Driven by the passion to improve quality of people’s lives, WS Audiology continues to grow as market leader in the hearing aid industry. With our commitment to increase penetration in an underserved hearing care market, we want to accelerate our business transformation in order to reach more people, more effectively.
As a Senior Supply Chain Planner, you will be responsible for ensuring the timely and efficient supply of materials to meet both customer demand and production requirements. This includes supplier management, inventory management, placing orders promptly, coordinating on-time deliveries, and maintaining the expected quality standards.
What you will do
- Negotiate with vendors to secure timely deliveries and resolve escalated supply issues, including disputes over expedited or delayed shipments
- Communicate material constraints, supplier delivery changes, and operational bottlenecks to relevant Planners to ensure alignment and proactive planning
- Conduct regular demand reviews with suppliers to anticipate potential supply issues and identify opportunities to enhance supply chain agility
- Support cost-saving and Inventory Reduction Initiatives, developing action plans to resolve and/or reduce supply risk.
What you bring
Experience
- 6-8 years of relevant experience in Supply Chain, with a focus on material planning, sourcing, purchasing, and supplier management
- Deep expertise in sourcing and supplier management for mechanical and electronic components, including the use of advanced planning and collaboration tools.
Personal competencies
- Ability to communicate in Mandarin to liaise with our Chinese-speaking suppliers would be an advantage
- Self-driven individual who addresses supply gaps actively with strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
Who we are
At WS Audiology, we provide innovative hearing aids and hearing health services.
Together with our 12,000 colleagues in 130 countries, we invite you to help unlock human potential by bringing back hearing for millions of people around the world.
With us, you will become part of a truly global company where we care for one another, welcome diversity and celebrate our successes.
Sounds wonderful? We can't wait to hear from you.
WS Audiology is an equal-opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive employee experience for all. Regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, disability, military or veteran status we firmly believe that our work is at its best when everyone feels free to be their most authentic self.
