Project Manager – Support to the Head of Supply Chain Logistics & Production Planning (f/m/x)

Description

The company makes equipment for semiconductor manufacturing, including lithography optics, photomask systems and process control solutions. Its technologies are used to produce around 80 percent of the world's microchips.

The SMT-OL area plans machines, personnel and production materials at strategic, tactical and operational levels, and manages the day-to-day material flow. Its goal is on-time SMT supply and customer delivery, using end-to-end, standardised, digital and transparent processes.

The team combines long-range planning with AI-assisted tools and uses SAP-centred systems to bring consistency, efficiency and governance across the value chain.

In this role you will help the area leadership develop the area strategically, handle cross-functional topics and give management the clear information it needs to decide.

Responsibilities

• Help the area leadership design, structure and roll out strategic initiatives in supply chain logistics and operations planning.
• Lead strategic, cross-functional projects independently, guiding interdisciplinary teams from problem definition through implementation.
• Analyse complex operational and strategic questions, build sound options for decision and write management and decision papers.
• Work with the departments to reach area goals and push strategic priorities alongside the people responsible for them.
• Design transformation and change processes, and make sure the concepts produce measurable operational results.
• Prepare, moderate and consistently track steering committees, strategy meetings and management workshops.
• Share cross-functional experience and best practices, find synergies in logistics and planning, and drive ideas for digitisation, automation and operational excellence.
• Coordinate external consultants, service providers and internal service units, and act as a sounding board for the area leadership, taking on growing responsibility for strategic topics.

Requirements

• Hold a completed technical degree, such as mechanical engineering or industrial engineering, or a science-based university degree, with solid foundations and a solution-oriented mindset.
• Bring several years of experience in strategic or cross-functional projects in supply chain, logistics, production planning, operations or value stream optimisation, with measurable results. Ideally 5+ years.
• Manage complex projects independently and lead interdisciplinary teams, with strong communication and moderation skills across hierarchy levels.
• Understand industrial production and supply chain processes well, and have solid knowledge of production control, SAP, MES and related IT systems.
• Apply Lean Management, KVP, Six Sigma or comparable operational excellence methods with strong skill, and work in a structured, analytical way on complex questions.
• Work in an agile and flexible way, with pronounced resilience.
• Think like an entrepreneur, show high initiative and drive change through, adapting your approach as conditions shift.
• Speak and write German and English fluently, work goal-oriented with strong social skills toward shared aims. Ideally also hold an additional qualification, such as an MBA, or consulting experience.