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ThermoFisher Scientific Procurement Program Specialist - Risk and Compliance in Budapest, Hungary
Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Job Description
Job Title: Procurement Program Specialist - Risk and Compliance
Band 6
Job Code: OPS.PROC.P06
When you’re part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do meaningful work, that makes a positive impact on a global scale! Join 130,000 colleagues who bring our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. This includes protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe, and helping find cures for cancer.
How will you make an impact?
Operates as a supplier risk and compliance specialist within the Procurement Enablement team and across a global network of divisions, groups, functions and categories to ensure successful program delivery. In conjunction with relevant suppliers and business partners, identifies compliance and risk factors to address and implement mitigating actions.s. Leads project planning, management, and hands-on execution. Communicates across diverse community of partners to hedge against unforeseen supplier risk and non-compliance with local laws and regulations. Directs on-time, quality delivery of work products; leads implementation processes, risks, and communications.
What will you do?
Scale of Responsibilities
Controls supplier compliance and risk preventative measures to minimize supply chain risk and ensure compliance with local/ regional laws and regulations.
Supports supplier compliance and risk assessment processes, identifies supplier risk, and drives supplier compliance.
Maintains continuous process/ output tracking for audit/ compliance checks and internal self-assessment.
Supports compliance and risk processes, metrics management and initiatives.
Works across business units and divisions to identify, engage, and track participation in relevant processes.
May run multiple projects at a time with well-documented and organized project management skills to problem solve and support enterprise and functional objectives.
Implements effective communication plans and delivers presentations to propose key initiatives, provide critical implementation updates, operational line-of-sight, and demonstrate delivery of value within the organization.
Coordinates data inputs across the function to enable key reporting visibility and insights.
Uses suppliers, and business partner inputs and knowledge of existing systems and constraints to develop standard reporting requirements and drive process improvements
Technical Responsibilities
Applies consistent project management approaches and process coordination, reports roadblocks and variances to project plan, ensure projects are on schedule and achieve stated objectives.
Tracks and monitors timely completion of compliance and supplier risk prevention processes, plan vs. actual, and report progress as required.
Runs overall project plans, track progress, handling overall schedules, resources, and timelines.
Detects and facilitates issue resolution including appropriate actions to address program risk.
Maintains document repository and file structure as well as access rights, cataloguing and monitoring version control on key documents.
Leadership Responsibilities
Coordinate with global, cross-functional, geographically distributed teams to achieve desired outcomes.
Coordinates with team members to identify and document resource constraints.
Works with suppliers and key internal and external partners to achieve key deliverables on time and within plan, develop relationships within the company to complete assigned projects.
Integrates diverse views while participating in targeted content deep dive sessions to enable problem solving.
How will you get here?
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Engineering, or Science.
Experience
Three to five years experience managing programs and project initiatives, preferably within a Procurement function
Familiarity with core Procurement processes such as supplier selection, onboarding, and procure to pay preferred
Life Sciences, BioTech, or Pharma industry preferred
Experience in Procurement, Supply Chain, Sourcing, Category Management preferred
Experience in Supply Chain Sustainability, Supplier Responsibility, Supply Chain Due Diligence or Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) a plus
Process improvement background (PPI, Lean, Six Sigma, etc) preferred
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
Exceptional analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
Ability to efficiently organize forums and coordinate communication with team members
Robust project management skills and capabilities
Excellent communication skills for structuring ideas in a clear and concise manner
Strong ability to effectively communicate with and present to Senior Leadership
Strong proficiency in MS-Office tools (specifically, MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint)
Able to use supplier information management/ data systems
Demonstrated ability to make recommendations on and deliver assigned projects
Can work independently, within a team, and collaboratively across teams
Ability to collaborate with matrix project teams of peers and other partners and navigate within a matrix environment
Ability to collaborate across multiple sites and platforms in a virtual office environment
Multi-tasking skills and planning for prioritizing personal workload
Able to manage change effectively and frequently
Benefits
We offer competitive salary, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, company pension, and a range of employee benefits!
Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation.
EEO/Reasonable Accommodation
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.
Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.