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Zeiss

Corporate venture capital for deep-tech startups

Production Control Expert

Production Planning & SchedulingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeOberkochen, GermanyNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A university degree with a technical, business-related, or production-oriented focus, such as Industrial Engineering, Engineering, Business Administration, or Production Management.
  • Several years of professional experience in a production, assembly, or logistics environment.
  • Proven experience managing and implementing cross-functional projects.
  • Experience in professional guidance, coaching, and development of teams.
  • High proficiency with SAP PP/MM.
  • Strong communication and facilitation skills to manage diverse stakeholders in a cross-functional environment and align different interests constructively.
  • Initiative, drive for implementation, and ability to quickly familiarize oneself with complex topics and present information to different audiences.

Responsibilities

  • Take ownership of and lead sub-projects to optimize intralogistics and improve planning quality within EUV assembly control, focusing on bill of materials, routing, and material master data.
  • Analyze and optimize existing planning and control processes, identify improvement opportunities, and implement sustainable solutions.
  • Coach and empower the team in applying lean, problem-solving, and continuous improvement methodologies.
  • Drive and sustainably implement improvement initiatives while balancing timeline, quality, and cost objectives, and transfer successful solutions into standard operations.
  • Further develop reporting and production control approaches to enhance transparency, planning quality, and process stability.

Desired Qualifications

  • Solid know-how in the use of SAP MES.

About the Company

Zeiss

Corporate venture capital for deep-tech startups

ZEISS Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of the ZEISS Group, investing in deep-tech startups that align with its core business areas. It focuses on early-stage rounds (pre-Series A to Series A), typically $1–$5 million, across Information Technology, Industrial Tech, MedTech, and Life Sciences. It adds value by providing targeted funding and using ZEISS’s global network and expertise to support portfolio companies. The goal is to accelerate development of new technologies and business models that complement ZEISS’s portfolio, while actively engaging with external innovation.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Growth Equity (Non-Venture Capital)
Total funding
$69.9M
Headquarters
Oberkochen, Germany
Founded
2001

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