Procurement Partner

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Job Description

The Procurement Partner contributes to the development of multi-year strategies and business plans for Division and drives the execution of the Procurement vision with key colleagues in the division. The individual is a key partner to the divisional operations leader with a focus on strategy execution and implementation. Facilitates the development and execution of long-term strategies that will optimize quality cycle/response time technology risk and total cost. Mitigates risk uses technology improves processes and systems and reduces overall cost of ownership and acquisition.

Scale of Responsibilities

• Establishes and implements short and long-term goals strategic plans policies and procedures for the Division aligned with Group and the divisional leadership team
• Translates Divisional business and Procurement objectives and targets to Category management teams and monitor category management contributions to these targets.
• Delivers on key objectives (Annual Operating Plan - AOP) delivery quality service cost innovation and growth commitments for Division Procurement
• Coordinates long range strategies with the business partners across the Division and implement plans
• Partners with Category Managers R&D Engineering to deliver annual value improvements and drives competitive advantage
• Coordinates business projects (e.g. M&A integration)
• Provides input to make or buy and footprint decisions supplier selection and supplier management for product innovation projects and vendor transitions monitors the execution and communicates results to senior leaders
• Ensures alignment with business colleagues within the Group and Division on projects
• Serves as the point of contact and ensure the implementation of Enterprise Processes such as Supplier Quality Supplier Risk and Supplier Management

Technical Responsibilities

• Collects supplier (technical) capability requirements for current and future product portfolio as input for supplier scouting
• Gathers Division business requirements and assures compliance to regulatory requirements
• Drives and tracks compliance for indirect materials
• Uses scouting approach to influence R&D and Commercial partners earlier in NPI process monitor product pipeline (LCM) support product platforming
• Serves as point of contact for Procurement within the Division
• Consolidates analyzes and reports on divisional procurement metrics for business reviews

Leadership Responsibilities

• Aligns the Procurement strategy with the Divisional Leadership team
• Ensures procurement value contribution to business and supports Division initiatives
• Manages division input to category strategies (Global Group specific)
• Engages with supplier leadership to support the CM team and Division in achieving Thermo Fisher objectives related to quality cost innovation growth and compliance
• Support the development and implementation of common processes standardized work use of tools and technologies

How will you get here

Education

• A Bachelors Degree in Supply Chain/Materials Management Business Logistics or a related area or equivalent; MBA preferred

Experience

• 8 years of procurement/sourcing management experience
• Proven and significant experience in ESI NPI processes with third parties and outsourced development management
• Progressively responsible career path in manufacturing operations and procurement with significant practical experience in international settings
• Strong procurement and sourcing background preferably in a GMP Lab

Knowledge Skills Abilities

• High level of proficiency with core Procurement skills (engineering sourcing)
• Strong influencing skills with ability to see issues from multiple viewpoints and understand differing needs of colleagues
• Significant business knowledge and proven team building skills
• Demonstrated flexibility and willingness to respond to changes in the external environment
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to confidently present complex information
• Results oriented metrics driven leader with a root cause permanent fix approach continuous improvement approach
• Demonstrated understanding of operations
• Strong analytical skills and process focus
• Ability to communicate effectively to empower global constituents to meet business objectives and possess strong presentation skills at all levels of the organization
• Strong leadership interpersonal skills and unquestioned integrity and trust
• Excellent influence skills to impact change with peer roles and operations leaders throughout the division

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.