Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions
Office

Job Description

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual to join our team as a Contract Specialist III. This is a unique opportunity to make an impact on a global scale and contribute to our mission of enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. As a Contract Specialist III, you will play a crucial role in supporting the Chemical Analysis Division (CAD) within Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Responsibilities:

• Review, negotiate, and administer commercial and government-related contracts on behalf of assigned CAD business units in accordance with corporate and departmental policies and procedures, including without limitation, price updates, audits, reports, and payments.
• Provide contract guidance to key internal stakeholders for legal, financial, regulatory, and other business concerns identifying areas of risk
• Support the development and submission of RFP, RFQ, and RFI responses.
• Ensure appropriate compliance reviews are completed including but not limited to import/export regulations and country of origin certificates
• Resolve and document customer issues in a timely manner.
• Support and participate in process improvement projects to drive operational efficiencies and standardization such as establishing templates, standardizing playbooks, process updates, etc.
• Manage and provide certificates of insurance requests.
• Maintain contracts team intranet resource site.
• Manage the general mailbox and assignments
• Support and assist the contracts team with contract administration activities as needed.
• Data entry and other miscellaneous duties as assigned.

• A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, along with relevant formal academic/vocational qualification.
• Minimum 2-5 years of government or commercial contracts experience, including contract negotiations, contract closeout, and pre and post RFP activities.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills and the ability to cultivate strong relationships, internally and externally, as applicable.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills to thrive in a fast-paced environment and manage constantly evolving priorities.
• Highly attentive individual with a customer-centric approach, sound judgment, work ethic, and professional integrity and a keen eye for detail.
• Advanced MS Office or Office 365 skills. Salesforce experience is a plus.
• IACCM or NCMA certifications are a plus