Project Buyer as Sourcing Project Manager Category Mechanics - limited to 2 years (m/f/d)

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Enabler for smaller, more powerful and more energy-efficient microchips.

Work where the morning arises.

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.

Supply Chain Management supports the sustainable growth and success of ZEISS Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology (SMT). The SMT is committed to a strong partnership with its suppliers and is constantly working to expand these cooperations to sustain technology leadership. Together, we benefit from synergies and optimized supply chains to consistently align ourselves with the requirements of our customers. A highly motivated team, consisting of experts with diverse competencies, works closely together to make cutting-edge technology a reality.

Your role You will take over the planning, control, monitoring and reporting of procurement projects in the category Mechanical Components as well as the control of the supplier interface.

You coordinate and monitor the selection of suppliers for complex procurement volumes.

You accompany and monitor measures taken by the supplier to synchronize their development and production processes with their own product development process.

You systematically set up internal and external stakeholder management and coordinate their operational implementation.

You provide methods and tools for structured cooperation and agree with the suppliers.

You take over the technical management of cross-functional teams at the interface to external partners for one or more procurement projects and work closely with representatives from the fields of development, quality, logistics and commercial purchasing.

Your profile You have a technical, scientific or commercial university degree and bring 3-5 years of professional experience in the area of the procurement of demanding metal components.

Knowledge and experience in project management, ideal for complex procurement projects and in cooperation with suppliers.

Finded knowledge in the field of machining metal components.

A methodological, structured way of working together with the claim to continuously improve working processes (Kaizen Principle).

Professional knowledge and experience in SAP as well as Microsoft 365 (PowerPoint, Excel, Word); Experience in other applications of the Microsoft 365 family is desirable.

Social competence, team capacity, communication strength, persuasion and enforcement ability.

Safe knowledge of German and English in word and writing.

Willingness to travel abroad (in Europe and abroad).

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