Senior Manager Global Process Management & Supply Chain Controlling (m/w/d)

Your Role

As Senior Manager Global Process Management & Supply Chain Controlling, you are responsible for the strategic development and global governance of Supply Chain process management and performance controlling. In this role, you ensure consistent alignment with the company’s business strategy, financial objectives, and customer requirements, while driving the implementation of standardized global process and system structures based on a “One Template” approach.

Your Responsibilities

• Define and implement the global strategy for Supply Chain Process Management and Controlling, ensuring alignment with overall business objectives and supply chain priorities.
• Establish and govern enterprise-wide governance frameworks for supply chain processes, including decision rights, escalation models, compliance requirements, and accountability structures.
• Drive the continuous development of the global end-to-end process architecture, covering Planning, Distribution, and Transportation.
• Lead the implementation and scaling of the global One Template approach across processes, data structures, and systems.
• Ensure seamless cross-functional integration with Procurement, Manufacturing, Sales, and Finance to support end-to-end business performance.
• Further develop the global KPI framework, ensuring clear linkage to financial targets, strategic priorities, and operational performance objectives.
• Establish and manage an integrated performance management system that enables proactive, data-driven decision-making across the supply chain.
• Develop and govern an enterprise-wide Supply Chain Control Tower approach, leveraging advanced analytics, reporting capabilities, and AI-driven insights.
• Define and execute the digital roadmap for the Supply Chain function in close collaboration with IT and digital transformation teams.
• Lead global transformation programs focused on standardization, efficiency improvement, service excellence, and operational effectiveness across the supply chain network.
• Embed a culture of continuous improvement and best-practice sharing throughout the entire area of responsibility.
• Build, lead, and continuously develop a globally structured organization, ensuring alignment with future business requirements.
• Drive talent development, capability building, and succession planning to strengthen organizational effectiveness and long-term sustainability.
• Foster a high-performance, collaborative leadership culture that promotes accountability, innovation, and cross-functional teamwork.

Your Profil

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Experience: 12–15+ years of experience in global leadership roles within Supply Chain Management, Process Management, and/or Supply Chain Controlling.
• Expertise:
  • Proven track record in leading large-scale global transformation programs and successfully scaling standardized processes across complex international organizations.
  • Extensive leadership experience in building, developing, and leading high-performing global teams.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead without direct authority and effectively influence stakeholders across functions, regions, and organizational levels.
• Languages: Fluent in written and spoken English; additional language skills are considered an advantage.
• Personality:
  • Strong executive presence combined with exceptional influencing, negotiation, and facilitation skills, enabling the successful management of complex decision‑making processes at senior executive level.
  • High level of competence in conflict resolution and the ability to successfully navigate complex global matrix organizations, including environments characterized by uncertainty and organizational complexity.
  • Strategic thinker with outstanding execution capabilities, strong resilience, and a clear focus on maximizing overall enterprise value beyond functional interests.
  • High level of intercultural competence and willingness to travel globally up to 50%.

Social Benefits

• You will work with a high degree of autonomy and decision-making authority.
• Performance-based compensation and a comprehensive benefits package.
• 40-hour work week with trust-based working hours, flexible working hours, and 30 days of annual leave.
• Opportunity for hybrid working (4 days in Ludwigsburg, 1 day remote). (For employees with children under the age of 12: 3 days in Ludwigsburg, up to 2 days remote.)
• Everyone has Talent: Our talent management process supports your professional growth and career development.
• Company Food Market.
• Reserved places in a nearby private daycare center (for both children under and over the age of 3).
• A modern company pension plan to complement your statutory pension insurance.
• Additional private health insurance (e.g., dental insurance coverage).
• A wide range of discounts through our Corporate Benefits Portal (e.g., for vacation travel, fashion, insurance, and more).
• Commuting allowance / subsidy for public transportation tickets.
• Company bike leasing program (JobRad).