Manager Business Process Excellence / Project Manager - Idea to Market | EMEA Hub (m/w/x)

ZEISS Group; Jena; Vor Ort; EUR 40.000 - 60.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A global technology company in Jena is seeking an experienced professional to drive process harmonization and standardization. You will lead cross-functional efforts, moderate between teams, and ensure project success. The ideal candidate has a bachelor's degree, experience with SAP R&D processes, and is fluent in both English and German. This role offers the chance to significantly impact the future of the organization.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Industrial Engineering or a similar field.
• Proven experience in driving projects focused on process excellence.
• Experience with SAP managing R&D processes is essential.
• Experience with SAP ERP transformations is a big plus.
• Results-oriented with strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Strong change management perspective and communication skills.
• Fluency in English and German.

Aufgaben

• Drive harmonization of processes for ZEISS.
• Moderate individual processes with functional experts.
• Steer external consulting support within the workstream.
• Ensure best practices sharing across workstream teams.
• Align workstream progress with the senior manager.
• Contribute significantly to the overall project success.

Kenntnisse

Driving projects in business process excellence

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Change management perspective

Change communications skills

Fluent in English

Fluent in German

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree in business administration or Industrial Engineering

Tools

SAP ERP

Jobbeschreibung

Your role

This function offers you the chance to work on one of ZEISS' key group programs and to drive harmonization and standardization of processes and structures that define the way how ZEISS will work for years to come.

In detail...

• You will take responsibility to achieve the best solution for ZEISS, balancing individual functional and segment needs by contributing to the Idea to Market

• Together with the Senior Manager of your stream, you will take on a moderating role, understanding and mastering the individual processes, in order to moderate between the ZEISS functions and process experts in a goal-oriented manner

• Together, you will steer and orchestrate necessary external consulting support within your workstream

• In addition, you will exchange information with your fellow workstream teams to ensure best practice sharing and integration into related processes and report your results to the overall program management

• You own the alignment of your workstream progress with the senior manager of your stream, ensure planning, implementation and improvement measures of your workstream and thus make a significant contribution to the overall project success

Your Profile

• a bachelor’s degree in business administration, Industrial Engineering or a similar field of study

• proven experience driving projects in the area of business process excellence or in a similar performance improvement related environment

• SAP specific experience in managing R&D processes, from the development of new products through their market introduction and eventual phase-out

• experience with SAP ERP transformations are a big plus

• results-oriented, analytical and organizational skills paired with strong change communications skills to develop and successfully implement strategic plans

• a strong change management perspective

• fluent in English and German

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team: Andre Grunzel, Valerie le Maire