Procurement Protege Trainee

Location: Kuala-Lumpur, Malaysia

Thales people architect solutions that support 85 million mainline and suburban passenger journeys, worldwide, every day. Our Rail Signalling 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, defence, 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.

As Ground Transportation Systems (GTS), we are advancing rail signalling 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.

Procurement Protege Trainee (Ref.No. R1005050)

at our location in Kuala Lumpur

You will enjoy having these responsibility:
As an Protege in the Procurement department, you will be supporting the Category Buyer team in supplier review and supplier onboarding for the APAC Region
- 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 frame work agreements and suggest its viability in APAC region
- Track and share the local frame work and local agreement validity
- Quotation Catalogue management on cloud server
- Consolidating price-list with suppliers based on Category Manager inputs
- Organising and maintaining supplier data in procurement tools
- Other Ad-hoc support needed by the category and process & tool team to improve overall efficiency.

You have:

- 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, the 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

For further information about Thales and GTS as an employer visit us on

About us

Our motivation is the mobility turnaround. To achieve this, our teams find innovative products and solutions that ensure the operation and reliability of the entire rail network and increase capacities on the rails.

Our projects are diverse. To make our teams even stronger, we are looking for your support. In return, we offer you an attractive overall package with the following benefits:

- Stronger together: Networking through internal networks and working in international teams
- Our drive: Together, we are laying the foundations for the digitization of the rail around the world, to get people safely to their destinations and to their loved ones
- Attractive conditions: A secure and permanent job with a global company

Notes

Equal opportunities and self-determined participation of severely disabled persons and persons of equal status as well as respectful cooperation are firmly anchored principles within the Thales Group and its subsidiaries. We also aim to offer all our equal opportunities to start a career and to receive training and further education in our company. We consciously promote diversity and togetherness in our teams.