Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Procurement Partner Specialist

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 Specialist III supports and enables the Division in meeting their operations, innovation and financial targets by handling the required supplier capabilities and performance for assigned projects and categories. Operates in a network of Division business colleagues, suppliers, Category Management members and relevant COE organization.

Scale of ResponsibilitiesIdentifies supplier capability requirements and selects suppliersLeads procurement and supply base related projects that contribute to improved supplier spend performanceSupports divisional footprint initiatives outsourcing /insourcing (both Operations and R&D) including realization of local/regional supply base solutionsTranslates divisional requirements for (future) supplier capabilities and supplier performance to Category Management Team and divisional SQE teamSupports Supplier supply capacity management by conducting capacity assessments and collaborate with the Category Management Teams to expand required supply options as well as supply flexibilityCoordinates business projects (e.g. M&A integration), provides input to make or buyTechnical 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

Serves as point of contact for Procurement within the Division

Contributes to divisional procurement metrics for business reviews

Serves as the point of contact and ensure the implementation of Enterprise Processes such as Supplier Quality, Supplier Risk and Supplier Management

Drives and tracks compliance for indirect materials, as well as link with Global distributed team for policies and procedures

Leadership Responsibilities

Represents Procurement in NPI projects and coordinate supply base related activities with x-functional division team as well as with Category Managers. Conduct all related sourcing project management activities (including project milestone/ gate pass activities)

Partners with Category Managers, R&D, Engineering to support and project manage annual value improvements and drives competitive advantage

Uses ‘scouting approach’ to influence R&D and Commercial partners earlier in NPI process, supervise product pipeline (LCM), support product platforming

How will you get here?

Education

University degree (Mechanics/Electronics/Business/Industrial Engineering) or a combination of education and experience that demonstrate the required skills

Experience

Minimum 5+ years of technical/procurement/sourcing/supply chain management experience, preferably in High Tech Systems environment with high diversity and low volumes

Minimum 5 years project management experience including procurement and supply base related projects

Experience working in a sophisticated and constantly evolving environment

Training in specialized Purchasing skills (such as Purspective/NEVI) preferred

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

Strong interpersonal communicative skills, with great understanding of influencing without power through collaboration and partnership

Ability to build and maintain relationships internally and externally

Excellent English language skills (verbal and in writing), MS Office skills

Demonstrated problem solving and analytical skills

Knowledge and training on NPI/NPI processes and PLM processes

Must be proactive and self starting with a focus on continuous quality and performance improvement

Adept at case development and presentations

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.”

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.