Supplier Development Manager (f/m/x)

ZEISS Gruppe; Oberkochen; Vor Ort; EUR 60.000 - 80.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading technology company is looking for a procurement professional to evaluate and improve their global supplier network. This role involves analyzing suppliers, ensuring compliance with regulations, and driving continuous improvement through effective project management and stakeholder engagement.

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years experience in supplier management/development.
• Strong technical skills in production technologies.
• Fluent in English; a second language like German or French preferred.

Aufgaben

• Evaluate global supplier network for scalability, cost efficiency, and sustainability.
• Implement measures to reduce supplier risk and ensure compliance with regulations.
• Support audits and derive measures to improve supplier performance.

Kenntnisse

Lean-Methods

Supplier Management

Project Management

Communication Skills

Jobbeschreibung

Your role

• Systematically evaluate and qualify global supplier network regarding scalability/ growth, cost ef-ficiency, delivery reliability, resilience, and sustainability to support MED global growth strategy
• Work on improvements to achieve defined development targets together with the selected sup-pliers and in alignment with Category Management
• Analysis of suppliers’ processes and KPI’s and derive measures to support supplier regarding im-provements of processes, organization, risk management, production network etc.
• Implement measures to reduce supplier risk score resulting from supplier risk evaluation
• Ensure supply chain compliance with global regulations, norms and standards
• Supporting internal audits and audits from external authorities
• National- and international travel activities

Your profile

• procurement professional with 5+ years of experience in supplier management / development
• experienced in Lean-Methods (such as Lean-Manufacturing, 5S, Gemba, Six Sigma, CIP, Kaizen, SMED, Total Productive Maintenance, Value Stream Mapping)
• strong technical skills in different production technologies
• good understanding in global regulations, norms and standards
• experienced in supplier audits and deriving reliable measures to improve supplier performance
• good knowledge in project management
• excellent communication skills and capability to animate diverse and demanding stakeholders to foster collaborations, implement best practices, and drive continuous improvement.
• service oriented capability to bring a strategic vision and hands-on contribution to achieve goals
• fluent in English and preferable a 2nd language like German or French

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:
Katharina Dandorfer