Procurement Partner - Bioanalytical Labs at Thermo Fisher Scientific in Richmond, Virginia

Job Description:

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)



Environmental Conditions

Office



Job Description




The Procurement Partner contributes to the development of multi-year strategies and business plans for 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 monitor 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


• Coordinates long range strategies with the business partners across the Division and implement plans


• Partners with Category Managers, R&D, Engineering to deliver annual value improvements and drives competitive advantage


• Coordinates business projects (e.g. M&A integration)


• 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 on projects


• 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

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 CM 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

How will you get here?





Education

• A Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain/Materials Management, Business Logistics or a related area or equivalent;


• MBA preferred

Experience

• 8+ years of procurement/sourcing management experience


• Progressively responsible career path in manufacturing operations and procurement with significant practical experience in international settings


• Strong procurement and sourcing background

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


• Excellent influence skills to impact change with peer roles and operations leaders throughout the division

Benefits:



We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus scheme, healthcare, company pension, and a range of employee benefits!


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