Regional Supplier Quality Manager – Medical Devices (m/f/d)

at  Olympus Europa SE Co KG

Your responsibilities

• Negotiate, prepares, and executes regional and local quality assurance agreements, ensuring that all commitments are met and upheld across all sites while acting in the best interests of the company
• Collaborate with procurement and supply chain management teams for supplier selection, evaluation, development, and risk management
• Lead supplier improvement projects
• Develop and execute the vision and strategy for supplier quality assurance activities in partnership with the Category Manager, promoting the strategy within the organization
• Perform regular supplier audits and initiate and monitor required measures

Your qualification

• MSc degree or equivalent in a Life Science, Engineering or equivalent
• Demonstrated comprehensive expertise in the applied interpretation of worldwide regulatory standards and laws applicable to the medical device e.g., ISO, QSR, GMP, jPAL, cCMP
• High level of quality tools and methodology skills (e.g. 8D, 5-Whys, FMEA, IQ/OQ/PQ), Experienced in Advanced Problem Solving
• Adept negotiation and communication skills to foster positive supplier relationships, ensuring balanced outcomes despite differing perspectives, even within escalations.
• Business fluent in English and conversational German is mandatory, additional European language skills are highly beneficial
• A certification as Supplier Quality Auditor is required
• Strong project management skills with the ability to lead cross-functional projects and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Willingness to travel up to 30% within the EMEA-region

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

Further information:
Valuing diverse perspectives and lifestyles is one of our core values. We would therefore like to encourage all people to apply – regardless of gender, restrictions, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, world view, age as well as sexual orientation and identity

• Negotiate, prepares, and executes regional and local quality assurance agreements, ensuring that all commitments are met and upheld across all sites while acting in the best interests of the company
• Collaborate with procurement and supply chain management teams for supplier selection, evaluation, development, and risk management
• Lead supplier improvement projects
• Develop and execute the vision and strategy for supplier quality assurance activities in partnership with the Category Manager, promoting the strategy within the organization
• Perform regular supplier audits and initiate and monitor required measure