DÖHLER – Natural Food & Beverage Ingredients is seeking a Manager Business Excellence to lead global business excellence initiatives with a focus on process optimization and digital transformation. In this role, you will act as a strategic business partner, providing expert guidance and contributing to departmental development within a dynamic, family-owned company.
What You'll Do
- Lead and manage global business excellence initiatives with a focus on process optimization and digital transformation.
- Analyze end-to-end processes, identify improvement potential, and drive automation and efficiency using modern process-mining tools.
- Act as a strategic business partner, providing expert guidance and contributing to departmental development.
- Initiate and lead sourcing automation projects, including the implementation and optimization of relevant tools.
- Steer cross-functional project teams, define priorities, and ensure sustainable execution of improvement measures.
- Develop and implement best-practice models based on strong data analysis and system expertise.
- Document, standardize, and continuously improve processes to ensure operational excellence.
- Design and roll out training and change-management initiatives for internal and external stakeholders.
What We're Looking For
- Several years of hands-on experience in process analysis, design, and implementation within operational environments, ideally in sourcing or procurement.
- Degree in Business Administration, (Business) Informatics, or a related field.
- Proven ability to identify optimization potential in end-to-end processes and translate insights into measurable improvements.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills combined with solid technical understanding.
- Expertise in SAP S/4HANA and SAP Ariba (particularly Source-to-Pay), as well as advanced Microsoft Office skills.
- Confident application of process-mining tools in a business context.
- Demonstrated project management experience in implementing global processes, standards, and transformation initiatives.
- Fluent in German and English.
Technical Stack
- SAP S/4HANA
- SAP Ariba
- Microsoft Office
- Process-mining tools
Benefits & Compensation
- Friendly and informal atmosphere, family-owned company, flat hierarchies, short communication channels, and helpful colleagues.
- You are an integral part of our business success and make an important contribution to the future of nutrition.
- You can fully unleash your potential and have the opportunity to take on responsibilities.
- We maintain excellent partnerships with market-leading innovators, allowing you to access and work with state-of-the-art technologies.
- Anniversary and special payments.
- Employee referral bonuses.
- Additional benefits: Christmas parties, events, financial benefits, and online shop discounts (e.g., IT leasing, mobile phone contracts, shopping, and travel discounts, etc.).
- Welcome@Döhler: Onboarding event for all new colleagues, as well as several weeks of individual training.
- Döhler Academy: You have the opportunity to continuously develop your education further through internal and external training programs.
- Food is taken care of: On-site cafeteria with regional and varied cuisine and complimentary drinks.
- Stay fit: Take advantage of local sports offerings at reduced prices.
- Mobility: Subsidized Germany ticket or JobRad.
- Insurance benefits such as company pension plans and accident insurance.
- Global growth trajectory: Challenging and internationally oriented work at our headquarters in Darmstadt.
- Attractive location in Darmstadt: Easily accessible by train, bus, on foot, or by car (free parking).
Work Mode
This is an onsite position based in Darmstadt, Germany.
We welcome applicants, who are just as diverse as we are - regardless of age, ancestry, disability, ethnic origin, gender, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, social background or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.
