Job Description

　　As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

　　Excellent Benefits Package

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　　Medical, Dental, & Vision benefits-effective Day 1

　　Paid Time Off & Holidays

　　401K Company Match up to 6%

　　Tuition Reimbursement – eligible after 90 days!

　　Employee Referral Bonus

　　Employee Discount Program

　　Recognition Program

　　Charitable Gift Matching

　　Company Paid Parental Leave

　　Career Advancement Opportunities

　　How you will make an impact:

　　The Procurement Specialist – Inbound Logistics , manages and continuously improves the assigned categories of spend. Collaborates with a cross-functional team of sourcing, operations, technical, finance and other key colleagues to prioritize sourcing initiatives, develops sourcing strategies, negotiates contracts, supports spend migration from incumbent to preferred suppliers, and manages preferred supplier relationships.

　　What will you do?

　　Scale of Responsibilities

　　Implements global category initiatives to deliver key category performance indicators, including: savings, supplier rationalization, low-cost region sourcing, risk management, spend under agreement, joint innovation, supplier performance, etc

　　Supports the execution of global sourcing strategies focused on identifying and contracting with preferred suppliers that meet key business needs and category management goals

　　Technical Responsibilities

　　Monitors market intelligence and key trends, assesses impact and refines category plans to support business requirements

　　Engages and supports division/site procurement teams and other key colleagues to qualify preferred suppliers & migrate spend from incumbent, non-preferred suppliers

　　Analyzes category supplier performance data to find opportunities for supplier performance improvement and to establish continuous improvement goals

　　Supports supplier business reviews with suppliers to ensure both parties meet obligations under the terms of agreement, including performance standards and continuous improvement goals

　　Manages the impact of cost and risk when developing contracts

　　Drives negotiations for global agreements aligned with category strategy

　　Leadership Responsibilities

　　Collaborates with cross-functional colleagues (quality, technical, operations, finance, etc.) to ensure all category sourcing activities are aligned to a common set of goals and prioritiesHow will you get here?

　　Bachelor’s degree in Business or technical field. Master’s Degree is preferred

　　Minimum of 3 years procurement/sourcing experience in mid to large multinational companies, with strong category/business engagement experience

　　Business insight – knows how to assess market/business requirements dynamics and negotiate agreements that yield meaningful business value

　　Experience working in highly regulated industries

　　Experience in a continuous improvement environment with a track record of achieving significant year over year results

　　Demonstrated consultative/collaborative style in performing sourcing activities

　　Influences without authority to motivate and manage a cross-functional team in multiple geographies.

　　CPSM or equivalent is preferred

　　Hands-on manufacturing and/or supply chain experience is preferred

　　Experience in life sciences, medical device, or pharmaceutical industries is preferred

　　Ability to travel 25 to 50%

　　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.