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

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