Procurement Specialist II Catalog Management

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Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team youll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the worlds toughest challenges like protecting the environment making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

DESCRIPTION:
Join our collaborative procurement team and make a meaningful impact on providing scientific solutions. As a Procurement Specialist II - Catalog Management you will play a critical role in enabling an efficient Procure-to-Pay (P2P) process by creating maintaining and optimizing internal and supplier punchout catalogs as well as managing item master data. This role partners closely with Category Management Sourcing Suppliers Master Data Finance and Business stakeholders to ensure accurate compliant and user-friendly purchasing content that supports operational excellence and delivers an outstanding customer experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Create publish maintain and retire internal hosted catalogs and supplier punchout catalogs within the procurement platform.

• Create and maintain item master records ensuring data accuracy completeness and compliance with company standards.

• Review catalog requests validate pricing descriptions UNSPSC classifications units of measure manufacturer information and other required attributes.

• Coordinate with internal stakeholders and suppliers to obtain catalog content updates pricing changes and product lifecycle information.

• Perform catalog quality assurance including validation testing and issue resolution prior to publication.

• Monitor catalog performance and proactively identify opportunities to improve searchability usability and user adoption.

• Maintain governance over item master data by ensuring consistency eliminating duplicates and supporting data standardization initiatives.

• Troubleshoot catalog and item master issues and partner with system administrators and IT teams to resolve defects.

• Support supplier onboarding activities related to catalog enablement and punchout integrations.

• Develop and maintain work instructions and documentation for catalog and item master processes.

• Ensure compliance with procurement policies internal controls and audit requirements.

• Produce reports and metrics related to catalog accuracy maintenance activities data quality and service levels.

• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives to streamline procurement content management processes.

REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelors Degree in Supply Chain Management Business Administration Engineering or related field.
4 years of experience in Procurement Procurement Operations Master Data Management or Catalog Management.
Excellent analytical organizational and problem-solving skills.
Advanced proficiency in ERP systems (SAP Oracle etc.) and Microsoft Office Suite
Excellence in supplier relationship management and contract negotiations
Experience with strategic sourcing and supplier performance metrics
Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively in a matrix organization
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Advanced English language proficiency required; additional languages beneficial
Experience with continuous improvement methodologies (Lean Six Sigma)
Strong attention to detail with demonstrated experience managing large volumes of master data

Ability to manage multiple priorities
Knowledge of regulatory requirements (GMP ISO) preferred

Working mode

Office or hybrid work environment depending on business needs.
Ability to work effectively with global teams across multiple time zones.

Our Mission

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier cleaner and safer. Every role at Thermo Fisher Scientific contributes to achieving this mission through innovation collaboration integrity and a commitment to excellence.