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Job Description

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.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Reporting to the Director, Procurement Partner – BCD, you’ll provide strategic and operational procurement leadership in direct support of manufacturing.

You’ll have oversight of material procurement across both direct and indirect spend, while leading and developing a team based in Paisley. You’ll have three direct reports, with a further four colleagues sitting within the wider team structure under a Supervisor.

Alongside delivering for the site today, you’ll help us think bigger about tomorrow.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

You’ll combine people leadership, strategic sourcing and hands-on manufacturing support, with responsibilities including:

• Leading and developing the site procurement team, coaching colleagues and building capability for the future.

• Providing direct procurement support to manufacturing operations and ensuring alignment between procurement priorities and operational requirements.

• Overseeing direct and indirect material procurement and supporting continuity of supply.

• Developing and executing multi-year sourcing and category strategies that improve total cost of ownership and deliver sustainable value.

• Building strong supplier partnerships while driving performance, quality, resilience and risk mitigation.

• Leading complex negotiations and developing commercial agreements that support business objectives.

• Partnering closely with manufacturing, operations, finance and other functions to solve problems and identify opportunities.

• Using spend analytics, market intelligence and procurement technology to inform sourcing decisions.

• Identifying opportunities to move beyond individual site requirements and create value through a broader network approach.

• Leading complex cross-functional initiatives and driving continuous improvement across procurement processes and supplier relationships.

• Supporting financial planning and forecasting through strong commercial understanding and awareness of P&L impact.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Advanced degree plus 6 years of experience, or Bachelor's degree plus 8 years of experience in procurement/sourcing in large matrix organizations with increasing global responsibility

• Preferred Fields of Study: Business, Engineering, Supply Chain or related technical field

• Professional certifications preferred (CPSM, CPIM, PMP or equivalent)

• 7+ years category management or operational sourcing experience

• 3+ years people management experience leading procurement teams, including coaching and development

• Proven ability to develop and execute multi-year category strategies to reduce total cost of ownership

• Excellence in stakeholder management and ability to collaborate across functions

• Strong negotiation, analytical and presentation skills with executive-level communication abilities

• Experience working in regulated industries (life sciences, pharmaceutical, medical device preferred)

• Expertise in supplier relationship management, contract development and risk mitigation

• Proficiency with eSourcing tools, spend analytics and procurement systems

• Project management skills with ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives

• Ability to adapt and make decisions with incomplete information

• Strong business acumen and understanding of P&L, financial planning and forecasting

• Travel required 10-20%

• International/multi-cultural work experience preferred