Senior Manager Supplier Quality Management - EMEA (m/f/d)

Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH (OWI)Chief Quality OfficerUnbefristet

As a high-tech specialist within the Olympus Corporation, Olympus Surgical Technologies Europe is the development and manufacturing center for rigid endoscopy, bipolar high-frequency surgery and reprocessing. With a total workforce of 2,600 employees at nine locations in EMEA and its headquarters in Hamburg, the company stands for exceptional performance in medical diagnostics and therapy, and offers a full range of the most modern endoscopic applications, from single products to procedure-oriented systems solutions.

Your Responsibilities

- Mentor and lead the Regional Supplier Quality Management Team. The teams is responsible for partnering with category management, qualifying new suppliers (including supplier audits and QAAs), performing supplier re-evaluation and driving supplier development.
- Actively manage a wide range of stakeholders from across multiple sites within the region and multiple functions, as the team interacts closely with Category Management and takes over tasks from new product development as well as sustaining engineering.
- Ensure that all external and company standards, rules and guidelines are adhered to. Set standards, rules and guidelines for own functional area.
- Drive the continuous optimization of processes (in collaboration with Global Process Owner), organizational setup and resources within the organizational unit. Initiate activities with within the own organizational unit.
- Recruit, lead, manage and develop colleagues to ensure that they are utilized effectively, developed appropriately and performance managed to the benefit of both company and colleagues.
- Support facility audits by outside agencies (i.e., FDA, ISO / MDSAP) as point of contact and subject matter expert to demonstrate compliance to regulatory requirements of the Olympus Supplier Quality Assurance system

Your qualification

- At least a Bachelor of Science in medical, engineering, or scientific discipline
- Experience in a global medical device manufacturer or in the automotive, aerospace or pharma industry; understanding of medical device regulations both domestic and international is a plus
- Strong concentration in Supplier Quality Management
- First technical leadership experience necessary; experience leading global change initiatives and integrations for multi-site as well as multi-product businesses would be beneficial
- Fluency in German and English
- Willingness to work in a global organization with national and international travel

Your benefits

- 30 days of annual leave
- Up to 60% mobile work possible + flexible work time model with overtime compensation
- Holiday and Christmas bonuses
- Corporate benefits discounts for employees
- Comprehensive company pension scheme and capital-forming benefits
- Company restaurant with live cooking and healthy food (subsidized)
- Employee Assistance Program of FamPLUS to support your health, mental and emotional well-being
- Subsidy for public transportation (Deutschlandticket), free parking spaces and bike or car leasing
- Various subsidized company sports groups and access to the inhouse company gym