Procurement Program Specialist

at  Thermo Fisher Scientific

JOB DESCRIPTION

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. This includes protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe, and helping find cures for cancer.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Engineering, or Science.

EXPERIENCE

• Three to five years experience managing programs and project initiatives, preferably within a Procurement function
• Familiarity with core Procurement processes such as supplier selection, onboarding, and procure to pay preferred
• Life Sciences, BioTech, or Pharma industry preferred
• Experience in Procurement, Supply Chain, Sourcing, Category Management preferred
• Experience in Supply Chain Sustainability, Supplier Responsibility, Supply Chain Due Diligence or Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) a plus
• Process improvement background (PPI, Lean, Six Sigma, etc) preferred

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES

• B2+ English Level. Fluent in English written and spoken.
• Exceptional analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to efficiently organize forums and coordinate communication with team members
• Robust project management skills and capabilities
• Excellent communication skills for structuring ideas in a clear and concise manner
• Strong ability to effectively communicate with and present to Senior Leadership
• Strong proficiency in MS-Office tools (specifically, MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Able to use supplier information management/ data systems
• Demonstrated ability to make recommendations on and deliver assigned projects
• Can work independently, within a team, and collaboratively across teams
• Ability to collaborate with matrix project teams of peers and other partners and navigate within a matrix environment
• Ability to collaborate across multiple sites and platforms in a virtual office environment
• Multi-tasking skills and planning for prioritizing personal workload
• Able to manage change effectively and frequently
  We pride ourselves on our inclusive and collaborative culture, where every voice is valued, and ideas are encouraged. We believe that diversity and inclusion are essential for encouraging innovation and driving business success. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing a workplace that is free from discrimination and harassment.
  Join our team and be part of a company that is making a difference. Apply today and help us shape a healthier, cleaner, and safer world together.

SCALE OF RESPONSIBILITIES

• Controls supplier compliance and risk preventative measures to minimize supply chain risk and ensure compliance with local/ regional laws and regulations.
• Supports supplier compliance and risk assessment processes, identifies supplier risk, drives supplier compliance.
• Maintains continuous process/ output tracking for audit/ compliance checks and internal self-assessment.
• Supports compliance and risk processes, metrics management and initiatives.
• Works across business units and divisions to identify, engage, and track participation in relevant processes.
• May run multiple projects at a time with well-documented and organized project management skills to problem solve and support enterprise and functional objectives.
• Implements effective communication plans and delivers presentations to propose key initiatives, provide critical implementation updates, operational line-of-sight, and demonstrate delivery of value within the organization.
• Coordinates data inputs across the function to enable key reporting visibility and insights.
• Uses suppliers, and business partner inputs and knowledge of existing systems and constraints to develop standard reporting requirements and drive process improvements

TECHNICAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Applies consistent project management approaches and process coordination, reports roadblocks and variances to project plan, ensure projects are on schedule and achieve stated objectives.
• Tracks and monitors timely completion of compliance and supplier risk prevention processes, plan vs. actual, and report progress as required.
• Runs overall project plans, track progress, handling overall schedules, resources, and timelines.
• Detects and facilitates issue resolution including appropriate actions to address program risk.
• Maintains document repository and file structure as well as access rights, cataloguing and monitoring version control on key documents.

LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES

• Coordinate with global, cross-functional, geographically distributed teams to achieve desired outcomes.
• Coordinates with team members to identify and document resource constraints.
• Works with suppliers and key internal and external partners to achieve key deliverables on time and within plan, develop relationships within the company to complete assigned projects.
• Integrates diverse views while participating in targeted content deep dive sessions to enable problem solving.