Supplier Development Manager

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.

Your role

• Systematically evaluate 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 targets 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 im-provements of processes, organization, risk management, production network etc.

• Implement measures to reduce supplier risk score resulting 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 activities

Your profile

• 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 preferable a 2nd language like German or French

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