Supply Chain Development Manager

Global Procurement Specialist

Elevate our ophthalmology and microsurgery capabilities by identifying and developing strategic supplier partnerships.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Develop a comprehensive evaluation framework to assess global suppliers' scalability, cost efficiency, delivery reliability, resilience, and sustainability.
• Collaborate with selected suppliers to achieve predefined development objectives and enhance processes, organization, risk management, production network, etc.
• Implement measures to decrease supplier risk scores resulting from supplier risk assessments.
• Ensure compliance with global regulations, norms, and standards throughout the supply chain.
• Support internal audits and external authority audits.
• National- and international travel activities are expected.

Your Ideal Profile:

• A seasoned procurement professional with 5+ years of experience in supplier management/development.
• Familiarity with Lean-Methods (e.g., Lean-Manufacturing, 5S, Gemba, Six Sigma, CIP, Kaizen, SMED, Total Productive Maintenance, Value Stream Mapping).
• Strong technical knowledge in various production technologies.
• Good understanding of global regulations, norms, and standards.
• Experience in supplier audits and deriving reliable measures to improve supplier performance.
• Good project management skills.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to engage diverse stakeholders to foster collaboration, 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 preferably a second language like German or French.