Procurement/Sourcing Specialist III

Job Description

Company Overview:

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: Middletown VA/Clinical Diagnostics Division.

Position Summary

The Procurement/Sourcing Specialist III will be responsible for sourcing and securing of materials and services for the Clinical Diagnostics Division. They will be required to identify risk, reduce cost, and implement new sources of material and services to minimize financial and operational risk to the business.

This role will perform all functions needed to ensure the lowest total cost of purchased materials and services for a site. The purpose is to balance the objectives of maximum product availability with strategic inventory plans.

Sourcing Specialist participates in negotiations and projects to implement proactive procurement philosophies, strategies, policies, and procedures for successful integration into multiple business plans across various corporate departments.

Sourcing Specialist will be responsible for preparing data and analyzing cost trends, external and internal key performance metrics, and proposing process improvement and the generation or management of key reports, metrics, and projects.

Key Responsibilities:

The Sourcing Specialist must support the local procurement team in the following activities:

• Maintain continuous material availability and minimize inventory.
• Negotiate availability and cost of materials from external suppliers. Solicit quotations for materials and services, analyze bids for specification compliance, pricing, delivery commitments, and evaluate the sources to ensure they can sustain providing secure supply chain model.
• Lead cost savings projects and work with cross-functional teams to drive cost savings to completion.
• Lead supplier relationships, at all times monitoring supplier performance to ensure compliance with contractual obligations.
• Lead supplier relationships and look for new innovative solutions and products to cement supply chain flexibility.
• Support supplier risk mitigation activities always, working on highlighting risk to the organization and implementing long term and short-term strategies to avoid revenue risk to the company.
• Support New Product Introduction activities by sourcing raw materials and services that meet customer specifications.
• Participate in purchasing performance metrics, reporting and improvement opportunities.
• Support continuous improvement and operational excellence processes.
• Complete special projects as assigned and provide manager support as the need arises.
• This position may be required to perform other related duties as required and/or assigned.

Requirements/Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, preferably in Business, Supply Chain, or a related field.
• At least 3 years of experience in procurement and/or supply chain.
• MRP knowledge and ERP experience in a cGMP manufacturing environment.
• ISO or equivalent system and change control (FDA, cGMP) experience preferred.
• Working knowledge of SAP is an advantage.
• Demonstrated negotiating experience and results required.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Computer proficiency in Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word, as well as above average Excel capabilities is required.
• Knowledge of procurement processes and strategic supplier management required.
• Ability to handle project execution of cost saving, sourcing, and inventory management programs.
• Operational Environment knowledge desired.
• Ability to anticipate needs and problems while creating solutions.
• Demonstrate a sense of urgency, contagious optimism and a “can do” attitude.
• Curious, inquisitive, innovative, never satisfied with the status quo and not afraid to challenge where required.
• Ability to greet challenge and change as opportunities.
• Courage and confidence to take risks and learn from mistakes.
• Authentic, open and leads by example, holding self and others accountable.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with others.
• Stretches across borders, breaks silos, and builds effective partnerships with internal customers and colleagues.

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.

Accessibility/Disability Access: We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation