Supply chain project manager

Ascom is an innovative healthcare company, partnering with ambitious customers globally to help them bring their vision to life. Our software and digital communication solutions provide safety, security and efficiency to hospitals, long-term care institutions and other industries. We are looking for skilled, driven and creative individuals with a strong passion for growth - and therefore we need you!

Project Manager Supply Chain (SPM) is responsible to professionally manage PCP projects within Supply Chain Quality, including scoping, planning, scheduling, leading, following-up, and reporting. He/she focuses on improvement of teamwork and processes, coordination and communication within the company as well as with suppliers.

Key accountabilities

- Introduce products to meet consistent quality, capacity, and flexibility at our EMS supplier’s manufacturing/repair processes
- To secure that products are manufactured/repaired according to supply guidelines regarding quality, capacity, and lead time
- Synchronize the work of product introduction with maintenance/improvements, and maintenance/PCP projects
- Supply Chain (incl. repair) development within PCP
- Manage project progress with EMS supplier through PCP e.g., cost, QMP, yield, capacity efficiency and pre-series
- Implement, review, and follow up change orders towards EMS suppliers
- Participate in project core teamwork for the different product lines’
- Head project meetings within Supply Chain
- Visit EMS suppliers on demand
- Co-operate with other functions in Sourcing, Supply, Marketing, IT & R&D
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Your background

The candidate for this role should have:

- Master’s Degree in Engineering or a related field
- Minimum of 5 years’ work experience in Supply Chain and/or Quality Assurance
- Certification in Project Management (e.g. Prince2 Practitioner, PMP professional, IPMA minimum level B, Scrum)
- Proven track record of successful leading projects and project teams, ideally in Logistics management
- Proven track record of building, maintaining, and developing supplier relations and a strong supplier base
- Excellent project and program management skills
- Excellent planning, organizing and implementation skills
- Capability to create and maintain supplier and customer relations
- Strong business orientation and drive for achievement
- Ambitious, flexible and target oriented
- Ability to communicate fluently in English


Here at Ascom…

You’re not just a number, you’re a person with aspirations and that’s important to us. You can drive your own career and we’re here to help you do that by:

- Providing career progression through learning and development, internal opportunities, and being part of global and local initiatives and projects. But don’t take our word for it, just ask some of our team members who have been with us for over 20 years!
- Giving you a real-world, first-hand experience about what it’s like to work with technology that is at the forefront of the healthcare industry.
- Making a difference and having an impact on the lives in your community.


Questions and application

Please apply with a CV in English using the link attached latest 2022-08-15. Interviews will start in late August and responses to questions might take longer during July and August.

We are…

A global solutions provider focused on Healthcare ICT and mobile workflow solutions. Headquartered in Switzerland, our business spans across 18 countries, and has been supporting the healthcare industry for close to 160 years by providing them with technology to enable them to support their communities.

Together we can make a difference in the lives of the people who benefit from our technology.