Procurement/sourcing Specialist Ii

4 days ago


Glasgow, United Kingdom Thermo Fisher Scientific Full time

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover impactful work, innovative thinking and a culture dedicated to working the right way, for the right reasons - with the customer always top of mind. The work we do matters, like helping customers find cures for cancer, protecting the environment, and delivering COVID-19 solutions. As the world leader in serving science, with the largest investment in R&D in the industry, our colleagues are empowered to realize their full potential as part of a fast-growing, global organization that values passion and unique contributions. Our commitment to our colleagues across the globe is to provide the resources and opportunities they need to make a difference in our world while building a fulfilling career with us.

Based at our Inchinnan - Scotland facility, supporting our BioProduction Division, an ISO 9001 certified organization. We offer a hybrid working arrangements including some remote working. At this location we manufacture cell culture therapy solutions to help our major customers in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology fields accelerate their drug discovery and synthetic biology research.

The Procurement Specialist leads the supplier management processes to meet company objectives. Collaborates with a cross-functional team of project management, technical, quality, finance and other key colleagues to prioritize sourcing initiatives, works with Category Management to support the development of sourcing strategies, negotiates contracts, supports spend migration from incumbent to preferred suppliers, and manages preferred supplier relationship

**What will you do?**
- Collaborate with the Supply Chain and Operations teams to manage inventory and supply demands against the forecasts for raw materials
- Work closely with the Material Planning teams to ensure material deliveries and sourced products are aligned to meet customer expectations
- Actively support in New Product Development initiatives to help secure materials and vendor contracts
- Monitor market intelligence and key trends to refine buying plans to support business requirements
- Negotiate pricing and supply contracts to ensure fair market value while protecting our company's interests
- Analyse supplier performance data, propose development plans, and communicate supplier scorecards
- Manage inflation, sourcing savings, and purchased-part variances (PPV) to ensure operational goals are achieved
- Provide escalation support to Material Planning team to ensure quality and delivery of material meets our manufacturing needs
- Manage and maintain supplier agreements
- Our business is rapidly growing so it is vital that we continuously improve and advance the materials management processes and systems to achieve the best possible quality, reliability, prices, continuity, and delivery

**Who we are looking for**:

- Strategic Procurement/sourcing experience gained within a regulated fasted paced environment
- Process driven and has experience of driving efficiencies and cost saving initiatives
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills
- Sound knowledge of ERP systems (Oracle preferred)
- Strong organizational and time-management skills

**About us**:
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue exceeding $25 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies or increasing productivity in their laboratories, we are here to support them.

Our global team of more than 75,000 colleagues delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services and Patheon

With Thermo Fisher Scientific, it’s not just a career. It’s a chance to realise your best - professionally and personally.



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