Description

At Olympus, we are committed to our purpose of making people’s lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling. As a global medical technology company, we partner with healthcare professionals to provide best-in-class solutions and services for early detection, diagnosis and minimally invasive treatment, aiming to improve patient outcomes by elevating the standard of care in targeted disease states.

For more than 100 years, Olympus has pursued a goal of contributing to society by producing products designed with the purpose of delivering optimal outcomes for its customers around the world.

Olympus Europa, headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, serves the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) region and employs 6,900 people in 31 countries. For more information, visit our website.

  • Lead all relevant stakeholders through the change journey to achieve best-in-class process maturity
  • Collaborate with the owners of all feeder processes (Product Lifecycle Management, Demand Planning, Master Planning, Sales & Operations (S&OE), Financial Planning, Strategy Execution, etc.) to improve the quality and relevance of all data sets fed into the IBP process
  • Define the agenda and flow of all reviews to position IBP as a strategy deployment process, strongly supported by the relevant feeder processes
  • Maintain close collaboration with all relevant business leaders, leveraging the IBP process to achieve best-in-class cross-functional integration and support the achievement of defined strategic goals
  • Communicate the set of assumptions, numbers, escalations and key outcomes from each IBP review to all relevant stakeholders
  • Lead the design and continuous improvement of templates for each step of the IBP process and its execution and translate cross-industry best practices into implementable and meaningful templates for the organization
  • Act as the organization’s thought leader in the domain of IBP, staying abreast of the latest cross-industry best practices and connecting with relevant external thought leaders

  • Master’s degree in Business, Economics, Engineering or related field or equivalent professional experience
  • Several years of leadership experience within global, matrixed organizations
  • Proven expertise in leading change initiatives across diverse cultural environments
  • Demonstrated ability to build IBP/S&OP processes in a complex low-maturity environment
  • In-depth experience with IBP, demand planning, process design and implementation, change management and stakeholder management
  • Significant experience interacting with and influencing senior management
  • Strong communication skills in English; proficiency in Japanese advantageous
  • Willingness to travel up to 15% of the time

  • Flexible working hours, remote work possible
  • 30 days of holidays per year
  • Modern office and an inspiring working environment
  • Employee restaurant with live cooking and healthy food (subsidized)
  • Public transport ticket (100 % subsidized) or free parking space
  • Company sport groups and an inhouse company gym
  • Employee Assistance Program to support your health, mental and emotional well-being
  • A comprehensive company pension scheme
  • Company medical officer and vaccination offers
  • Childcare through our ‘Buttje&Deern’ partner
  • Bike leasing