Global Business Process Architect (m/f/d)

Job Description

Are you passionate about shaping global business processes that drive real impact? Join our team and take ownership of designing and implementing end-to-end processes across Purchasing, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing.

Your Responsibilities as Global Business Process Architect (m/f/d):

• Take ownership to model cross-functional end-to-end processes within the scope of accountability
• Collaborate with Operations Domain stakeholders (Purchasing, Supply Chain, Manufacturing) to prioritize, design, and roll out globally applicable, business processes that create business impact.
• Lead and facilitate cross-functional process design workshops, ensuring alignment with global standards and Operations Domain needs.
• Advise, empower and mentor Process Owners how to take full ownership of their end-to-end process chains, driving accountability and performance.
• Supervise process modeling activities conducted by the back-office BPM team, ensuring quality, consistency, and adherence to design principles.
• Spot opportunities to embed automation / AI and analytics capabilities into process designs to enable efficient execution and performance monitoring.
• Ensure processes are modelled and published according to valid standards
• Oversee the full process lifecycle from ideation to global rollout, escalating risks and delays to senior leadership as needed.
• Monitor process performance, identify improvement opportunities, and implement corrective actions to enhance business outcomes.
• Promote best practices in process design, enabling global users to understand and follow processes effectively.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in specifying and executing processes in Purchasing, Supply Chain, or Manufacturing.
• Experienced in working with Stakeholders on various levels of the organization in a collaborative manner (process design workshops)
• Experience in Business Process Management (BPM) and process modelling notations (BPMN 2.0)
• Strong passion for building end-to-end, cross-functional business processes.
• Business-centric mindset with a drive for productivity and impact.
• Skilled in stakeholder collaboration across various organizational levels, especially in process design workshops.
• Proficient in BPM tools (e.g., Signavio, ARIS, Camunda) and familiar with analytics and automation platforms (e.g., Celonis, UIPath).
• Experienced in working within cross-functional setups and matrix organizations.

Why you should choose ZF in Ostrov?

• Be part of a global company launching a major logistics operation in the Czech Republic, bringing long-term stability, challenges, and growth opportunities.
• Fixed-term employment contract with the possibility of transitioning to permanent employment in the future.
• Competitive remuneration and benefits package, including employer contributions to supplementary pension insurance and others.
• Opportunities for further development, internal mobility, and training.
• 5 weeks vacation.
• Language courses.