Job Description
Step out of your comfort zone, excel and redefine the limits of what is possible. That's just what our employees are doing every single day – in order to set the pace through our innovations and enable outstanding achievements. After all, behind every successful company are many great fascinating people.
In a spacious modern setting full of opportunities for further development, ZEISS employees work in a place where expert knowledge and team spirit reign supreme. All of this is supported by a special ownership structure and the long-term goal of the Carl Zeiss Foundation: to bring science and society into the future together.
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As a committed Strategic Manufacturing Program Planner / Operations Strategist, you will have a key role in strategic capacity planning and managing critical projects that drive important decisions within Operations for the MED implants and disposables business.
Your responsibilities will include:
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Guiding strategic capacity planning for the Carl Zeiss Meditec implants and disposables across international manufacturing sites, functioning as the principal reference for long-term operational plans.
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Enacting the capacity planning process in newly acquired businesses and overseeing post-merger integration (PMI) operations within the operations strategy team.
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Organizing capacity committee meetings with management to facilitate decision-making on capacity build projects, which encompass site expansions and the establishment of new sites.
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Generating business case assessments for investment resolutions and assembling presentations for the MED Board to support management choices.
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Designing calculation methods and tools for strategic volume planning and allocations, while steadily enhancing the strategic planning process.
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Managing strategic operations projects focused on boosting the efficiency of our operational functions and processes, while also playing a role in the formulation of operations strategy and assessing data to generate pertinent scenarios in line with MED's strategic aims.
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You will take part in M&A activities concerning operations
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Master's degree in either business or engineering
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In-depth experience in strategic planning and/or in a strategic operations department or consultancy / or any other role focused on operations strategy
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Profound experience in global operations environment
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Very good Excel and Powerpoint skills for top management presentations
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Solid collaborative and teamworking abilities, structured and results-driven work methods
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Strong, audience-oriented communication skills - very good knowledge in English and German