LCMM teams to obtain accurate material implementation data.

Regulatory Compliance Requirement

This position requires direct or indirect access to hardware, software or technical information controlled under the Canadian Export Control List and/or the US the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All applicants must be eligible or able to obtain authorization for such access.

Key Areas of Responsibility

1.
As Resource Manager:

a. Provides appropriate resources to deliver bids, projects and products

b. Plans the team’s workload in the short, medium and long term

c. Develops team skills to support bids, projects and products

d. Supports recruitment, onboarding, performance management, career management and succession planning for the team

e. Coaches, mentors and develops the team

f. Leads the team to meet company expectations for productivity, chargeability, quality, continuous improvement and accomplishment of objectives

g. Ensures that company policies and procedures are followed, including timesheets, time off, and travel

2.
As Head of Discipline,

a. Responsible for the establishment, standardization and evolution of processes, procedures and tooling for the discipline and sub-disciplines

b. Ensures that the discipline and sub-discipline processes, procedures and tooling meet the current and future needs of the bids, projects and products

c. Responsible for development of lessons learned and the sharing of knowledge and experience across the discipline and sub-disciplines

d. Responsible for bid, project and product estimates for the discipline and sub-disciplines as appropriate.

3. As Supply Chain Engineering Manager:

a. Translates Engineering requirements into actionable items that can be procured (Material parts, BOMs, Jobs, STTE, pack up kits, asset management). Updates material and BOM data when new information is discovered in the field.

b. Coordinates New Product Introduction releases from engineering teams, ensuring other Supply Chain teams have seamless execution on new parts and services.

c. Owns cataloguing and Material Masters within Thales ERP systems. Provides Cataloguing interface to DND and directs materials creation within Thales systems.

d. Coordinates Supply Chain IDE support for material data interfaces and maintenance (e.g. MAXIMO MMIS setup). Service Delivery materials data prime for IDE.

e. Responsible for material data alignment between the Customer and TCDS MRP systems.

f. Develops reports and metrics as requested. Participates in KPI3 metric on AJISS program.

g. Working with LCMM and ILS teams, implements MRP levels for all programs, either with the Customer’s or internal Thales MRP systems.

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