Sourcing Project Manager (m/f/d)

Trust something new, grow beyond itself and redefine the boundaries of the feasible. That is exactly what our employees can and should live daily. To set the pace with our innovations and make it great. Because there are a lot of fascinating people behind every successful company.

ZEISS employees work in an open and modern environment with numerous development and further training opportunities. Our culture is characterized by expert knowledge and team spirit. All this is supported by the special ownership structure and the long-term goal of the Carl-Zeiss Foundation: to advance science and society together.

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Diversity is part of ZEISS. We look forward to your application regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, world view, disability, age as well as sexual orientation and identity.

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Enabler for smaller, more powerful and more energy-efficient microchips - work where the morning is created.

About 80 percent of all microchips worldwide are manufactured using ZEISS technologies. As the heart of any electronically controlled system, You are no longer to think away from our everyday life – whether in smartphones, smart homes or smart factories. ZEISS is a technology leader in semiconductor manufacturing equipment. With high-precision lithography optics, photomask systems and solutions for process control, ZEISS enables the production of increasingly smaller, more powerful and more energy-efficient microchips – and thus decisively shapes the age of microelectronics and nanoelectronics with its innovations.

Your role Responsibility and management of sourcing projects within complex development and technology projects including commercial management and Responsibility of costs, contracts, risks and appointments and associated tracking Management, development and escalation management of suppliers taking into account QLTCS aspects (Quality, Logistics, Technology, Costs and Sustainability) as well as conducting price, contract and contract negotiations, if necessary in close coordination with the Commodity Managwment Support for strategic procurement decisions (Make-or-Buy, Contracts, Supplier Selection) and interface between development, purchasing, SCM and external partners incl. Claim-Managament Responsibility for tracking cost developments, saving measures and commercial project key figures as well as participation in cost-down and resilience measures Interface between development project/object, purchasing, SCM and external suppliers

Successfully completed technical, economic or business studies; ideally with technical understanding or economic focus Multiannual relevant professional experience in the field of project purchase, supply chain management, sourcing project management or supplier management in the international environment Experience in project management of complex technology projects with interdisciplinary teams as well as external partners as well as knowledge in the development, production or procurement of special machines or complex assemblies, ideally in the semiconductor industry, high-tech or aerospace environment Experience in price and contract negotiations and in commercial supplier management as well as a strong understanding of cost structures, supply chains, risks and commercial relationships Communication strength, enforcing ability and sovereign appearance towards internal and external stakeholders as well as a structured and solution-oriented working method coupled with high team and conflictability German and English knowledge in word and writing