Job Description
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.\n\nYour 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\n\nWork on improvements to achieve defined development targets together with the selected sup-pliers and in alignment with Category Management\n\nAnalysis of suppliers’ processes and KPI’s and derive measures to support supplier regarding im-provements of processes, organization, risk management, production network etc.\n\nImplement measures to reduce supplier risk score resulting from supplier risk evaluation\n\nEnsure supply chain compliance with global regulations, norms and standards\n\nSupporting internal audits and audits from external authorities\n\nNational- and international travel activities\n\nYour profile Procurement professional with 5+ years of experience in supplier management / development\n\nExperienced in Lean-Methods (such as Lean-Manufacturing, 5S, Gemba, Six Sigma, CIP, Kaizen, SMED, Total Productive Maintenance, Value Stream Mapping)\n\nStrong technical skills in different production technologies\n\nGood understanding in global regulations, norms and standards\n\nExperienced in supplier audits and deriving reliable measures to improve supplier performance\n\nGood knowledge in project management\n\nExcellent communication skills and capability to animate diverse and demanding stakeholders to foster collaborations, implement best practices, and drive continuous improvement.\n\nService oriented capability to bring a strategic vision and hands-on contribution to achieve goals\n\nFluent in English and preferable a 2nd language like German or French\n\nYour ZEISS Recruiting Team:\nMarina Löw, Simone Kundler