Job Description

　　When you are part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you will do meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale! Join over 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 will 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.

　　How will you make an impact?

　　The Sustainability Specialist will be part of the Sustainability team focused on our global effort to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer by improving practices in our operations, products, and supply chain. This role will focus on working with key suppliers to communicate expectations on sustainability and decarbonization, track supplier participation to sustainability requirements, and collaborate with global procurement and business colleagues to integrate sustainability into supply chain decision making.

　　What will you do?

　　Work closely with procurement to engage suppliers in support of Thermo Fisher’s net zero goals and Scope 3 emissions reduction ambitions.

　　Schedule, and manage supplier meetings and other engagements, participate in supplier events, and manage achievement of resulting action items.

　　Communicate and educate suppliers on greenhouse gas emissions topics including carbon foot printing and GHG emissions baselining, science-based target setting, sharing of emissions data, and decarbonization road mapping

　　In collaboration with global procurement/supply chain, support negotiation with suppliers to define timelines and milestones for meeting Thermo Fisher expectations.

　　Support the development, execution, and distribution of content related to decarbonization such as supplier toolkits, FAQ’s, trainings, etc.

　　Collect and assess data to ensure high data quality

　　Taking direction from your manager, track all actions and KPIs to record and report support of net-zero in-year objectives

　　Support supplier adoption of digital solutions used to manage supplier engagement and emissions data sharing

　　Track engagement notes, decisions, and outcomes to identify supplier maturity and demonstrate the value of engagement

　　Technical Responsibilities

　　Contributes updates to overall project plans, tracking key milestones, and timelines

　　Detects, calls out and facilitates issue resolution and/or appropriate partner concern and address program risk

　　Identifies opportunities to drive continuous improvement

　　Supports data analysis to drive action against objectives

　　Proficiency in Powerpoint, Smartsheet and Excel

　　How will you get here?

　　Bachelors degree required. Engineering, Business, Analytics, or Environmental Sciences preferred

　　A minimum of 3 years of relevant work experience. Procurement, supply chain and/or program management experience preferred

　　Background in life sciences, bioTech, pharma, manufacturing industry, and/or sustainability consulting preferred

　　Demonstrated passion for and knowledge of corporate environmental sustainability

　　Well-developed analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills

　　Excellent communication skills with an ability to tailor data-heavy messages to specific audiences 

　　Proven experience in a role requiring high-attention to detail, data analysis, and organization skills in a fast-paced environment 

　　Ability to efficiently coordinate communication with team members

　　Demonstrated ability to deliver assigned projects, with exemplary capability to follow-up and follow-through

　　Ability to work independently, within a team, and collaboratively across teams

　　Multi-tasking skills and planning for prioritizing personal workload

　　Benefits

　　We offer competitive remuneration, an 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.”

　　EEO/Reasonable Accommodation

　　We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

　　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.