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Job Description

Job Description

Business Title: Procurement Specialist II - Brokers/Secondary Market

Band: 5

Job Code: OPS.PROC.P05

About Thermo Fisher Scientific:

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue exceeding $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving sophisticated analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies, or growing efficiency in their laboratories, we support them. Our distributed team of over 75,000 colleagues delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience, and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, and Patheon. Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

• Support purchasing and sourcing activities and work with critical partners across manufacturing, engineering, and project management
• Understand and communicate component specifications to suppliers.
• Identify potential suppliers to ensure the best quality, cost, and delivery of purchased material consistent with required standards.
• Facilitate timely communication between internal teams and individuals requesting information
• Support the procurement manager in prioritizing multiple requests and presenting with the partners.
• Monitor and report procurement performance metrics.
• Expedite internal partners and requestors for outstanding information.
• Evaluate supplier performance and connect with suppliers periodically.
• Contribute to cross-functional team meetings, implement and share all actions with the team as needed.
• Supports the execution of global sourcing strategies focused on identifying and contracting with preferred suppliers that meet key business needs and category management goals
• Drives cost savings and cost avoidance initiatives and supports quality improvement projects.
• Supplier relationship management data handling and analysis, and perform other related duties as assigned

• Bachelor's degree in manufacturing operations, business administration, operations management, purchasing, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• High level of accuracy
• 2+ years of working experience in the electronics industry.
• Proficiency in MS Office, i.e., Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Experience with buying Electronic Components is preferred
• Hands-on manufacturing and/or supply chain experience is preferred
• Proven collaborative style in performing sourcing activities

• Strong understanding of the specified functional area.
• Project management and ability to facilitate transformation within diverse organizational hierarchies.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to handle and prioritize multiple tasks.
• Effective interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Strong analytical skills to define and solve problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to make decisions and tackle practical problems with various variables when standardization is limited.
• Ability to take the initiative, work independently towards defined goals, and maintain procurement goals at the highest level.
• Attention to detail is a must.
• Ability to understand market dynamics and develop/propose risk mitigation strategies.
• Strong customer service focus on improving satisfaction and demonstrating judgment, tact, and diplomacy in caring for internal and external customers.
• Dedicated, results-oriented, and motivated to work effectively without direct constant supervision.
• Knowledge of electronics components procurement is preferred.
• Demonstration of Thermo Fisher Scientific values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, and Involvement.