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Job Description
When you’re part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do important work. And you’ll have the opportunity for continual growth and learning in a culture that empowers your development. With revenues of more than $40 billion and the largest investment in R&D in the industry, we give our people the resources and opportunities to make significant contributions to the world.
How will you make an impact
The Procurement Partner collaborates closely with the BEA site cross functional teams and contributes to the development of multi-year strategies and business plans for the BEA Division and drives the execution of the Procurement vision with key colleagues in the division. The individual is a key partner to the divisional operations leader with a focus on strategy, execution, and implementation. Facilitates the development and execution of long-term strategies that will optimize quality, cycle/response time, technology, risk, and total cost. Mitigates risk, uses technology, improves processes and systems, and reduces overall cost of ownership and acquisition.
Scale of Responsibilities
Establishes and implements short and long-term goals, strategic plans, policies, and procedures for the Division aligned with Group and the divisional leadership team.
Translates Divisional business and Procurement objectives and targets to Category management teams and monitors category management contributions to these targets.
Delivers on key objectives (Annual Operating Plan - AOP), delivery, quality, service, cost, innovation, and growth commitments for Division Procurement. Owns and drives the cost savings targets for the site, working closely with the Category teams.
Coordinates long range strategies with the business partners across the Division and implements plans.
Drives resolution to supplier delivery critical issues and negotiates price increases.
Partners with Category Managers, R&D, Engineering to deliver annual value improvements including New Product Introductions, Engineering Changes Requests (ECRs), and First Article Inspections (FAIs).
Provides input to make or buy and footprint decisions, supplier selection and supplier management for product innovation projects and vendor transitions, monitors the execution, and communicates results to senior leaders.
Ensures alignment with business colleagues within the Group and Division to coordinate business projects (e.g. productivity, M&A, NPI).
Serves as the point of contact and ensure the implementation of Enterprise Processes such as Supplier Quality, Supplier Risk and Supplier Management
Technical Responsibilities
Collects supplier (technical) capability requirements for current and future product portfolio as input for supplier scouting.
Gathers Division business requirements and assures compliance to regulatory requirements.
Drives and tracks compliance for indirect materials, as well as link with Global team for policies and procedures.
Uses ‘scouting approach’ to influence R&D and Commercial partners earlier in NPI process, monitor product pipeline (LCM), support product platforming.
Serves as escalation point of contact for Procurement within the Division.
Consolidates, analyzes, and reports on divisional procurement metrics for business reviews.
Leadership Responsibilities
Aligns the Procurement strategy with the Divisional Leadership team
Ensures procurement value contribution to business and supports Division initiatives
Manages division input to category strategies (Global, Group specific)
Engages with supplier leadership to support the Category team and Division in achieving Thermo Fisher objectives related to quality, cost, innovation, growth, and compliance.
Support the development and implementation of common processes, standardized work, use of tools and technologies.
Education & Experience
A bachelor’s degree in supply chain/Materials Management, Business Logistics or a related area or equivalent; MBA preferred
8+ years of procurement/sourcing experience
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
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
Demonstrated understanding of operations
Strong analytical skills and process focus
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
Flexible working hours to better balance your personal life
25 days of vacation and 3 sick days/year
Home office possibility
Financial benefits - annual bonus, meal allowance, pension insurance allowance
Further employee benefits - a mobile tariff for you and family members for great prices, free Multisport card, the possibility of life or health insurance
We have a modern work environment including relax zones, power yoga lectures, gym, outside playground, and massages in the building. In the company canteen, there is always fresh fruit and vegetable for free and much more!
Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us (https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/5-reasons-to-work-at-thermo-fisher-scientific) . As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.
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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.