Procurement Manager – Divisional Procurement Partner

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Divisional Procurement Partner developing multi-year strategies for the Chemical Analysis Division at Thermo Fisher. Driving execution of procurement vision and supporting divisional operations with key colleagues.

Posted 6/18/2026full-timeTewksbury • Massachusetts, Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $103,100 - $154,700 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Contributes to the development of multi-year strategies and business plans for the Chemical Analysis Division and drives the execution of the Procurement vision with key colleagues in the division
A key partner to the divisional operations leader with a focus on strategy, execution and implementation
Facilitates the development and execution of long-term strategies that will optimize quality, cycle/response time, technology, risk, and total cost
Mitigates risk, uses technology, improves processes and systems, and reduces overall cost of ownership and acquisition
Establishes and implements short and long-term goals, strategic plans, policies and procedures for the Division aligned with Group and the divisional leadership team
Translates Divisional business and Procurement objectives and targets to Category management teams and monitors category management contributions to these targets
Delivers on key objectives (Annual Operating Plan - AOP), delivery, quality, service, cost, innovation, and growth commitments for Division Procurement
Coordinates long range strategies with the business partners across the Division and implements plans
Partners with Category Managers, R&D, Engineering to deliver annual value improvements and drives competitive advantage
Provides input to make or buy and footprint decisions, supplier selection, and supplier management for product innovation projects and vendor transitions, monitors the execution and communicates results to senior leaders
Ensures alignment with business colleagues within the Group and Division on projects
Serves as the point of contact and ensures the implementation of Enterprise Processes such as Supplier Quality, Supplier Risk and Supplier Management
Collects supplier (technical) capability requirements for current and future product portfolio as input for supplier scouting
Gathers Division business requirements and assures compliance to regulatory requirements
Drives and tracks compliance for indirect materials
Uses ‘scouting approach’ to influence R&D and Commercial partners earlier in NPI process, monitor product pipeline (LCM), support product platforming
Serves as point of contact for Procurement within the Division
Consolidates, analyzes and reports on divisional procurement metrics for business reviews
Aligns the Procurement strategy with the Divisional Leadership team
Ensures procurement value contribution to business and supports Division initiatives
Manages division input to category strategies (Global, Group specific)
Engages with supplier leadership to support the CM team and Division in achieving Thermo Fisher objectives related to quality, cost, innovation, growth and compliance
Supports the development and implementation of common processes, standardized work, use of tools and technologies.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain/Materials Management, Business Logistics or a related area or equivalent; MBA preferred
Minimum of 5 years of related experience
Proven and significant experience in ESI, NPI processes with third parties and outsourced development management preferred
Progressive career path in manufacturing operations and procurement preferred
Strong procurement and sourcing background preferred
High level of proficiency with core Procurement skills (engineering, sourcing)
Strong influencing skills with ability to see issues from multiple viewpoints and understand differing needs of colleagues
Significant business knowledge and proven team building skills
Demonstrated flexibility and willingness to respond to changes in the external environment
Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to confidently present complex information
Results oriented, metrics driven leader with a root cause, permanent fix approach, continuous improvement approach
Demonstrated understanding of operations
Strong analytical skills and process focus
Ability to communicate effectively to empower global constituents to meet business objectives, and possess strong presentation skills at all levels of the organization
Strong leadership, interpersonal skills, and unquestioned integrity and trust
Excellent influence skills to impact change with peer roles and operations leaders throughout the division.

Benefits

Comp & perks

A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

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Hard Skills & Tools

ProcurementSourcingSupply Chain ManagementMaterials ManagementBusiness LogisticsEngineeringNPI processesESIContinuous ImprovementMetrics Analysis

Soft Skills

InfluencingTeam BuildingCommunicationFlexibilityAnalytical SkillsLeadershipInterpersonal SkillsResults OrientedPresentation SkillsIntegrity

Certifications

Bachelor’s DegreeMBA