Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions
Office

Job Description

About Thermo Fisher Scientific:

Join Thermo Fisher Scientific's team to make a global impact through meaningful work. With 100,000+ colleagues, you'll help customers create a healthier, cleaner, and safer world. Achieve your career goals and contribute to solving tough challenges in science.

How will you make an impact?

The Sr. Director, Procurement - (Chromatography & Mass Spectroscopy Division) is the global leader responsible for developing and driving the Procurement vision. The individual will be a key partner to the divisional operations leader with a focus on strategy, execution, and implementation. This position will facilitate the development and execution of long-term strategies that will optimize quality, cycle/response time, reduce risk, and total cost.

• Establish and implement short and long-term goals, strategic plans, policies, and procedures for the Division aligned with the Group performance metrics-,savings targets, quality, service, cost, and innovation.

• Partner with Category Managers, R&D, and Engineering to deliver annual value improvements and drive a competitive advantage.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain to build demand plans for supplier partners.
• Responsible for coordinating business projects and programs (e.g., M&A integration, make or buy, vendor transition, CSR), monitoring execution, and communicating results to senior leaders.
• Engage with Supplier Partners, ensuring capacity to meet demand and work with Category Management to close gaps.
• Use a 'scouting approach' to influence R&D and Commercial partners earlier in the NPI process, on the use of preferred suppliers.
• Serve as the point of contact for Procurement within the Division and work with Categories to resolve issues.
• Consolidate, analyze, and report on divisional procurement metrics for business reviews.
• Provide division input to category strategies (Global, Group-specific) and support implementation of aligned strategies.
• Work with supplier leadership (Vice President, General Managers, President, Functional and Operations Leaders) to solve business problems and assure alignment with Thermo Fisher objectives.
• Mentor staff through coaching and development plans to address individual areas of improvement.
• Implement talent initiatives to improve Employee Involvement Survey results.

• A Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in Supply Chain/Materials Management, Business Logistics or a related area; MBA or equivalent experience preferred.
• 15 plus years of procurement experience with at least 7 years as a people manager.
• High level of proficiency with core Procurement skills (negotiation, technical sourcing).
• Strong influencing skills with the ability to see issues from multiple viewpoints and understand the differing needs of business leaders..
• Strong business knowledge;
• Motivational leader, able to develop and cultivate strong collaboration and improve overall performance of the team
• Committed leader with a focus on identifying root causes and implementing lasting solutions.