Procurement category manager, Sensors and electrical assemblies

Job Description

The Procurement category Manager, Sensors and Electrical assemblies will typically own the category globally, encompassing multiple site locations, divisions, and groups. Initiate and implement the sourcing strategy for the category in alignment with the functional/business objectives and with the Division Business Partners, Quality, Operations, R&D, and Business leaders. negotiate agreements, manage strategic supplier relationships, and drive continuous improvement year over year savings.

What will you do?

Scale of Responsibilities

• Connects key categories to relevant Thermo Fisher business divisions ensuring alignment of strategies and financial targets

• Accountable for the multi-year category strategy and plan objectives, timelines, and goals

• Analyzes cross-divisional spending and develops global strategic sourcing plans to reduce the total cost of ownership for all business units

• Demonstrates a measurable reduction in year over year total cost of ownership for the goods and services being sourced without compromising quality and service levels

• Participate in the digitalization of the procurement function by bringing creative ideas on how we can execute, smarter, faster, better

Technical Responsibilities

• Provides thought leadership in developing and implementing sourcing strategies.

• Champions the use of structured Category Management process to develop category strategies including diversity, sustainability and risk assessment and business continuity.

• Uses AQSCIR (Assurance, Quality, Service, Cost, Innovation, Regulatory) method to develop and drive 3 to 5 year global sourcing strategies focused on identifying and contracting with suppliers that meet category management goals

• Communicates plans and progress to Enterprise colleagues

• Runs the contracting process and lead coordination with Legal to ensure relationships are appropriately documented

• Leads the supplier qualification, RFP, supplier selection, contract development, implementation, compliance, and ongoing supply base management process

• Assesses market intelligence for key trends, and uses predictive analytics to make risk mitigation recommendations to the business

• Drives supplier consolidation through engaging and supporting Division Business Partners and Group Procurement Operations (e.g. sourcing engineers) to qualify preferred suppliers and migrate spend from incumbent, non-preferred suppliers

Leadership Responsibilities

• Typically works under the direction of a Director, drives adoption of global sourcing strategies across the enterprise and ensures ongoing cross team collaboration

• Champions use of eSourcing, Spend Visibility, and P2P tools company-wide

• Works with Division Business Partners and functional colleagues to gather business requirements for category strategy development

• Create and maintain a communication mechanism to ensure coordination with internal colleagues and reporting of sourcing impact

How will you get here?

Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Bachelor’s Degree required; Graduate Degree in Business (Preferred), Finance, and/or Technical field

• Minimum 5 years’ of procurement/sourcing experience with increasing global responsibility and experience in a large matrixed company environment, minimum 3 years’ experience in the assigned category

• Strong leadership and effective business partnering capabilities – influence without authority

• Proven ability to lead cross-functional projects in a complex organization

• Strong negotiation and presentation skills

• Strong knowledge of the strategic sourcing and category management process

• Strong project management skills

• Requires ability to deal with ambiguity and the corresponding capacity to make decisions or recommendations based on potentially incomplete information

• Capable of working across all functions and levels of an organization

• International experience (plus) – working experience in different countries/regions/languages

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.”

EEO/Reasonable Accommodation:

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.

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.