Sr Category Manager leading strategic sourcing and supplier management at Thermo Fisher Scientific. Collaborating cross-functionally to align category strategies with business objectives and financial targets.
Responsibilities
Connects key categories to relevant Thermo Fisher business divisions ensuring alignment of strategies and financial targets
Accountable for the multi-year category strategy and plan objectives, timelines, and goals
Analyzes cross-divisional spending and develops global strategic sourcing plans to reduce the total cost of ownership for all business units
Demonstrates a measurable reduction in year over year total cost of ownership without compromising quality and service levels
Considers financial planning, forecasting, P&L performance, inventory, cash flow, tariffs and inflation to inform strategy
Provides thought leadership in developing and implementing sourcing strategies
Champions the use of structured Category Management process to develop category strategies including diversity, sustainability and risk assessment
Uses AQSCIR method to develop and drive 3 to 5 year global sourcing strategies
Communicates plans and progress to Enterprise colleagues
Runs the contracting process and leads coordination with Legal to ensure proper documentation
Leads the supplier qualification, RFP, supplier selection, contract development, implementation, compliance, and ongoing supply base management process
Assesses market intelligence for key trends, and uses predictive analytics to make risk mitigation recommendations
Drives supplier consolidation through engagement with Division Business Partners
Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree required
Graduate Degree in Business (Preferred), Finance, and/or Technical field
Minimum 10 years’ of procurement/sourcing experience with increasing global responsibility in a large matrixed company environment
Minimum 7 years’ experience in the assigned category
3+ years experience leading and managing procurement teams with a focus on mentoring, coaching and performance management
Strong leadership and effective business partnering capabilities
Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams in a complex organization
Strong negotiation and presentation skills
Strong knowledge of the strategic sourcing and category management process
Strong project management skills
Requires ability to deal with ambiguity and make decisions based on potentially incomplete information
Capable of working across all functions and levels of an organization
International experience (plus) – working experience in different countries/regions/languages
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