Job Description

　　Business Title: Director, China Direct Procurement

　　Band 9

　　Job Code: OPS.PROC.M09

　　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 Director, China Direct Procurement is the leader responsible for developing and driving the Procurement vision with key colleagues within China on direct materials spend. The individual will be a key partner to business and operations leader with a focus on strategy, execution and implementation. This position will facilitate the development and execution of long-term strategies that will optimize quality, cycle/response time, technology, risk, and total cost. The role will mitigate risk, use technology, improve processes and systems, and reduce overall cost of ownership and acquisition.

　　Scale of Responsibilities

　　Establish and implement short and long-term goals, strategic plans, policies and procedures aligned with the China performance metrics

　　Deliver on key objectives (Annual Operating Plan - AOP), delivery, quality, service, cost, innovation, and growth commitments for Regional Procurement

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

　　Partner with Supply Chain to create demand plans for supplier partners

　　Ensure alignment with business colleagues on projects

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

　　Technical Responsibilities

　　Gather local business requirements and assures compliance to regulatory requirements

　　Engage with Supplier Partners, ensuring capacity to meet demand and works with Category Management to close gaps

　　Drive and track compliance as well as link with Global and regional teams for policies and procedures

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

　　Serve as escalation point of contact for Procurement within China, work with Category Management to resolve problems

　　Consolidate, analyze and report on China procurement metrics for business reviews

　　Leadership Responsibilities

　　Provides input to category strategies (Global, Region, Group specific) and support implementation of aligned strategies

　　Engage with supplier leadership (Vice President, General Managers, President, Functional and Operations Leaders) to solve business problems and assure alignment with Thermo Fisher objectives

　　Develop and assess procurement talent and improve resource productivity and professionalism

　　Mentors and develops staff through coaching and development plans to address individual areas of improvement

　　Implements talent initiatives to improve Employee Involvement Survey results

　　Execute on the Procurement Operating Model vision in all ways of working (e.g., leveraging COEs, Procurement Enablement and adopting standardized processes)

　　How will you get here?

　　Education

　　A Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain/Materials Management, Business Logistics or a related area or equivalent; MBA preferredExperience

　　A minimum of 12 years of procurement/sourcing experience

　　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

　　Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

　　Strong procurement and sourcing background

　　Demonstrated business acumen and understanding of operations

　　5+ years' experience leading and managing procurement teams with a focus on mentoring, coaching and performance management

　　Progressively responsible career path in manufacturing operations and procurement with significant practical experience in international settings

　　Strong analytical skills and process focus

　　Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and the 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

　　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.

　　Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.