Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Job Description
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., a global leader in scientific research and innovation, is seeking a highly motivated and experienced individual to join our team as a Purchasing Manager. As the Purchasing Manager, you will play a pivotal role in driving the success of our Division Procurement department, ensuring flawless execution and world-class collaboration.
Scale of Responsibilities:
* Establish and implement short and long-term goals, strategic plans, policies, and procedures aligned with Group and the group leadership team.
* Translate Divisional business and Procurement objectives and targets to Category management teams and monitor category management contributions to these targets.
* Deliver on key objectives (Annual Operating Plan - AOP), including delivery, quality, service, cost, innovation, and growth commitments for Division Procurement.
* Coordinate long-range strategies with business partners across the Division and successfully implement plans.
* Partner with Category Managers, R&D, and Engineering to deliver annual value improvements and drive competitive advantage.
* Coordinate business projects, such as M&A integration.
* Provide input for make or buy decisions, supplier selection, management of suppliers for product innovation projects, and vendor transitions.
* Ensure alignment with business colleagues within the Group and Division on projects.
* Serve as the main contact for 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 Distributed team for procedures.
* Uses ‘scouting approach’ to influence R&D and Commercial partners earlier in NPI process, monitor product pipeline (LCM), support product platforming.
* Serves as critical issue point of contact for Procurement within the Division.
* Consolidates, analyses 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.
* Runs division input to category strategies (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 implementation of common processes, standardises work, use of tools and technologies.
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