Job Information
ThermoFisher Scientific Procurement Partner in Rockville, Maryland
Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Job Description
Business Title: Procurement Partner
Band: 7
Job Code: OPS.PROC.P07
About Thermo Fisher Scientific:
When you’re part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do meaningful work, that makes a positive impact on a global scale! Join 130,000 colleagues who bring our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. You’ll find the resources here to achieve your career goals and help take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges. This includes protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe, and helping find cures for cancer.
How will you make an impact?
The Procurement Partner role contributes to the development of multi-year strategies and business plans for 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
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 measure 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
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, measure 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
Technical Responsibilities
Collects supplier (technical) capability requirements for current and future product portfolio as input for supplier scouting.
Handles divisional procurement savings portfolio
Gathers Division business requirements and assures compliance to regulatory requirements
Uses ‘scouting approach’ to influence R&D and Commercial partners earlier in NPI process, monitor product pipeline (LCM), support product platforming
Consolidates, analyzes and reports on divisional procurement metrics for business reviews
Leadership Responsibilities
Ensures procurement value contribution to business and supports Division initiatives
Handles 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
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
Confirmed experience in ESI, NPI processes with third parties and outsourced development management
Dynamically responsible career path in manufacturing operations and procurement with significant practical experience in international settings
Strong procurement and sourcing background. Procurement of Clinical Packaging, logistics and clinical trials experience preferred
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 validated team building skills
Proven flexibility and willingness to respond to changes in the external environment
Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to expertly present sophisticated information at different levels of the organization.
Results oriented, metrics driven leader with a root cause, permanent fix approach, continuous improvement approach
Proven understanding of operations
Strong analytical skills and process focus
Strong Project Management experience
Strong leadership, interpersonal skills, and unquestioned integrity and trust
Benefits:
We offer driven 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.”
EEO/Reasonable Accommodation:
Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.
Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.