Consultant Strategic Provider Management Logistics; f​/m​/x

Welcome to ZEISS – a company that combines innovation and responsibility! Our corporate functions are diverse and make a decisive contribution to the strategic orientation and sustainable success of ZEISS.

• Build strategic partnerships with logistics service providers and drive provider performance across transportation and logistics networks.
• Drive Provider Performance and Governance:
  Lead provider performance programs, governance structures, business reviews, escalation management, and continuous improvement initiatives with measurable business impact.
• Lead Tender and Sourcing
  
  Activities:
  
  Independently manage transportation and warehousing tenders, develop evaluation methodologies, assess supplier capabilities, and drive provider selection decisions from strategy through implementation.
• Shape Commercial and Contractual Frameworks:
  Manage commercial evaluations, contract negotiations, service level agreements, and sourcing strategies while balancing business requirements, risks, and long-term value creation.
• Drive Data-Based Decisions:
  Analyze logistics performance using SAP, Excel, Power BI, KPIs, and logistics reporting tools.
• Develop recommendations, business cases, performance insights, and strategic decision proposals.
• Drive Continuous Improvement:
  Identify performance trends, root causes, and optimization opportunities across logistics processes and provider networks.
• Lead standardization and improvement initiatives with sustainable results.
• Manage Cross-Functional Stakeholders:
  Engage and align stakeholders across Procurement, Business Units, Shared Service Centers, Logistics Operations, IT, and Logistics Service Providers to achieve common objectives.
• Shape Logistics Strategies:
  Act as a subject matter expert in logistics provider management and contribute to strategic logistics decisions beyond your immediate area of responsibility.

• Subject Matter Expert in Logistics Provider Management:
  You are recognized as a subject matter expert in logistics provider management and have a proven ability to drive improvements, influence decisions, and shape logistics strategies beyond your immediate area of responsibility.
• A Natural Prospector:
  You proactively build relationships, challenge the status quo, and create opportunities where none existed before.
• You are comfortable engaging senior stakeholders and driving initiatives across organizational boundaries.
• Deep Logistics Service Provider Expertise:
  You have extensive experience working with freight forwarders, transportation providers, contract logistics providers, parcel carriers, and warehousing partners.
• You understand market dynamics, provider capabilities, and industry trends.
• Strategic Provider Management
  
  Experience:
  
  You have a proven track record in provider performance management, governance, supplier development, and business review processes.
• Proven Tender and Sourcing Leadership:
  You have successfully led complex transportation and warehousing tenders and can independently guide sourcing processes from concept through implementation.
• Strong Commercial and Contractual Acumen:
  You understand logistics cost structures, commercial models, contracts, service level agreements, and business risks, and can identify value creation opportunities.
• Experienced Negotiator:
  You have successfully managed complex negotiations with suppliers and internal stakeholders while balancing commercial, operational, and strategic objectives.
• Advanced Analytical Capabilities:
  You are highly proficient in SAP, Excel, Power BI, and logistics reporting environments and can transform data into actionable recommendations and strategic decisions.
• End-to-End Logistics Understanding:
  You possess deep knowledge of transportation and supply chain processes and understand interactions between business units, logistics providers, procurement, and operational stakeholders within international supply chains.
• Influential Stakeholder Management
  
  Skills:
  
  You effectively engage cross-functional and international stakeholders, manage escalations professionally, and build long‑term partnerships based on trust and results.
• International Mindset:
  You operate confidently in an…