Global SCM Risk & Security Lead (m/f/d)

Your Responsibilities

Global Supply Chain Operational Risk & Business Continuity
– Lead Olympus’s global operational risk and business continuity program, ensuring uninterrupted delivery of critical medical devices by aligning with regional regulations and industry best practices.
– Develop and maintain crisis response frameworks tailored to Olympus’s global supply chain, enabling rapid response to regulatory changes, geopolitical disruptions, and supplier risks.
– Implement data-driven risk management, using analytics to anticipate and mitigate threats, while ensuring compliance with medical device regulations (e.g., ISO 27001).
– Manage supplier security risks globally, focusing on high-risk partners and critical components, with structured risk mitigation and resolution protocols.
– Integrate business continuity management (BCM) across global operations, enhancing recovery capabilities and infrastructure resilience.
– Lead cross-functional crisis simulations to validate response strategies and operational readiness worldwide.

Global Supply Chain Security
– Lead Olympus’s global supply chain security program, safeguarding the integrity of medical devices across the value chain.
– Establish and enforce security policies for suppliers, manufacturers, and logistics partners, ensuring compliance with global trade security programs (CTPAT, PIP, AEO, WCO).
– Conduct risk assessments and audits for carriers and suppliers, ensuring legal compliance and operational security optimization.
– Engage with industry organizations (e.g., PCSC, TAPA, HAD) to stay ahead of evolving threats and drive best practices.
– Lead global investigations and champion continuous improvement through emerging technologies and innovative solutions.

Leadership & Strategic Operations
– Set strategic direction for global operations, ensuring efficient supply chain, facilities, and administrative functions with full budget and P&L accountability.
– Mentor and develop global teams, fostering a high-performance culture focused on compliance, quality, and continuous improvement.
– Drive operational excellence by setting clear objectives, managing risks, and delivering high-quality outcomes on time.
– Lead investment planning and approvals, aligning capital and resource allocation with strategic business goals.

Your Qualification

– Bachelor\’s degree required or equivalent work experience; MBA preferred
– Minimum 10 years of experience in the medical device, life sciences, or similar industries, preferably within Global Security, Legal, Supply Chain, Logistics, Risk Management, Quality Assurance, or related functions.
– Expertise in conveyance security and theft investigation.
– Proven experience collaborating with Supply Chain professionals in the pharmaceutical or related industries, including roles within Operations Management, Global Logistics/Logistics Compliance, Import/Export Operations, Freight Forwarding, Contract Negotiation, and Licensed Customs Brokerage.
– Direct experience working in or alongside Corporate Security departments/functions.
– Strong background in leading and conducting investigations related to theft, product counterfeiting, diversion, and supply chain security breaches is highly desirable.
– Experience working with Legal/IP and other departments pursuant to addressing IP, patient/consumer health concerns is preferred.
– Law enforcement or military background is a plus.
– Proven leadership skills, with the ability to drive change, build and develop teams, and adapt leadership styles to engage stakeholders effectively.
– Exceptional communication and influencing skills, with the ability to present to executive leadership, facilitate discussions, and gain stakeholder buy-in.
– Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities, with a strategic mindset to anticipate business needs, identify solutions, and drive continuous improvement initiatives (e.g., Kaizen, Six Sigma, Total Quality Management).
– Expertise in relationship management, with the ability to consult, build trust, and foster collaboration across all organizational levels.

Your Benefits

– Flexible working hours, remote work possible (up to 60%)
– 30 days of holidays per year
– Modern office and an inspiring working environment
– Employee restaurant with live cooking and healthy food (subsidized)
– Public transport ticket (100% subsidized) or free parking space
– Company sport groups and an inhouse company gym
– Employee Assistance Program to support your health, mental and emotional well-being
– A comprehensive company pension scheme
– Company medical officer and vaccination offers
– Childcare through our ‘Buttje&Deern’ partner
– Bike leasing

About Olympus

At Olympus, we are committed to Our Purpose of making people’s lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling. As a global medical technology company, we partner with healthcare professionals to provide best-in-class solutions and services for early detection, diagnosis and minimally invasive treatment, aiming to improve patient outcomes by elevating the standard of care in targeted disease states.

For more than 100 years, Olympus has pursued a goal of contributing to society by producing products designed with the purpose of delivering optimal outcomes for its customers around the world.

For more information, visit and follow our LinkedIn account: linkedin.com/company/OlympusMedEMEA .

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