Sr Procurement Manager - MRO & Industrial Gases at Thermo Fisher Scientific in Houston, Texas

Job Description:

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)



Environmental Conditions

Office



Job Description



The Sr Procurement Manager - MRO, drives the execution of complex global category strategies necessary to continuously improve the assigned categories of spend across the North Americas Sites. The job will influence about $80M in spend. Collaborates and leads a cross-functional team of sourcing, operations, technical, finance and other colleagues to prioritize sourcing initiatives, develops sourcing strategies and handles supplier relationships.




Scale of Responsibilities

• Responsible for strategy input and implementation for complex and strategic categories


• Delivers key category performance indicators, including: savings, supplier rationalization, low-cost region sourcing, risk management, spend under agreement, joint innovation, supplier performance, etc


• Develops multi year global sourcing strategies focused on identifying suppliers that meet key business category management goals

Technical Responsibilities

• Uses structured Category Management process to provide input into category strategies


• Analyzes market intelligence to identify key trends, assesses impact and refines category plans to support business requirements. Competent in category and supplier segmentation to effectively focus on key suppliers


• Engages and supports division/site procurement teams to qualify key suppliers & migrate spend from incumbent, poor performance suppliers


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


• Leads supplier based business reviews with selected suppliers to drive strategic priorities as well as handle key performance indicators


• Drives negotiations for global agreements aligned with category strategy

Leadership Responsibilities

• Influences cross-functional colleagues(quality, technical, operations, finance, etc.) to ensure category strategies and activities are aligned with divisional business priorities


• Works with external supply partners and leads cross-functional internal teams to advance key business drivers such as supply continuity, quality, cost and operational performance


• Selectively may work to develop supplier strategic partnerships. Secures capacity with suppliers (e.g. tool/asset management)


• Collaborates with Procurement Enablement team to develop predictive analytics


• Acts as a coach/mentor to colleagues on category strategy process

Education, Experience and Abilities

• Bachelor's degree in Business or technical field or equivalent combination of experience and education. Master's Degree is preferred


• Minimum of 10 years procurement/sourcing experience in mid to large multinational companies, with strong category/business engagement experience


• 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 and influencing style in performing sourcing activities


• 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!


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