In this role, you will drive cost optimization, process standardization, and performance improvement initiatives while collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders across the organization.
You will play a key role in enhancing efficiency, transparency, and profitability throughout the sample production and delivery process.
Your responsibilities
- Lead and continuously improve the end-to-end sample value stream, defining standards, processes, tools, and best practices across the organization
- Drive process harmonization, governance, rollout activities, and stakeholder training to ensure consistent execution
- Coordinate sample volume planning and consolidate demand forecasts in alignment with business, sales, and project stakeholders
- Monitor and analyze key performance indicators related to cost, scrap, quality, delivery performance, and production volumes
- Initiate escalation and corrective actions in case of performance deviations affecting capacity, quality, delivery, or costs
- Develop and implement cost improvement projects aligned with profitability and operational efficiency targets
- Define and manage cost targets for sample-related projects and track progress against agreed objectives
- Collaborate with purchasing, engineering, manufacturing, and business teams to identify and realize cost reduction opportunities
- Drive material and manufacturing cost optimization initiatives and ensure sustainable implementation of improvement measures
- Provide transparent performance reporting and support management decision-making through data-driven insights
- Act as a central point of contact for sample process governance, continuous improvement, and operational excellence
- Foster cross-functional collaboration to strengthen efficiency, cost competitiveness, and customer satisfaction throughout the sample lifecycle