Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods. Founded in 1871, the technology company offers safe, efficient, intelligent and affordable solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic and transportation. In 2021, Continental generated sales of €33.8 billion and currently employs more than 190,000 people in 58 countries and markets. On October 8, 2021, the company celebrated its 150th anniversary.

The ContiTech group sector develops and manufactures, for example, cross-material, environmentally friendly and intelligent products and systems for the automotive industry, railway engineering, mining, agriculture and other key industries. Guided by the vision of “smart and sustainable solutions beyond rubber,” the group sector draws on its long-standing knowledge of the industry and materials to open up new business opportunities by combining various materials with electronic components and individual services. 

· Define and drive the global SCM application strategy and roadmap, including lifecycle management for analytics and planning tools (e.g. SAC, R-Tool, Planalyze) to support ContiTech’s SCM digitalization across all Business Areas and locations.

· Act as global application process owner for SCM analytics and planning solutions by defining system–process responsibilities (RASI), standard processes, KPIs, and best practices, and by monitoring solution effectiveness.

· Lead application developments, enhancements, and rollouts, including demand planning, capacity planning, performance analytics, and reporting use cases; prioritize requirements and ensure functional testing and user acceptance.

· Manage global user enablement and support, building and coordinating a strong local key-user community, providing training, guidelines, and second-level support for tools such as SAC and Planalyze.

· Ensure stable application operations and governance, including coordination with IT and external providers, budget management, authorization and role concepts, and definition of service level agreements.

· Establish and enforce global application master data and analytics standards, ensuring high data quality, consistent planning logic, and harmonized reporting structures across regions, plants, and Business Areas.

· Degree in economics, engineering, operations (university / university of applied science)

· More than 5 years’ professional experience in SCM, Operations or IT

· Broad experience in design of SMART SCM processes

· Excellent know-how regarding the common SCM applications, tools and methods in particular familiarity with the lean management techniques

· Excellent SAP know how (SD/PP)

· Experienced working successfully on SCM projects on an international level

· Proven track record in implementing SCM processes and IT systems

· Project or functional leadership experience

· Fluent English language skills written and spoken

· Strategical thinking and strong analytical skills

What we offer:

The 13-th salary – Paid once a year, in December;
Meal tickets - With a value of 40 Ron;
Private Health Insurance – Health is the most important, so we offer you a medical subscription through Signal Iduna;
Referral bonuses - We encourage colleagues to refer new candidates to us and, at the same time, to get the chance to receive a bonus;
Bookster – Feed your body and your mind. You can borrow books and you’ll receive them at the office;
Sports benefits- It’s important to stay active, so we offer you the 7Card;
Discounts at our partners – We collaborate with different vendors, and we receive discounts for various products/ services like rubbers, restaurants, kindergartens, etc;
System for Rewarding Improvement Ideas – We have an internal improvement program (Continental Idea Management) that gives you the opportunity to come up with ideas and to be honored with an attractive bonus (this is established by the CIM team according to your improvement idea);
Happy days – If you or your child is getting married, or you become a parent, you receive some extra free days;
Life events celebration - If your family is growing, we praise your newborn with a bonus;
Unfortunate events - In case of unhappy events in your life, we support you by offering you free days and financial support (handled on a case by-case basis);
Extra vacation days – You begin with 22 vacation days/year, and starting with the 3rd year with us, we offer you 1 more day of vacation and. We reward employees who reach 15 and 20 years within the company with another day of vacation, reaching a maximum of 29 days.
Professional development - Many opportunities to develop yourself within the company;
Diversity and multicultural mindset - We encourage you to join us no matter who, where, or what you are. We have colleagues from different nations and a variety of languages are spoken in our company.

Ready to drive with Continental? Take the first step and fill in the online application.