Manager, Procurement

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.

**How will you make an impact?**

The Procurement Manager leads and coordinates activities of personnel related to the timely, cost-effective Sourcing & Procurement of raw materials & finished goods to support manufacturing operations in a fast-paced team environment. Establishes best practice procurement processes and delivers year-over-year cost savings. Works on problems of diverse scope including analysis of data.

**What you will do**:

- Lead all aspects of Sourcing and Procurement as necessary to maintain a reliable and cost competitive source of supply for two LPE Mexico sites.
- Lead and/or support the negotiation with suppliers.
- Identify and also lead cross functional cost saving projects.
- Driving purchasing decisions based on cost and scenario analysis, as well as market trends.
- Recruit and maintain suppliers that provide high quality products and services at a better price with timely delivery while maintaining the highest code of ethics and conduct.
- Hiring, training, and leading the procurement department employees.
- Develop, implement, and maintain policies, procedures, and material control systems to reduce inventory costs, streamline processes, and implement solutions. (Utilizing Kanban, consigned and vendor-managed inventory where applicable.)
- Deploy, manage and report all related supply chain KPI’s monthly:

- Coordinate with finance/accounting on matters involving inventory carrying costs.
- Ensure suppler performance to lead times and optimization of safety stock for customer service levels and inventory.
- Minimize/eliminate any past due customer orders through implementation of an effective and efficient supply chain of incoming raw materials and finished goods.
- Meet annual site Sourcing savings targets, working closely with the Global Sourcing Team and Product Management.
- Participate, review, and provide recommendations and oversight in forecasting, production planning, and logistics planning activities.
- Contribute to monthly SIOP (Sales Inventory & Operations Planning) process as required.

**How you will get here**:
**Minimum Education and Experience Requirements**
- Bachelor’s degree with studies in Business, Operations, Supply Chain or related field
- 5+ years of Procurement experience
- 3+ years of Sourcing experience

**Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities**
- Strong ability to coach, mentor and lead people to effectively work as a Team.
- Excellent interpersonal and communications skills (oral & written).
- Proficiency in analyzing data from ERP systems, using Excel and Access.
- Strong analytical, planning and organizational skills and ability to multitask.
- Skilled in Microsoft Office Word, PowerPoint and Visio.
- Focus on the customer when organizing and managing the execution of deliverables.
- Proven ability to work with a diverse group of people.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and use data, metrics, and continuous improvement tools to consistently achieve organizational objectives.
- Experience with leading change management with demonstrated ability to influence.
- Driven and self-motivated; calculated risk taker with a bias for action that achieves results.
- Ability to work independently under pressure and react quickly to changing priorities.
- Demonstrated Role Model Leader Characteristics:

- Embody the Thermo Fisher Scientific 4-I values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement.
- Customer Service.
- Communicate openly and honestly.
- Focus on growth.
- Champion employee development.

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