Work Schedule
Standard Office Hours (40/wk)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Job Description
The Procurement Partner contributes to the development of multi-year strategies and business plans for the Chemical Analysis 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
- Responsible for Sourcing/Procurement activity for multiple sites within Chemical Analysis Division
- 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 Bachelor’s 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.”
