Head of Project Procurement Refractive Surgery (f/m/x)
lead and develop a team of 5 project buyers at the development and production site in Jena, for the Business Sector Refractive Surgery, Digital Health and Advanced Development
understand the strategy and product roadmap of the relevant Business Sectors, and make it transparent to the team
ensure that project buyers are fully and early integrated in the project teams as responsible team members to take over all procurement topics in the projects, with focus on costs, timeline, and an optimized and secured upstream Supply Chain for serial production
ensure that the procurement-related project targets are aligned with the global category strategies, in close cooperation with the colleagues from Category Management
make innovation potential of suppliers visible to foster joint developments with external partners
contribute to the further professionalization of the global Project Procurement function, such as improving and harmonizing processes across the different sites, establishing KPIs, etc, in close cooperation with peer-department heads
University degree (diploma/master) in Business Administration or Engineering, or similar
minimum 5 years' experience in strategic procurement in a global company, preferably in a regulated industry
professional experience in a (development) project environment
ability to motivate a team
strong business acumen, and assertiveness
ability to structure processes and set priorities
fluent English; German is a plus
Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:
Janina Kalmbach
