Strategy Manager, Supply Chain Management
Siemens Healthineers
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Germany
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About the role
- Drive the development, alignment, and execution of the global Supply Chain Management (SCM) strategy, ensuring strong linkage to overarching business objectives.
- Translate strategic business goals into actionable SCM roadmaps, initiatives, and investment priorities that enable operational excellence.
- Assess current‑state supply chain performance and design robust future‑state operating models, incorporating best practices, industry benchmarks, and innovative approaches.
- Identify and evaluate opportunities to enhance productivity, agility, and resilience, leveraging process, technology, and organizational improvements.
- Define, monitor, and continuously refine KPIs and performance metrics to measure supply chain effectiveness, efficiency, and strategic impact.
- Synthesize insights and prepare high‑quality strategic recommendations for senior leadership, enabling informed decision‑making on key supply chain matters.
- Serve as a strategic thought partner to Supply Chain Management leaders and cross‑functional stakeholders, facilitating alignment, collaboration, and coherent execution across teams.
- Lead complex, cross‑functional transformation initiatives, including process redesign, capability building, and organizational optimization.
- Support digitalization and automation initiatives in close collaboration with IT and global functions, ensuring technology adoption drives measurable business value.
- Assess global supply chain risks across capacity, sourcing, logistics, geopolitical dependencies, and demand variability, ensuring proactive scenario planning.
- Develop and execute comprehensive mitigation strategies to strengthen resilience, flexibility, and continuity of supply.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field with similar focus
- Multiple years of proven experience in supply chain management, preferably in a global operations environment (healthcare or medical device industry is a plus)
- Demonstrated ability to effectively lead teams, build consensus, and drive collaboration across diverse functional areas
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and negotiate with stakeholders at all levels of the organization
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a focus on continuous improvement and achieving operational excellence
- Fluency in English, written and spoken, German is an advantage
- Willingness to travel up to 10-20%
Benefits
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
supply chain managementoperational excellenceKPI developmentperformance metricsprocess redesigncapability buildingorganizational optimizationdigitalizationautomationrisk assessment
Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborationcommunicationinterpersonal skillsinfluencenegotiationanalytical skillsproblem-solvingcontinuous improvementconsensus building
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in EngineeringBachelor's degree in Business Administration