Manager, Procurement/Sourcing

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Business Title: Manager, Procurement – Packaging

Band: 7

Job Code: OPS.PROC.M07

About Thermo Fisher Scientific:

Join Thermo Fisher Scientific to make a global impact, develop solutions for tough challenges, and advance your career.

Manages category strategy for level 3 categories across different locations and divisions. Works with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with business objectives.

Scale of Responsibilities

• Acts as the key category conduit to relevant Thermo Fisher business divisions ensuring alignment of strategies and financial targets
• Accountable for the multi-year category strategy and planned objectives, timelines, and goals
• Analyzes cross-divisional spending and develops global strategic sourcing plans to reduce the total cost of ownership for all business units
• Demonstrates a measurable reduction in year over year total cost of ownership for the goods and services being sourced without compromising quality and service levels
• Uses financial planning, forecasting, P&L performance, inventory, cash flow, tariffs and inflation to inform strategy
  
  

Technical Responsibilities

• Provides thought leadership in developing and implementing sourcing strategies
• Champions the use of structured Category Management process to develop category strategies including diversity, sustainability, risk assessment and business continuity
• Leverages AQSCIR method to develop and drive 3 to 5 year global sourcing strategies identifying and contracting with suppliers that meet category management goals
• Communicates plans and progress to Enterprise partners
• Handles the contracting process and leads coordination with Legal to ensure relationships are appropriately detailed
• Owns the supplier qualification, RFP, supplier selection, contract development, implementation, compliance, and ongoing supply base management process
• Assesses market intelligence for key trends, and leverages predictive analytics to make risk mitigation recommendations to the business
• Engages with Division Business Partners and Group Procurement Operations to consolidate suppliers.
  
  

Leadership Responsibilities

• Under the direction of Director drives adoption of global sourcing strategies across the enterprise and ensures on going cross team collaboration
• Champions use of eSourcing, Spend Visibility, and P2P tools company-wide
• Works with Division Business Partners and functional partners to gather business requirements for category strategy development
• Build and maintain a communication mechanism to ensure coordination with internal partners and reporting of sourcing impact
• Leads a Global Category Team, develops staff to build expertise in both the areas of spend and in strategic sourcing processes
• Mentors and develops staff through coaching and development plans to address individual areas of improvement
• Implements talent initiatives to improve Employee Involvement Survey results
  
  

Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience required; Graduate Degree in Business (Preferred), Finance, and/or Technical field
• Minimum 5 years of procurement/sourcing experience with growing global responsibility and experience in a large matrixed company environment, experience in the assigned category
• Minimum 2 years experience leading and procurement teams with a focus on mentoring, coaching and performance management
• Strong leadership and effective business partnering capabilities – influence without authority
• Experience leading cross-functional teams in a Global organization
• Strong negotiation and presentation skills
• Strong knowledge of the strategic sourcing and category management process
• Strong project management skills
• Requires ability to handle ambiguity and the corresponding capacity to make decisions or recommendations based on potentially incomplete information
• Ability to work across all functions and levels of an organization
• International experience (plus) – working experience in different countries/regions/languages
  
  

Benefits:

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus scheme, healthcare, company pension, and a range of employee benefits!

Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation.