Category Management Director

2 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Thermo Fisher Scientific Full time

Job Description

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The Purchasing Manager will play a pivotal role in driving the success of our Division Procurement department, ensuring flawless execution and world-class collaboration.

  • Establish and implement short and long-term goals, strategic plans, policies, and procedures aligned with Group and the group leadership team
  • Translate Divisional business and Procurement objectives and targets to Category management teams and monitor category management contributions to these targets
  • Deliver on key objectives (Annual Operating Plan - AOP), including delivery, quality, service, cost, innovation, and growth commitments for Division Procurement
  • Coordinate business projects, such as M&A integration
  • Provide input for make or buy decisions, supplier selection, management of suppliers for product innovation projects, and vendor transitions
  • Ensure alignment with business colleagues within the Group and Division on projects
  • Serve as the main contact for Enterprise Processes such as Supplier Quality, Supplier Risk, and Supplier Management
  • Gather Division business requirements and assure compliance to regulatory requirements
  • Use 'scouting approach' to influence R&D and Commercial partners earlier in NPI process, monitor product pipeline (LCM), support product platforming
  • Serve as critical issue point of contact for Procurement within the Division
  • Consolidate, analyze and report on divisional procurement metrics for business reviews

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