Job Information
ThermoFisher Scientific Procurement Specialist III - Plastics in Houston, Texas
Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Job Description
As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.
Location/Division Specific Information
Position based in Houston, TX, Morrisville, NC, or Pittsburgh, PA, and will support the Corporate Group of Corporate Global Business Services Division.
Discover Impactful Work:
The Procurement Specialist III – Plastics , manages and continuously improves the assigned categories of spend. Collaborates with a cross-functional team of sourcing, operations, technical, finance and other key colleagues to prioritize sourcing initiatives, develops sourcing strategies, negotiates contracts, supports spend migration from incumbent to preferred suppliers, and manages preferred supplier relationships.
A Day in the Life:
Scale of Responsibilities
Completes global category initiatives to deliver key category performance indicators, including: savings, supplier rationalization, low-cost region sourcing, risk management, spend under agreement, joint innovation, supplier performance, etc.
Supports the execution of global sourcing strategies focused on identifying and contracting with preferred suppliers that meet key business needs and category management goals.
Technical Responsibilities
Monitors market intelligence and key trends, assesses impact and refines category plans to support business requirements.
Engages and supports division/site procurement teams and other key colleagues to qualify preferred suppliers & migrate spend from incumbent, non-preferred suppliers.
Analyzes category supplier performance data to find opportunities for supplier performance improvement and to establish continuous improvement goals.
Supports supplier business reviews with suppliers to ensure both parties meet obligations under the terms of agreement, including performance standards and continuous improvement goals.
Leads the impact of cost and risk when developing contracts.
Drives negotiations for global agreements aligned with category strategy.
Leadership Responsibilities
- Collaborates with cross-functional colleagues (quality, technical, operations, finance, etc.) to ensure all category sourcing activities are aligned to a common set of goals and priorities.
Keys to Success:
Education
- Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in Business or technical field. Master’s Degree is preferred.
Experience
3 years procurement/sourcing experience in a regulated company, with strong category/business engagement experience required.
Experience in a continuous improvement environment with a track record of achieving significant year over year results preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
Demonstrated consultative/collaborative style in performing sourcing activities.
Influences without authority to motivate and manage a cross-functional team in multiple geographies.
CPSM or equivalent is preferred.
Hands-on manufacturing and/or supply chain experience is preferred
Experience in life sciences, medical device, or pharmaceutical industries is preferred .
Successful completion of a Thermo Fisher Leadership Development Program
Business insight – knows how to assess market/business requirements dynamics and negotiate agreements that yield meaningful business value.
Ability to travel 0-25%.
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.”
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.