Manager, Procurement/Sourcing

at  Thermo Fisher Scientific

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Procurement Manager – Plastics, typically owns category management for level 3 categories encompassing multiple site locations, divisions and groups. Ensures that the category strategy is aligned with the functional/business objectives and work closely with Division Business Partners, Quality, Operations, R&D, and Business leaders to ensure category strategies are aligned cross functionally. Leads a Category team responsible for strategic sourcing activities and supplier management functions. Builds organizational strength, create robust sourcing strategies, negotiate agreements, manage strategic supplier relationships, and drive continuous improvement savings.

REQUIREMENTS:

Bachelor’s degree with studies in Business, Operations, Supply Chain or related field
5+ years of materials planning, purchasing, and sourcing experience.
5+ years of verifiable experience in a people leadership role.

SCALE OF RESPONSIBILITIES

• Acts as the key category interface with relevant Thermo Fisher business divisions ensuring alignment of strategies and financial targets
• Accountable for the multi-year category strategy and plan objectives, timelines, and goals
• Analyzes cross-divisional spending and develops global strategic sourcing plans to reduce the total cost of ownership for all business units
• Demonstrates a measurable reduction in year over year total cost of ownership for the goods and services being sourced without compromising quality and service levels
• Leverages financial planning, forecasting, P&L performance, inventory, cash flow, tariffs and inflation to inform strategy

TECHNICAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides thought leadership in developing and implementing sourcing strategies
• Champions the use of structured Category Management process to develop category strategies including diversity, sustainability, risk assessment and business continuity
• Leverages AQSCIR (Assurance, Quality, Service, Cost, Innovation, Regulatory) method to develop and drive 3 to 5 year global sourcing strategies focused on identifying and contracting with suppliers that meet category management goals
• Communicates plans and progress to Enterprise partners
• Manages the contracting process and lead coordination with Legal to ensure relationships are appropriately documented
• Manages the supplier qualification, RFP, supplier selection, contract development, implementation, compliance, and ongoing supply base management process
• Assesses market intelligence for key trends, and leverages predictive analytics to make risk mitigation recommendations to the business
• Drives supplier consolidation through engaging and supporting Division Business Partners and Group Procurement Operations (e.g. sourcing engineers) to qualify preferred suppliers and migrate spend from incumbent, non-preferred suppliers

LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES

• Under the direction of Sr Director, Director or Sr Manager, drives adoption of global sourcing strategies across the enterprise and ensures on going cross team collaboration
• Champions use of eSourcing, Spend Visibility, and P2P tools company-wide
• Works with Division Business Partners and functional partners to gather business requirements for category strategy development
• Create and maintain a communication mechanism to ensure coordination with internal partners and reporting of sourcing impact
• Leads a Global Category Team, develops staff to create expertise in both the areas of spend being managed and in strategic sourcing processes
• Mentors and develops staff through coaching and development plans to address individual areas of improvement
• Implements talent initiatives to improve Employee Involvement Survey results