Procurement Manager – Warehousing at Thermo Fisher Scientific

Budapest, Hungary

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Life SciencesIndustries

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree required; Graduate Degree in Business (Preferred), Finance, and/or Technical field
  • Minimum 7 years’ of procurement/sourcing experience with increasing global responsibility and experience in a large matrixed company environment, experience in the assigned category
  • Minimum 3 years experience leading procurement teams with a focus on mentoring, coaching and performance management
  • Strong leadership and effective business partnering capabilities – influence without authority
  • Proven track record

Responsibilities

  • Owns category management for warehousing encompassing multiple site locations, divisions and groups
  • Ensures that the category strategy is aligned with the functional/business objectives and works closely with Division Business Partners, Quality, Operations, R&D, and Business leaders to ensure category strategies are aligned cross functionally
  • Leads a Category team responsible for strategic sourcing activities and supplier management functions
  • Builds organizational strength, creates robust sourcing strategies, negotiates agreements, leads strategic supplier relationships, and drives continuous improvement year over year savings
  • Acts as the key category interface with 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
  • Uses financial planning, forecasting, P&L performance, inventory, cash flow, tariffs and inflation to inform strategy
  • Provides thought leadership in developing and implementing sourcing strategies
  • Champions the use of structured Category Management process to develop category strategies including diversity, sustainability, risk assessment and business continuity
  • Leverages AQSCIR 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 partners
  • Handles the contracting process and leads 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 leverages 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
  • Under the direction of Sr Director, Director or Sr Manager, 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 partners to gather business requirements for category strategy development
  • Creates and maintains a communication mechanism to ensure coordination with internal partners and reporting of sourcing impact
  • Leads a Global Category Team, develops staff to create expertise in both the areas of spend and in strategic sourcing processes
  • Mentors and develops staff through coaching and development plans to address individual areas of improvement
  • Implements talent initiatives to improve Employee Involvement Survey results

Skills

Category Management
Strategic Sourcing
Supplier Management
Negotiation
Financial Planning
Forecasting
P&L Management
Inventory Management
Risk Assessment
Sustainability
Business Continuity
Contracting

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Provides life sciences products and services

About Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific offers a variety of products and services that support scientific research and healthcare, including laboratory equipment, reagents, and software solutions. Their products are used in applications like protein biology, real-time PCR, and sequencing, serving clients such as academic institutions and pharmaceutical companies. Unlike competitors, Thermo Fisher emphasizes customer support and education, helping clients optimize their experiments. The company's goal is to be a leading provider of life sciences solutions that contribute to a healthier and safer world.

Waltham, MassachusettsHeadquarters
1956Year Founded
$17MTotal Funding
IPOCompany Stage
Biotechnology, HealthcareIndustries
10,001+Employees

Risks

Increased competition in single-use bioprocessing may impact market share.
Sale of anatomical pathology business could create a temporary product gap.
Investment in miDiagnostics may face regulatory challenges affecting returns.

Differentiation

Thermo Fisher offers a comprehensive range of life sciences products and services.
Their well-known brands include Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, and Invitrogen.
They provide strong customer support and educational resources to optimize client workflows.

Upsides

Expansion of biologics production facility enhances capacity for precision biologics monitoring.
Investment in miDiagnostics aligns with demand for rapid diagnostic solutions in BioPharma.
Collaboration with Mainz Biomed positions them in the growing cancer detection market.

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