Digital & IT Trainee (m/w/x) – Graduate Program Business Process Excellence with focus on Sales & Service

ZEISS

Jobbeschreibung
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.

Join us today. Inspire people tomorrow.

Diversity is a part of ZEISS. We look forward to receiving your application regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, philosophy of life, disability, age, sexual orientation or identity.

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You want to do exciting work and take responsibility for your own projects starting from day one – all geared to a clear target role? Then join our 18-month Graduate Program and shape the future of ZEISS. 

During the 18 months, you will rotate between 4 different ZEISS departments across the company's different business units and possibly also abroad. Which departments these are depends on you – your chosen focus and your future role. During the program, you will also take part in several training sessions, workshops and project work that enhances your professional and personal development. All this aims at enabling you to hit the ground running after completing the program – and make you familiar with the basics to kickstart your career @ ZEISS.

Possible tasks within the program:

  • Support the prorgram cluster Sales & Service within the S/4 HANA transformation from ZEISS with the Streams Lead-to-Cash & Service-to-Customer

  • Support the definition of new business processes in the Sales & Service areas of ZEISS with the program target of standardization and harmonization and the balancing of implementing of individual needs to cover business requirements

  • Take responsibility for project management tasks like planning and moderating of workshops, ensure the timeline for defined milestones and steering of own work packages

  • Go-live preparation and execution support from defined entities based on S/4 HANA roadmap


  • Completed field of study in General Management, IT, Business Administration or similar with focus on Transformation, Project and/or Process Management

  • Practical experience gained, for example, as an intern or working student (maximum of 1,5 years)

  • Experience in common MS Office applications and first touchpoints with SAP and/or SalesForce

  • Interest in challenging project tasks and associated challenges as well as the willingness not take responsibility

  • Flexibility to work at different ZEISS locations in Germany during the program

  • Fluent in English & German, both written and spoken, further languages beneficial

Planned Timeline
Application Period: October 15th – November 15th, 2024

Screening & Online Assessment: November 01st – November 30th, 2024

Video Interviews: December 01st – January 15th, 2025

Onsite Interview Day: January 15th – February 15th, 2025

Start Program: April 1st, 2025

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