About ZEISS India

ZEISS is a global leader in optics and optoelectronics, driving innovation in healthcare, manufacturing, and research. With a strong presence in India, we operate across sales and services, manufacturing, and our Global Capability Center, driving excellence in every function.

Job purpose :

The project manager will be responsible for driving projects, with that have significant impact on the development of our Global Logistics and will act as focal point between Global Logistics, Operational Business, Group Support Functions and IT to ensure continuous improvement.

Main Accountabilities :

• Support and/or take over lead in selected cross-functional projects, to drive business development and optimization.
• Actively contribute to a successful transformation of a globally growing organization by adapting E2E processes to changing business models, industry patterns and customer needs.
• Lay out required concepts and processes and translate them into milestones and actionable tasks in line with overall project plans.
• Proactively gather business insights, seek development potentials with special focus on automation and costs.
• Maintain & drive a high degree of operational excellence throughout the organization, also considering legal and regulatory aspects.
• Proving ownership, by developing and implementing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to ensure globally harmonized processes.
• Maintain strong and trustful contact and relationship with internal business partners to ensure a seamless and well-coordinated business development and transformation.
• Collaborate closely with other global business functions like IT, Operations and Finance in terms of cross-functional alignment on requirements, handshakes, and limitations.

Job Specifications :

• A university degree, preferably in supply chain management, business administration, engineering or business informatics, paired with a dedication for E2E processes in Supply Chain Management.
• A proven track-record of around 5 years of professional experience in abovementioned fields complemented by strong project management skills in a fast-paced environment. Ideally gained in Logistics (Transportation, Warehousing), SCM, Order Fulfilment, High-Tech Industries, IT or Consulting.
• Experienced in establishing and implementing business excellence / business integration paired with a broad understanding for E2E processes, business requirements and their translation into IT language, ideally as part of an IT system transformation, e.g. SAP.
• First experience and interest in application of artificial intelligence in business context.
• An entrepreneurial mindset and engaging personality with a strong conceptual thinking paired with hands-on mentality and the assertiveness to drive operational implementation.