Director, Procurement - Mechanical

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

In this role you will lead category management for an enterprise level 1 or level 2 global categories or multiple regional categories. Ensures that the category strategy is aligned with the functional/business objectives and work 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. Build organizational strength, create robust sourcing strategies, negotiate agreements, coordinate strategic supplier relationships, and drive continuous improvement and savings.

Scale of Responsibilities

• Connects key categories with all levels within 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 that reduce the total cost of ownership for all business units without compromising quality and service levels
• Considers financial planning, forecasting, P&L performance, inventory, cash flow, tariffs and inflation to inform strategy

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
• Applies the AQSCIR (Assurance, Quality, Service, Cost, Innovation, Regulatory) method to develop and drive 3 to 5 year global sourcing strategies with a focus on identifying and contracting with suppliers that align with category management goals.
• Communicates plans and progress to Enterprise colleagues
• Runs 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 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

• Drives adoption of global sourcing strategies across the enterprise and ensures ongoing teamwork
• 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
• Creates and maintains a communication mechanism to ensure coordination with internal colleagues and reporting of sourcing impact
• Leads a Global Category Team and 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

Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Bachelor’s Degree required; Graduate Degree in Business (Preferred), Finance, and/or Technical field
• Minimum 10 years’ of procurement/sourcing experience with increasing global responsibility and experience in a large matrixed company environment, minimum 7 years’ experience in the assigned category
• 5+ years' experience leading and managing procurement teams with a focus on mentoring, coaching and performance management
• Strong leadership and effective business partnering capabilities – influence without authority
• Proven track record to lead cross-functional teams in a complex organization
• Strong negotiation and presentation skills
• Strong understanding 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.”