Sr ProcurementSourcing Specialist

Morrisville, NC - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 8 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

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:
The Sr. Procurement/Sourcing Specialist drives the execution of complex category strategies encompassing multiple sites to continuously improve the assigned categories of spend. Collaborates with a cross-functional team of sourcing operations technical finance and other colleagues to prioritize sourcing initiatives develops sourcing strategies negotiates contracts supports spend migration from incumbent to preferred suppliers and manages preferred supplier relationships

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

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%

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.

Required Experience:

Senior IC

Work ScheduleStandard (Mon-Fri)Environmental ConditionsOfficeJob DescriptionAs 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...