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Are you ready to take on a dynamic and thrilling role within our service supply chain ? We're on the lookout for a Global Planner Spare Parts to join our team, where we've a high automatization rate, guaranteeing efficiency and accuracy. Our supply chain is the backbone of our business, ensuring that "Our heart beats for customer service".

Our team:
At the heart of our success is a diverse and dedicated team spanning across continents, following our core motto and mandate to operate: "We simply supply for happy customers." We as Global Spare Parts Management within the diagnostics division of the Roche Group cover a complete end-to-end supply chain from manufacturer to the customer. With a team of 22 professionals strategically based in Mannheim (Germany), and Indianapolis (USA), we overcome geographical boundaries to ensure a seamless and international supply chain experience. Our dynamic team operates across time zones and continents, collaborating in real-time to ensure that spare parts planning and purchasing are executed with precision.

What sets us apart is our commitment to fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration. Our global team thrives on the challenge of bringing a well-coordinated supply chain for spare parts to live, making sure our customers' needs are met with utmost efficiency. We believe that diverse perspectives and international expertise are the key aspects of our success, and together, we're shaping the future of supply chain management. If you're ready to join a passionate and forward-thinking team, dedicated to the happiness of our customers, we invite you to be a part of our exciting journey!

What is expecting you ?

As our Global Planner for spare parts, you'll be at the forefront of an industry that's both challenging and rewarding. Your mission will be to optimize the supply chain for spare parts, ensuring that critical components are available within our global network when our customers need them, enabling us to keep our promise of best-in-class customer service. The thrilling aspect of this role lies in navigating the complexities of global logistics, demand fluctuations, and sustainability, all while leveraging innovative automation to drive success. If you're ambitious to make a significant impact in a medical environment and wannat to solve supply chain challenges, this opportunity is tailor-made for you. Join us and be a part of a team that's revolutionizing spare parts supply chain management!

Within our team, you will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Global Demand & Supply Planning: You're the conductor of a worldwide symphony, orchestrating the timely delivery of spare parts across continents. Your mission: foresee customer needs, synchronize suppliers, and ensure parts arrive precisely when needed.
  
• Bottleneck Management: You thrive in supply chain turbulence, swiftly resolving unexpected disruptions, be it surging demand or logistics challenges. Your quick thinking keeps the supply chain up and running, even in challenging times.
  
• Interface Management: You harmonize teams, tech, and processes, ensuring seamless communication and coordination for efficient operations.
  
• Ensuring Stability of the End-to-End Supply Chain: You're the guardian, protecting our supply chain from disruptions caused by disasters, politics, or unforeseen events, ensuring unwavering reliability.
  
• Process Analysis and Business Case Creation: You're the strategist and detective, diving deep into operations to uncover inefficiencies, process improvements, and crafting compelling business cases that drive innovation and growth.
  
• Project Management: As the visionary architect, you (co)-lead cross-departmental initiatives that break boundaries, revolutionizing technology, sustainability, and strategy.
  

Who are you ?
Are you ready to step into the role of a Global Planner for Spare Parts and embrace the challenges of a fast-paced, international supply chain? We're seeking an extraordinary individual who owns a unique blend of qualifications and capabilities to join our great team. To embark on this thrilling journey, you'll need:

• Economical Studies Expertise: You should have a degree that demonstrates your expertise in logistics, business informatics, industrial engineering or controlling. We're looking for analytical minds who can navigate the complex economic landscape.
  
• International Industry Experience: Your initiation into the world of material management or supply chain within the international industrial or spare parts arena would be a great benefit. We value the firsthand experience you bring to the table.
  
• Excel & SAP: In executing this role, expertise in Excel and SAP is your toolkit for success. You'll execute these tools to build data-driven strategies that keep our supply chain humming.
  
• Data Analytics Savvy: You can extract insights from complex datasets, helping us make informed decisions in the blink of an eye.
  
• Analytical Independence: Your ability to question problems and existing processes, think critically, and work independently sets you apart.
  
• Communication Expert: In this role, communication is very important. Whether it's presenting data-driven insights or collaborating with international teams, your communication skills are the glue that holds our global operations together.
  
• Team Player: You understand that collaboration is key to achieving our global supply chain goals.
  
• English Excellence: As we operate on an international stage, your english should be excellent, as you'll have to connect with colleagues and stakeholders worldwide.
  

If you're ready to dive into the thrilling world of global spare parts planning, where every decision has a global impact, and if you meet these requirements, then you might just be the right candidate we're looking for. Join us and be a part of an extraordinary team shaping the future of supply chain excellence!

Application period up to and including 13.10.2023.
(Application possible as long as the position is advertised).

The position is to be filled as a project substitute for a limited period until 31.05.2025.

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Application documents:
For a complete application, we ask you to add a current CV, a letter of motivation suitable for the position and relevant references. Please note before sending the application that no further documents can be added afterwards.

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