Procurement Specialist III – Lab Category
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Job Summary
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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.
DESCRIPTION:
Join our collaborative team at Thermo Fisher Scientific where youll manage and enhance strategic sourcing initiatives as a Procurement Specialist III- Lab Category. Working with cross-functional teams youll develop sourcing strategies negotiate contracts and manage supplier relationships to deliver value through cost savings risk mitigation and supply chain optimization. Youll support our mission of enabling customers to make the world healthier cleaner and safer by ensuring reliable cost-effective procurement of critical materials and services.
Scale of Responsibilities
Completes global category initiatives and manages projects to deliver key category performance indicators including: savings supplier rationalization low-cost region sourcing risk management spend under agreement joint innovation supplier performance etc.
Participates in the development of 3-5 year global sourcing & category strategies
Supports the execution of global sourcing strategies focused on identifying and contracting with preferred suppliers that meet key business needs and category management goals
Ensures category governance is established & monitored and fulfills additional assigned responsibilities to maintain alignment with global category strategies.
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 assess preferred suppliers & migrate spend from incumbent suppliers
Analyzes category supplier performance data to find opportunities for supplier performance improvement and to establish continuous improvement goals
Supports supplier business reviews with suppliers to ensure both parties meet obligations under the terms of agreement including performance standards and continuous improvement goals
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
REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelors degree in Business or technical field or equivalent combination of experience and education. Masters Degree is preferred
Minimum 5 years of procurement/sourcing experience in mid to large multinational companies with strong category management expertise
Preferred Fields of Study: Business Science or related field
Proven success executing strategic sourcing initiatives supplier negotiations and contract management
Experience working in regulated industries like life sciences medical devices clinical trials or pharmaceuticals preferred
Comprehensive understanding of procurement best practices processes and methodologies
Strong analytical and data-driven decision making capabilities
Proficiency with spend analytics and procurement tools
Excellent communication and relationship building skills
Ability to build consensus and collaborate across global matrix organizations
Demonstrated success in achieving cost savings and process improvements
Strong project management capabilities
Experience with continuous improvement/lean methodologies
Hands-on manufacturing and/or laboratory experience is preferred
Ability to travel up to 25% as required
Fluency in English required; additional languages beneficial
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Purchasing
- Sourcing
- Procurement
- Employee Evaluation
- HR Sourcing
- SAP
- Supply Chain Experience
- Federal Aviation Regulations
- Contract Management
- Supplier Management
- negotiation
- Contracts
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