AdresseA career at Lilium is for those who want to do something extraordinary. We take pride in pushing the boundaries of engineering, technology and customer experience.
As part of a team, you will tackle challenges and deliver something that has never been done before. By joining Lilium you will have the opportunity to work with a world-class entrepreneurial team of more than 800 people who are as passionate about changing the world as you are.
You will always act with safety and integrity in mind and embody our core behaviors of efficient and positive collaboration, ownership of time, continuous improvements and, ultimately delivering results.
We thrive on diversity and creating an inclusive culture, with more than 50 nationalities currently working hard to bring our vision of a sustainable world to life.
We are looking for an ambitious and experienced Supply Chain Operations Manager, working closely with our suppliers as well as various internal stakeholders to ensure program objectives are met and products are delivered on schedule. Reporting to the Head of Supply Chain Energy, you will be responsible for the operational Battery pack Supply Chain activities for aircraft suppliers and supply packages.
Overall Goals:
- Manage your component suppliers "end to end", from forecasting/planning, purchasing, supplier development & monitoring, delivery to final payment (P2P)
- Be the "plant manager" for your respective scope, be in control and take responsibility for on-time delivery, supplier schedule, supplier capacity and change implementation.
- Collaborate closely with all related departments (Category Management, Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain Quality, Operations, Finance) to achieve your goals and support the business strategy
Day to Day:
- Support the cross-functional team to identify and assess potential suppliers and take them to serial contract signature.
- Lead the cross-functional team to drive contracted suppliers towards industrialization of new products.
- Ensure the readiness of the supply base by launching capability assessments as well as capacity audits at relevant suppliers
- Implement proper risk management to avoid any disruption to the supply of Battery Pack Components
- Drive recovery actions internally and at suppliers in case of non-performance
- Manage inventories, establish and implement a global warehouse and distribution plan in close collaboration with the logistics team
- Work with the Supply Chain Quality Team to ensure that the Supply Chain will comply to all necessary quality standards of EASA 21G and EN9100.
- Establish, measure and monitor Supply Chain related KPIs
- Take part in APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) activities
Your Profile:
Required:
- Minimum qualifications / education: Bachelor of Engineering and/or Business Administration Degree.
- Minimum of 4 years of experience in Supply Chain or technical project management roles.
- Excellent communications and leadership maturity. Ability to build trust and consensus and secure commitment from all team members. Understanding and reflection of impact of leadership style on team dynamics
- Willingness to take risks in decision making.
- Can-do mindset, ability to understand and analyze a problem and come up with solutions.
- Customer-centric with a broad understanding of the business environment
- Eager to learn and adopt his/her style to a rapidly changing environment; puts the team first; robust and passionate to follow given objectives; uses failure as learning experience.
- Willingness to travel on demand within EU as well as worldwide for supplier visits.
- Fluent in English
Beneficial:
- Technical understanding and experience with Battery Pack component production
- Strong knowledge of Lean production, automation and serial production
- Knowledge of key (Supply Chain-) financials affecting companies' figures
- Fluent in German
Want to know more? Then view our 'Why join Lilium' page!
Life at Lilium:
The wellbeing of our employees is a high priority. In our HQ we have many initiatives such as free healthy food and drinks, free in-house gym and health days. In remote offices we offer online opportunities to stay connected and develop yourself as well including our culture club, learning terminal, Employee Assistance Program and many more.
Lilium is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals regardless of ethnicity, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.
