Senior Manager – Supplier Strategy & Financial Governance
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Job Location:
Pittsburgh, PA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
4 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.
This role is ONSITE and is open to the following Thermo Fisher sites:
US - Pittsburgh PA - 300 Industry Drive
US - Waltham MA - 168 Third Avenue
US - Frederick MD - 7305 Executive Way
US - Carlsbad CA - 5781 Van Allen Way
DESCRIPTION:
The Senior Manager Supplier Strategy & Financial Governance provides integrated leadership across IT infrastructure hardware and telecom service domains combining financial oversight commercial strategy and structured execution governance. This role is accountable for supplier performance value realization and the end-to-end procurement strategy for infrastructure hardware and telecom services.
This leader will balance strategic direction (supplier strategy financial governance optimization accountability) with structured execution (program oversight cross-functional alignment and disciplined delivery mechanisms). Approximately 60% of the role is focused on strategy governance and financial oversight with 40% focused on structured execution and cross-functional program leadership.
How you will make an impact
Supplier Strategy & Governance
Own end-to-end supplier strategy across infrastructure hardware and telecom services
Lead procurement governance for all infrastructure hardware and telecom sourcing renewals and commercial negotiations
Partner with Procurement to structure RFPs vendor selections and contract strategies aligned to enterprise objectives
Establish performance standards and accountability mechanisms across supplier ecosystems
Financial Oversight & Optimization Accountability
Oversee financial impact analysis savings validation and forecast alignment
Ensure procurement and optimization decisions translate into measurable sustained financial value
Maintain transparency of spend trends cost drivers and supplier performance metrics
Partner closely with Finance to ensure disciplined reporting and budget alignment
Program & Execution Leadership
Lead complex cross-functional initiatives spanning Infrastructure Telecom Procurement and Finance
Establish and maintain structured delivery mechanisms including project plans governance forums risk and issue tracking and dependency management
Drive cross-pillar prioritization and execution discipline
Monitor optimization pipelines to prevent value leakage or regression
Coordinate and influence senior stakeholders in a matrixed environment to ensure alignment and follow-through
Technology & Domain Alignment
Align procurement strategy with cloud infrastructure and telecom optimization objectives
Ensure hardware lifecycle and telecom contract strategies support cost efficiency and operational resilience
Provide credible infrastructure domain insight to inform supplier strategy and decision-making
REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelors degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred
8 years of progressive leadership experience in procurement supplier governance infrastructure telecom or enterprise technology environments
Demonstrated experience managing large-scale supplier spend and commercial relationships
Strong financial acumen including savings validation forecasting and budget alignment
Proven experience leading complex cross-functional programs in a matrixed organization
Strong project and program management capabilities including ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives
Executive presence with the ability to influence senior stakeholders across technical and financial domains
Knowledge of infrastructure hardware telecom services and enterprise technology cost drivers
Required Experience:
Senior Manager
Key Skills
- Marketing
- Data Visualization
- Tableau
- Customer Segmentation
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Investment Banking
- Strategic Planning
- Financial Modeling
- Customer relationship management
- Management Consulting
- Google Suite
- Analytics
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