Sourcing Manager / Division Procurement Partner

at  Thermo Fisher Scientific

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• A bachelor’s degree in supply chain/Materials Management, Business Logistics or a related area or equivalent; MBA preferred
• 8+ years of procurement/sourcing experience

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 proven team building skills
• Demonstrated flexibility and willingness to respond to changes in the external environment
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to confidently present complex information
• Results oriented, metrics driven leader with a root cause, permanent fix approach, continuous improvement approach
• Demonstrated understanding of operations
• Strong analytical skills and process focus
• Ability to communicate effectively to empower global constituents to meet business objectives, and possess strong presentation skills at all levels of the organization
• Strong leadership, interpersonal skills, and unquestioned integrity and trust

SCALE OF RESPONSIBILITIES

• Establishes and 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 monitors 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. Owns and drives the cost savings targets for the site, working closely with the Category teams.
• Coordinates long range strategies with the business partners across the Division and implements plans.
• Drives resolution to supplier delivery critical issues and negotiates price increases.
• Partners with Category Managers, R&D, Engineering to deliver annual value improvements including New Product Introductions, Engineering Changes Requests (ECRs), and First Article Inspections (FAIs).
• Provides input to make or buy and footprint decisions, supplier selection and supplier management for product innovation projects and vendor transitions, monitors the execution, and communicates results to senior leaders.
• Ensures alignment with business colleagues within the Group and Division to coordinate business projects (e.g. productivity, M&A, NPI).
• Serves as the point of contact and ensure the implementation of Enterprise Processes such as Supplier Quality, Supplier Risk and Supplier Management

TECHNICAL 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.
• Drives and tracks compliance for indirect materials, as well as link with Global team for policies and procedures.
• Uses ‘scouting approach’ to influence R&D and Commercial partners earlier in NPI process, monitor product pipeline (LCM), support product platforming.
• Serves as escalation point of contact for Procurement within the Division.
• Consolidates, analyzes, and reports on divisional procurement metrics for business reviews.

LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES

• Aligns the Procurement strategy with the Divisional Leadership team
• Ensures procurement value contribution to business and supports Division initiatives
• Manages division input to category strategies (Global, Group specific)
• Engages with supplier leadership to support the Category 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.