Job Description

About Thermo Fisher Scientific:When youre part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, youll 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. Youll find the resources here to achieve your career goals and help take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the worlds 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 Procurement Manager - Mechanical, drives the execution of complex category strategies encompassing multiple sites necessary to continuously improve the assigned categories of spend. Collaborates with a cross-functional team of sourcing, operations, technical, finance and other 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

• Manages APAC category initiatives / programs to deliver key category performance indicators including: savings, supplier rationalization, low-cost region sourcing, risk, supplier program management
• Leads the execution of a 3 to 5-year APAC sourcing strategies focused on identifying and contracting with preferred suppliers that meet key business needs and category management goals
• Participates in the development of 3 to 5-year global sourcing strategies focused on identifying and contracting preferred suppliers that meet key business category management goals
• Implements effective communication plans and deliver presentations to propose key initiatives, provide critical implementation updates, operational line-of-sight, and demonstrate delivery of value within the organization
• Performs analysis to identify value and business case development, through financial and options analysis, identification of required deliverables and results, implementation plans and resources required to achieve and ensure projects contribute to the organization.

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
• Analyze category supplier performance data to find opportunities for supplier performance improvement
• Actively participates in supplier business reviews with suppliers to ensure both parties meet obligations under the terms of agreement, including performance standards and continuous improvement goals
• Leads the supplier qualification, RFP, supplier selection, contract development, implementation, compliance, and ongoing supply base management process 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 priorities
• Establishes category plans and priorities globally and ensures alignment with divisional business priorities
• Create and maintain a communication mechanism to ensure coordination with internal colleagues and reporting of sourcing impact

How will you get here?

• Bachelors degree in Business or technical field. Masters Degree is preferred
• Minimum of 7 years procurement/sourcing experience in mid to large multinational companies, with strong category/business engagement experience
• Good business insight, knowing how to assess market/business requirements dynamics and negotiate agreements that yield meaningful business value
• Experience working in highly regulated industries, 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
• Experience in life sciences, medical device, or pharmaceutical industries is preferred

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.

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