Procurement Excellence Manager (f/m/x)

Job Description

Step out of your comfort zone, excel and redefine the limits of what is possible. That's just what our employees are doing every single day – in order to set the pace through our innovations and enable outstanding achievements. After all, behind every successful company are many great fascinating people.
In a spacious modern setting full of opportunities for further development, ZEISS employees work in a place where expert knowledge and team spirit reign supreme. All of this is supported by a special ownership structure and the long-term goal of the Carl Zeiss Foundation: to bring science and society into the future together.
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For more than 100 years, ZEISS medical technology has been driving progress in ophthalmology and microsurgery. In ophthalmology, our solutions help maintain and improve people's vision at every stage of their lives. In microsurgery, our solutions enable targeted intervention in diseased tissue so that small and sensitive organs continue to function optimally. Medical technology from ZEISS supports medical professionals in improving the lives of patients worldwide. The fact that our actions have a direct impact on people's well-being is what drives us every day.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and harmonize global procurement policies, guidelines, processes and tools (incl. IT-tools), to ensure efficient workflows.
• Represent Strategic Procurement for process-, systems & tools-, methods-, and KPI- questions.
• Drive, support and monitor global implementation of procurement best practices, including training programs.
• Act as Business Process Owner for Strategic Procurement (procure-to-pay process).
• Work with procurement heads to deliver best-in-class capabilities and optimize the end-to-end procurement process.
• Oversee the procurement digitalization roadmap in collaboration with group strategy and key stakeholders.
• Lead, coordinate and support overarching procurement projects and activities.
• Develop a data-driven culture and ensure the availability of up-to-date, integrated, and consistent procurement data.
• Monitor and report on procurement performance.
• Ensure compliance with procurement regulations and procedures.
• Integration of new departments/functions/companies into Meditec Procurement organization.
• Leading PMI activities for Strategic Procurement.
• Supporting internal audits and audits from external authorities.
• Manage international travel activities.

Qualifications

• Procurement professional with 5+ years of experience in consulting or international matrix environments, with strengths in designing and implementing effective organization, processes and modern procurement tools at a global level.
• Experienced in implementing or managing processes in regard to source-to-contract, purchase-to-pay and/or global business services.
• 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.
• Analytical, fact-based, strong conceptual skills and able to make solid business cases.
• Fluent in English and preferably a 2nd language like German or French.
• Good knowledge in SAP-MM and MS-Office.