Global Supply Chain Due Diligence Specialist - Darmstadt, Deutschland - Merck

Merck

Geprüftes Unternehmen

Darmstadt, Deutschland

vor 2 Wochen

Geschrieben von:

Lena Wagner

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Beschreibung

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Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you've got big plans - so do we Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people's lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics.

Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.

Everything we do in Electronics is to help us deliver on our purpose of being the company behind the companies, advancing digital living.

We are dedicated to being the trusted supplier of high-tech materials, services and specialty chemicals for the electronics, automotive and cosmetics industries.

We foster a global collaborative organization made up of individuals who have the passion to win, obsess about the customer, are relentlessly curious and act with urgency.

Together, we push the boundaries of science to make more possible for our customers.

Your Role:

An exciting opportunity has arisen in Quality Services at Surface Solutions for a Global Supply Chain Due Diligence Specialist.

In this position, you will implement and ensure supply chain traceability and transparency in line with applicable German (Supply Chain Due Diligence Act) and EU laws and standards as well as customer expectations for the Surface Solution product portfolio.

The Global Supply Chain Due Diligence Specialist understand, monitor, and translate customer requirements on supply chain transparency and traceability as well as sustainability-related legislation into business unit targets.

You will manage customer expectations based on an in-depth understanding of our strategy and strengths and will be responsible for regular reporting and communication towards customers by balancing obligations against confidentiality.

By establishing partnerships within consortia, with NGO's and relevant companies, you are the focal point for providing expertise and for collecting/providing data from our suppliers to our customers (end-to-end responsibility).

Together with partners and suppliers and in close collaboration with procurement, you will map sensitive supply chains back to the mill, farm, or mine and will therefore increase the transparency and traceability up the supply chain.

Additionally, you convince and support suppliers in the supply chain in fulfilling legal obligations and lead mitigation task forces, if escalated.

Understanding our supply chain, down to the source, will help you to assess risks and opportunities at the local level and translate them into relevant customer information and publications.

Defining and trending meaningful KPIs reflecting customers' view and need as well as fulfilling legal obligations are facilitating the achievement of your objectives.

Furthermore, you drive the management of change in the supply chain, digitalization, system validation (external auditing systems, customer request), and consistent data management and data access control via the utilization of proven available external solutions.

Finally, collaboration in internal and external committees will round up your tasks.

Who you are:

A Master's degree in chemistry or other natural science, in engineering, environment or sustainably is the minimum required qualification
Ph.

D. degree in chemistry or other natural science, in engineering, environment, or sustainability is preferred

5 plus years of knowledge and experience in sustainabilityrelated functions and the ability to provide indepth knowledge on a wide range of sustainability processes
Capability to manage and deliver in a matrix environment and the ability to interact crossfunctionally in a global environment
Practical experience in sustainabilityrelated audit, certification, and evaluation tools is highly beneficial
Ability to understand and communicate complex sustainability and supply chain transparency issues in a simple way and to orchestrate plans to resolve issues and mitigate risks
Comfortable translating and conveying complex sustainability and supply chain transparency topics to internal and external stakeholders (including direct supplier and customer contacts)
Ability to lead & implement (sustainabilityrelated) project initiatives
You are used to looking for lean and efficient solutions, especially of a digital nature
Curious about new trends and technologies
Excitement about the Surface Solution business and joining a motivated harmonious and intercultural team
Very good analytical skills, processoriented thinking as well a structured way of working, and a solutionoriented mindset
Effective negotiation, communication, and presentation skills (verbal and written) in English and German
High level of customer focus, selfmotivated, and passionate about networking
Ability to travel up to 20%, domestically and internatio