Supply Chain Excellence Manager (m/f/d)

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Date: Dec 9, 2025

Location: Wehrheim, DE

Company: Heraeus

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Supply Chain Excellence Manager (m/f/d)
Permanent 
 
 

About Heraeus Medical

Restore mobility from severe osteoarthritis or bone disease? Improving surgical outcomes with bone cement? Heraeus Medical offers advanced solutions from orthopedics to infection management. Excellent quality drives us and brings joy back – into the lives of patients and into your work.
What about you? Play in the top league of medical technology at Heraeus Medical.

Heraeus Medical, headquartered in Wehrheim (Germany), is an Operating Company of the Heraeus Group. The Technology Group delivers world-class quality in the areas of Metals & Recycling, Healthcare, Semiconductor & Electronics and Industrials. As one of the top 10 family-owned companies in Germany, Heraeus employs around 15,200 employees in 40 countries.

 

What you can achieve:

  • In your role as Supply Chain Excellence Manager (m/f/d), you will drive the efficiency and quality of our supply chain as a strategic staff member reporting to the Head of Supply Chain & Operations.
  • Specifically, you will be responsible for establishing and developing a cross-divisional KPI structure, analysing key figures from all supply chain and operations functions, and moderating performance reviews.
  • In addition, you will identify and realise optimisation potential along the entire supply chain – from planning, procurement and logistics to production and customer service – and establish standardised continuous improvement processes for sustainable implementation.
  • As a strategic partner, you will prepare analyses and concepts, support audits, workshops and transformation projects, and actively participate in the further development of end-to-end processes.
  • As part of active change and stakeholder management, you will moderate cross-functional workshops, communicate progress and best practices, and promote a data- and performance-oriented culture in all supply chain units.

 

What you bring to the table:

  • Degree in industrial engineering, supply chain management, business administration, production engineering or similar
  • At least 5 years of professional experience in supply chain, operations excellence, performance management or a related field
  • Very good analytical skills and confident in using KPIs, dashboards and BI tools (Power BI, Qlik, Excel Advanced)
  • Knowledge of process optimisation and Lean/OPEX; Six Sigma is a plus
  • Strong communication skills and experience working with all levels of the organisation
  • Ability to structure complex topics and drive them forward across departments
  • Very good German and English skills

 

What you can look forward to at Heraeus Medical:

  • Exciting tasks – implement these with a high degree of personal responsibility in an ambitious environment with excellent opportunities for further development
  • Strong salary package – attractive basic salary plus bonus
  • Additional financial benefits – private pension scheme, life phase account for paid leave (e.g. sabbatical, early retirement), discounts in many (online) shops, bicycle leasing
  • Modern working hours – time sovereignty (contractual working hours 42.5 hours per week), focus on results-oriented work, 1-2 days of mobile working per week
  • Regular time off – 30 days of annual leave plus up to 6 additional days off (company closure on bridge days and between Christmas and New Year), special leave for special occasions
  • Health & well-being – company medical service with comprehensive preventive medical check-ups, social counselling and in-house staff canteen with freshly prepared meals every day
  • Sustainability and social commitment – sustainability as part of the corporate strategy and targeted promotion of initiatives in the fields of education, family and science through our own foundations

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