Thermo Fisher Scientific

Procurement/Sourcing Specialist III

Thermo Fisher Scientific

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Lebanon • Pennsylvania, Tennessee • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

ERP

About the role

  • Identify risk and implement new sources of material to minimize financial and operational risk to the business.
  • Perform all functions needed to ensure the lowest total cost of purchased materials and services for a site.
  • Participates in negotiations and commodity teams to implement proactive procurement philosophies, strategies, policies, and procedures for successful integration into multiple business plans across various corporate departments.
  • Prepare data and analyze inventory trends, external and internal key performance metrics, and proposing process improvement and the generation or management of key reports, metrics, and projects.
  • 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.
  • Handle supplier relationships, monitoring supplier performance to ensure compliance with contractual obligations.
  • Handle supplier relationships, looking for new innovative solutions and products to cement supply chain flexibility.
  • Always support supplier risk mitigation activities 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 that meet customer specification.
  • 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 required.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in related field
  • 4 or more years of experience in procurement and/or supply chain
  • Prior experience in sourcing new materials to mitigate supply chain risk preferred
  • Experience in planning, manufacturing, quality, or engineering subject areas desired
  • Proven negotiating experience and results required
  • MRP knowledge and ERP experience in a manufacturing environment
  • Knowledge of procurement processes and strategic supplier management required
  • Ability to lead project execution of cost saving, sourcing and inventory management programs
  • Proven negotiating experience and results required
  • ISO or equivalent system and change control (FDA, cGMP) experience preferred
  • Operational Environment knowledge desired
  • Computer proficiency required in Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
  • Anticipate needs and problems while creating solutions.
  • Demonstrates a sense of urgency, contagious optimism and a “can do” attitude.
  • Greets challenge and change as opportunity.
  • Has courage and confidence to take risks and learn from mistakes.
  • Is authentic, open and leads by example, holding self and others accountable
  • Collaborates with others. Stretches across borders, breaks silos and builds effective partnerships with internal customers and colleagues.
Benefits
  • Medical, Dental, & Vision benefits-effective Day 1
  • Paid Time Off (120 hours per year) + Designated Paid Holidays
  • 401K Company Match up to 6%
  • Tuition Reimbursement – eligible after 90 days!
  • Employee Referral Bonus

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
procurementsupply chain managementnegotiationinventory managementcost savingssourcingMRPERPprocess improvementsupplier management
Soft skills
problem solvingcollaborationleadershipcommunicationadaptabilityaccountabilityoptimismurgencycreativityrisk management
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeISO certificationcGMP knowledge