Procurement Manager Packaging
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Job Location:
Morrisville, NC - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
7 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)Environmental Conditions
OfficeJob 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.
LOCATION: This is a fully onsite position based at one of two sites.
Site Options: Morrisville NC or Pittsburgh PA
- Unfortunately relocation assistance is NOT provided.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.
- Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check which includes a drug screen.
Join our team at Thermo Fisher Scientific the world leader in serving science where youll implement strategic procurement initiatives that make a meaningful impact on global healthcare research and environmental protection. As a Procurement Manager - Packaging youll develop complex category strategies and collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize supply chain performance reduce costs and ensure continuous improvement. Youll leverage your expertise to develop and execute effective sourcing solutions while building strong supplier relationships that advance our mission of making the world healthier cleaner and safer.
Scale of Responsibilities
- Leads global category initiatives to deliver key category performance indicators including: savings supplier rationalization low-cost region sourcing risk
- Participates in the development and leads the execution of a 3 to 5-year global sourcing strategies focused on identifying and contracting with preferred suppliers that meet key business needs and category management goals
Technical Responsibilities
- Monitors market intelligence and key trends assesses impact and refines category plans to support business requirements
- Engages and supports division/site procurement teams and other key colleagues to qualify preferred suppliers & migrate spend from incumbent non-preferred suppliers
- Analyze category supplier performance data to find opportunities for supplier performance improvement and to establish continuous improvement goals
- Actively participates in supplier business reviews with suppliers to ensure both parties meet obligations under the terms of agreement including performance standards
- Handles strategic contracts across suppliers products and services within category
- Facilitates free-flow of spend intelligence and analysis to internal business leaders in order to enhance their decision making
- Drives negotiations for global agreements aligned with category strategy
Leadership Responsibilities
- Collaborates with cross-functional colleagues (quality technical operations finance etc.) to ensure all category sourcing activities are aligned to a common set of goals and priorities
- Establishes category plans and priorities globally and ensures alignment with divisional business priorities
- Conduct Packaging Savings Kaizen and Ideation programs with cross-functional business teams
Education Experience Knowledge and Skills
- Bachelors degree in Business Supply Chain Management or technical field or equivalent combination of experience and education. Masters Degree is preferred
- Minimum of 7 years procurement/sourcing experience in mid to large multinational companies with strong category/business engagement experience
- Business insight knows how to assess market/business requirements dynamics and negotiate agreements that yield meaningful business value
- Experience working in highly regulated industries
- Experience in a continuous improvement environment with a track record of achieving significant year over year results
- Demonstrated consultative/collaborative style in performing sourcing activities
- Influences without authority to motivate a cross-functional team in multiple geographies.
- CPSM or equivalent is preferred
- Hands-on manufacturing and/or supply chain experience is preferred
- Experience in life sciences medical device or pharmaceutical industries is preferred
- Ability to travel 25%
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Purchasing
- Sourcing
- Procurement
- Vendor Management
- HR Sourcing
- Procurement Management
- Supply Chain Experience
- Contract Management
- Contract Negotiation
- E-procurement
- negotiation
- Contracts
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