Supplier Development Manager (f/m/x)

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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Diversity is a part of ZEISS. We look forward to receiving your application silence of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, philosophy of life, disability, age, sexual orientation or identity.

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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. Systematically measured 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 goals 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 processes, organization, risk management, production network etc.

Implement measures to reduce supplier risk result 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

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 preferred a 2nd language like German or French

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