ista SE | Germany | 45xxx Essen | Permanent position | Full time / Home office | Published since: 18.02.2026 on stepstone.de
Supply Chain Excellence Manager / Expert (m/f/d)
Supply Chain Excellence Manager (m/w/d) Purchasing / Essen Headoffice / Hybrid / Full time / iSE02645 Welcome to ista We also support owners: inside and outside Immobien, their buildings are future-proof and climate-neutral. In this respect, we have to measure, calculate and transparent energy consumption. We help to save energy and CO2. We work with over 6,300 employees: in 20 countries. We offer you the assurance of a successful undertaking and the flexibility of an agile way of working. You will also shape the future with us. All people are dependent on age, sex, sexual orientation, religion and prevention. We are proud to be part of a diverse team. We maintain a comprehensive environment and support each other. We attach great importance to the association of private and professional life. It is also very important for us to promote our employees, which is why we all offer the opportunity to develop and develop. .
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Supply Chain Excellence Manager (m/w/d) Purchasing / Essen Headoffice / Hybrid / Full time / iSE02645 Welcome to ista We also support owners: inside and outside Immobien, their buildings are future-proof and climate-neutral. In this respect, we have to measure, calculate and transparent energy consumption. We help to save energy and CO2. We work with over 6,300 employees: in 20 countries. We offer you the assurance of a successful undertaking and the flexibility of an agile way of working. You will also shape the future with us. All people are dependent on age, sex, sexual orientation, religion and prevention. We are proud to be part of a diverse team. We maintain a comprehensive environment and support each other. We attach great importance to the association of private and professional life. It is also very important for us to promote our employees, which is why we all offer the opportunity to develop and develop.
As a Supply Chain Excellence Manager / Expert (m/w/d), you will design the End-to-End Procure‐to-Pay (P2P) Journey from the demand release via the order and logistics to the audit and payment. For efficient, scalable and compliance-compliant processes, you will sustainably strengthen the supply chain performance. You take responsibility for the design, documentation and continuous development of the entire P2P-Journey and lead global blueprints for markets, countries and logistics locations You develop a comprehensive KPI framework with clear data logics, dashboards and reporting standards and then conduct effective process and quality controls and implement them. You accept requirements from purchasing, warehouse, logistics, finance etc., structure them and use process and task mining as well as your analysis skills to identify optimization potentials and then translate them into clear, testable requirements such as user stories or use cases You ensure audit-proof documentation of all relevant roles, processes and controls and recognize process risks at an early stage to define appropriate countermeasures You pilot new digital technologies/trends, such as innovative AI-Use-Cases, along the entire supply chain journey, to make targeted use of future trends and create real business value You proactively derive business value from process improvements and initiate and tax automation and digitization projects, for example through workflow automation, RPA or AI-based processing, as well as other innovative technologies that may be relevant in the future
You have a degree in economic engineering, economics, supply chain management or a comparable area You bring at least five years of relevant professional experience in supply chain management, P2P process management, logistics or an excellence or transformation role with You have already gained experience in the international context and in cross-functional cooperation You have pronounced methodological competence (e.g. with Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen and in structured problem solution approaches (e.g. 5‐Why, Ishikawa)) and also brings expertise, e.g. process modeling (BPMN 2.0), and systemic competence in ERP, E-Procurement‐, WMS‐ or logistics systems (e.g. SAP, Coupa) You have very good knowledge of German and English and can communicate complex facts clearly, understandably and according to target groups (until management)
Make the right thing with sense and future: our services save CO2 and protect the environment – we work for a sustainable world of tomorrow Enjoy many benefits: Enjoy an attractive remuneration, 30 days vacation per year as well as flexible working hours, including the possibility of working mobile up to 50% a week Get good perspectives: We are an internationally successful company with agile working methods and an open corporate culture. Our future course offers you long-term and excellent career options Stay curious and keep developing: standstill is not an option for us, so we encourage you in every way in your development – a variety of learning opportunities awaits you Experience a working world full of trust: We're all pulling on a string Have fun in a motivated team: Whether grillevent, international Soccer Cup or even ice cream for all in the summer – we always get something new, be thrilled! !
Location
![]() | ista SE | |
| 45131 Essen | ||
| Germany |
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