Global Process Owner - Sales & Distribution and Production Planning - Costa Rica Jobs Opening

September 10, 2024

Freudenberg Medical

Global Process Owner - Sales & Distribution and Production Planning

Working at Freudenberg: "We will wow your world!" This is our promise. As a global technology group, we not only make the world cleaner, healthier and more comfortable, but also offer our 52,000 employees a networked and diverse environment where everyone can thrive individually. Be surprised and experience your own wow moments.

At Freudenberg Medical, we make products that save and improve the lives of people every day, all around the world. We are a global provider for medical device design and manufacturing with more than 2,500 employees. Innovation is at the core of our company, and we are proud of our industry-leading quality, lean manufacturing, and focus on innovation in products and processing technologies. Freudenberg Medical is an exciting place to work with lots of opportunity to learn, develop, and grow your career. Come join us and together we can make a difference in the future of healthcare.

Some of your Benefits

Diversity & Inclusion

Diversity & Inclusion: We focus on providing an inclusive environment and recognize our diversity contributes to our success.

Car Allowance

Car Allowance: You receive a monthly allowance to buy or lease and maintain a personal vehicle.

Sustainability & Social Commitment

Sustainability & Social Commitment: We support social and sustainable projects and encourage employee involvement.

Personal Development

Personal Development: We offer a variety of trainings to ensure you can develop in your career.

Safe Environment

Safe Environment: We strive to ensure safety remains a top priority, and provide a stable environment for our employees.

(Hybrid: at least 3 days onsite in office, 2 days work from home)

Alajuela

Hybrid Work

Freudenberg Medical srl.

You support our team as

Global Process Owner - Sales & Distribution and Production Planning

Responsibilities

Measure and Drive Sales and Distribution and Production Planning business process performance.
Support integration points between Sales and Distribution, Production Planning, and other SAP modules such as Material Management, Quality Management and Finance and Controlling.
Initiate/guide business standardization, harmonization and change of processes and Master Data
Performs detailed business analysis (audit, survey, benchmarking, kaizen, etc.), outlining issues, concerns, opportunities, and pursuing solutions by working with the Sales and production teams and/or cross-functionally when appropriate (including IT and GROWTTH).
Leads requirements gathering and documentation of business requirements/specifications, and gains consensus on priorities for process improvements and resulting technology needs.
Leads or sponsors process improvement initiatives and projects. Initiates and/or participates in root cause/corrective action activities.
Leads demands/project requests and change management processes for prioritization.
Defines in conjunction with the VP of Supply chain standard policies, procedures for Supply Chain and Production processes and maintains applicable documentation at corporate level.
Responsible to train business users on standard processes and technologies used to execute those processes.
Leads and guides SME community; facilitates user progression/knowledge exchange, ensures SME are trained and provides SME/user support.
Effectively communicate business needs and concepts, converting them into technical specifications.
Responsible for documentation of business requirements, test use cases, testing, training materials, and update/creation of application documentation for changes.
Identifies stakeholders, business problems, business objectives related to system issues and projects while accounting for the impact across other business functions and systems.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or related field
Knowledge of LEAN and Six Sigma methodologies is desirable.
5 or more years within Manufacturing Operations or Supply Chain roles.
Strong understanding of the integration points between Supply Chain and Production Planning modules.
Experience with SAP ECC or SAP S/4HANA.
Experience with Salesforce is desirable.
Experience with BI tools such as SAP Business Objects, SAC, Tableau, Power BI, Qlik View, or similar.
Experience in managing the entire OTC Cycle, including quotation, order processing, capacity planning, MRP, production execution, pricing, availability check, delivery, and billing.
Knowledge of MES and EDI systems and processes.
Knowledge of other SAP modules (e.g., MM, FI/CO, WM, QM).
In-depth process and system knowledge of a medical device manufacturing company or Life Science industry
Proven track record as Project or Program Manager for SAP process & system implementations
Demonstrated leadership on a cross-functional and multi-cultural environment with a proven change management experience
Strong English skills along with working East Coast Time Zone hours
Ability to travel as required, approximately 25% (International travel)
Position is onsite at manufacturing location (Alajuela, Costa Rica)
LOCAL Candidates only

The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.