Job Description

　　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.

　　Excellent Benefits Package

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　　Medical, Dental, & Vision benefits-effective Day 1

　　Paid Time Off & Holidays

　　401K Company Match up to 6%

　　Tuition Reimbursement - eligible after 90 days!

　　Employee Referral Bonus

　　Employee Discount Program

　　Recognition Program

　　Charitable Gift Matching

　　Company Paid Parental Leave

　　Career Advancement Opportunities

　　The Senior Procurement Partner - (Business Unit or Site) supports the development of multi-year strategies and business plans for the Division. Leads the execution of initiatives and programs within the Division that deliver results in line with short- and long-term goal. Aligns internal and external partners and cross-functional internal teams to advance key business drivers, such as supply continuity, quality, cost and operational performance. Mitigates risk, uses technology, improves processes and systems, and reduces overall cost of ownership and acquisition

　　Scale of Responsibilities

　　Supports and promotes the internal business groups with supplier/supply chain rationale and directionDelivers on key objectives (Annual Operating Plan - AOP), delivery, quality, service, cost, innovation, and growth commitments for Division Procurement

　　Monitors operational supplier metrics to deliver objective "Supplier Relationship

　　Responsible for monthly Value Capture reports, monthly communication plan on initiatives impacting the regionServes as point of escalation for sites with supplier issues; manage resolution with appropriate functionsDrives process optimization

　　Technical Responsibilities

　　Supports regulatory compliance activities: internal tracking systems, audit requirements, internal change controls, etc.Collaborates with Site to gather Category Strategy and Sourcing requirements, gain sign-off on supplier selections and awardsRationalizes and uses the vendor base on a category basis, measure and improve "compliance" to the corporate contracts

　　Leadership Responsibilities

　　Provides strategic leadership and direction to the operational (site) procurement groups to support overall goals for performance including Right First Time (RFT), On Time in Full (OTIF), Purchase Price Variance (PPV) savings targets, and Quality AssurancePartners with key internal functions (e.g., COE's ) to ensure categories strategies will be identified and implemented In accordance with COE's Support and implement category strategy using SSMF MethodologyMentors and develops staff through coaching and development, implements talent initiatives to improve Employee Involvement Survey results

　　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

　　10+ years of procurement / category management experience3+ years' experience of negotiation skills and formulating the business requirements for a commercial trade contract3+ years' experience of global sourcing for a global multinational manufacturing company and leading Global Value Sourcing projects, "Cradle to Grave"3+ years' experience with the usage of electronic sourcing tools for RFI, RFQ, Reverse Auction (ARIBA)Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in commodity sourcing or direct project sourcing and management or purchasing and commercial managementExperience from a project management role under a consultancy organization or a facility manager role under a multinational company is desiredExperience with low cost sourcing and supplier quality assessment.

　　Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

　　Familiar with the customer bidding process and suppliers in a commercial pharma contracting industry is a strong plusDemonstrated success in developing and fostering relationships with suppliers while driving lower costs, superior performance and continuous improvementBe able to negotiate and write supply agreementsExcellent people skills, project management skills, good business knowledge and a teammateProactive and result oriented

　　Ability to work in multi-tasking and a multi-cultural environment