Senior Manager, Finance GPS – Laboratory Equipment at Thermo Fisher Scientific

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Thermo Fisher Scientific Logo
Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Laboratory Equipment, Life Sciences, ManufacturingIndustries

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, or Accounting (required)
  • MBA or CPA (highly preferred)
  • Minimum of 8 years of growing responsibility in business partnership and people leadership
  • Experience in a global manufacturing organization (helpful)
  • Proficiency in Excel (including financial modeling and analysis), Cognos reporting tool (or equivalent), PowerPoint, and Hyperion (helpful)
  • Experience working in a global, matrixed environment (preferred)
  • Experience in the Life Sciences industry (desired but not required)
  • Strong academic credentials and finance competence
  • Ability to influence and engage business partners, peers, and direct/indirect reports; effective collaboration with leadership
  • Capability to lead a team with effective utilization of financial systems and strong accountability
  • Proactive interpersonal skills, with the ability to identify and address issues through candid dialogue
  • Proven track record of developing high levels of credibility

Responsibilities

  • Drive organic growth, profitability, and accountability across the Centrifuge, BSC/CO2, WAI, CWS businesses
  • Provide overall stewardship of a $550M+ business in partnership with the General Manager/Vice President
  • Identify and drive the levers of growth, coordinate factory capacity, and drive accountability on price/mix
  • Develop and lead a team of two colleagues
  • Partner with Commercial teams from Americas, EMEA, and APAC to deliver organic growth targets for Centrifuge, BSC/CO2, WAI, and CWS
  • Develop and implement models using Salesforce.com, Sales Data warehouse, and Corporate Data warehouse to forecast revenue, factory capacity, and inventory
  • Provide insights on drivers of growth and risk/opportunities based on backlog, pipeline, market data, and factory capacity trending
  • Review and construct analysis to measure the margin-mix and price performance of GPS business; make recommendations to drive profitability via favorable mix and incremental price; drive accountability for margin expansion via price-mix
  • Partner with Operations Finance teams to plan factory capacity and inventory in-sync with product mix and growth targets; work with Manufacturing operations and provide guidance to SIOP to lead capacity based on Commercial forecasts
  • Business partner to the VP/General Manager in evaluating and approving business opportunities (including Commercial quotes and Strategic Partnerships), new product development investment analysis, pricing strategies and product positioning, headcount and other investment proposals
  • Improve business case development to prioritize R&D budget across the division

Skills

Financial Planning
Analysis
Revenue Forecasting
Salesforce
Data Warehouse
Profitability Analysis
Price Mix
Capacity Planning
FP&A
Organic Growth

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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