Senior Procurement Manager – Category Leader, MRO & Industrial Gases

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Sr Procurement Manager driving complex global category strategies for MRO & industrial gases. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to manage supplier relationships and achieve significant savings.

Posted 4/23/2026full-timeMorrisville • North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Drives the execution of complex global category strategies necessary to continuously improve the assigned categories of spend across the North Americas Sites
Collaborates and leads a cross-functional team of sourcing, operations, technical, finance, and other colleagues to prioritize sourcing initiatives
Develops multi-year global sourcing strategies focused on identifying suppliers that meet key business category management goals
Analyzes market intelligence to identify key trends, assesses impact, and refines category plans to support business requirements
Engages and supports division/site procurement teams to qualify key suppliers & migrate spend from incumbent, poor performance suppliers
Analyzes category supplier performance data to find opportunities for supplier performance improvement

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Business or technical field or equivalent combination of experience and education
Minimum of 10 years procurement/sourcing experience in mid to large multinational companies
MRO experience is a must
Experience working in highly regulated industries
Experience in a continuous improvement environment
Demonstrated consultative, collaborative and influencing style in performing sourcing activities

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Flexible work hours
Paid time off

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Hard Skills & Tools

procurementsourcingcategory managementmarket intelligence analysissupplier performance analysiscontinuous improvementMRO

Soft Skills

collaborativeconsultativeinfluencing