Supply Chain Financial Analyst

at  Thermo Fisher Scientific

GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN FINANCIAL ANALYST

Location Eindhoven, Netherlands Job ID: XXXXXX
At Thermo Fisher Scientific, our Finance teams are important to our business and functional teams to make educated, sound decisions that drive our Mission and make us a stable and trusted industry leader. From Financial Planning & Analysis, Tax, Treasury, Financial Reporting, Audit, Investor Relations, Strategy & Corporate Development to Accounting, our Finance functions have a diverse and global presence, providing significant opportunities to develop outstanding career experiences and perspectives. Ranked #95 on the 2021 Fortune 500 list and with revenues of more than $35 billion, you’ll discover endless opportunities to grow an exciting career as part of the world leader serving science.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or Business-related field required

EXPERIENCE

• Good finance skills
• Background in Finance, preferably in a complex manufacturing industry
• Understanding in supporting Sales & Operations Planning cycles
• Understanding of Inventory Control and Logistics flows at global scale
• Comfortable to work with and bring structure to different sets of data
• Experience with Business Intelligence tools and consolidation systems is preferred

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES

• Good spoken and written communication skills are required to collaborate with various partners.
• Able to deliver effective presentations and understands and deploys the best tools / methods to effectively communicate complex topics
• High proficiency in creating analytical models using Excel
• Self-motivated, higher level of flexibility and strong work ethic with the goal to get the job done

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

• < 20% domestic/international travel required
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You will support the further development of the finance function to become a valued business partner. Below some important tasks that will go along with the role:

• Supports the Procurement team with financial data on topics like in New Product Introductions, Vendor Owned Management Inventory, Value Engineering, and similar projects,
• Support the processes to maintain governance around various savings and inflation initiatives in Procurement team,
• Support and analyze trends while reviewing OpEx spend, helping to provide accurate guidance for forecasting of Purchase Price Variances, and OpEx cost centers.
• Support data analytics and scorecards to provide transparency to Inventory and Days of Supply trends and performance,
• Support the build and analysis of operational metrics across all different logistics flows, and provide clarity on trends and performance,
• Support the analysis of standard costs against actual costs, and liaise with procurement team to discuss trends and performance.

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