Job Information
ThermoFisher Scientific Procurement Manager in Mississauga, Ontario
Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Job Description
About Thermo Fisher Scientific:
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 80,000 colleagues who bring our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. You’ll find the resources here to achieve your career goals and help take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges. This includes protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe, and helping find cures for cancer.
How will you make an impact?
The Procurement Manager helps develop and implement long-term strategies to improve quality, cycle time, technology, and cost for the Division. They collaborate with divisional operations leadership to achieve the Procurement vision.
Scale of Responsibilities
Lead supplier relationships and handle customer concerns regarding materials and services for the Drug Products Division in the Pharma Services Group.
Identify risk, reduce cost, and implement new sources of material and services to minimize financial and operational risk to the business.
Implement proactive procurement philosophies, strategies, policies, and procedures for successful integration into multiple business plans across various sites; responsible for identifying, negotiating, and implementing cost savings initiatives working with cross-functional teams.
Technical Responsibilities
Prepares data and analyzes cost trends, external and internal key performance metrics, and proposing process improvement and the generation or management of key reports, metrics, and projects.
Collects supplier (technical) capability requirements for current and future product portfolio as input for supplier sourcing opportunities.
Support the improvement and implementation of common processes, standardized work, use of tools and technologies.
Influence PDS and Commercial partners earlier in New Product Introduction process, monitor product pipeline, support product platforming.
Leadership Responsibilities
Delivers on key objectives (Annual Operating Plan - AOP), delivery, quality, service, cost, innovation, and growth commitments for Division Procurement.
Partners with Category Managers, Business Partners, Engineering to deliver annual value improvements and drives competitive advantage.
Collaborates with Category Leads to align on preferred suppliers and facilitate rollout to the site for both indirect and direct materials.
Engages with supplier leadership to support Thermo Fisher objectives related to sustainability, quality, cost, innovation, growth and compliance.
How will you get here?
Education
- A Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain/Materials Management, Business Logistics or a related area or equivalent experience.
Experience
Procurement/sourcing experience in both direct and indirect. A history of strong project management and relationship building skills are critical to this position.
Confirmed and significant experience in financial processes within drug manufacturing operations / site facilities.
Increasingly responsible career path in manufacturing operations environment or finance/procurement.
Strong procurement and sourcing background.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
High level of proficiency with core Procurement skills (financials, sourcing).
Strong influencing skills with ability to see issues from multiple viewpoints and understand differing needs of colleagues.
Significant business insight and shown team building skills.
Demonstrated flexibility and willingness to respond to changes in the external environment.
Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to authoritatively 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.
Strong leadership, social skills, and unquestioned integrity and trust.
Excellent influence skills to impact change with peer roles and operations leaders throughout the division.
Benefits:
We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus scheme, 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:
Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.
Individuals with disabilities will be provided reasonable accommodations for the job application, interview process, performing essential job functions, and receiving employment benefits. To request accommodation, please contact us.
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.