Sr Procurement Manager Category Leader MRO & Industrial Gases

Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions Office Job Description The Sr Procurement Manager - MRO & Industrial Gases, drives the execution of complex global category strategies necessary to continuously improve the assigned categories of spend across the North Americas Sites. The job will influence about $80M in spend. Collaborates and leads a cross-functional team of sourcing, operations, technical, finance and other colleagues to prioritize sourcing initiatives, develops sourcing strategies and handles supplier relationships. Scale of Responsibilities Responsible for strategy input and implementation for complex and strategic categories Delivers key category performance indicators, including: savings, supplier rationalization, low-cost region sourcing, risk management, spend under agreement, joint innovation, supplier performance, etc Develops multi year global sourcing strategies focused on identifying suppliers that meet key business category management goals Technical Responsibilities Uses structured Category Management process to provide input into category strategies Analyzes market intelligence to identify key trends, assesses impact and refines category plans to support business requirements. Competent in category and supplier segmentation to effectively focus on key suppliers Engages and supports division/site procurement teams to qualify key suppliers & migrate spend from incumbent, poor performance suppliers Analyzes category supplier performance data to find opportunities for supplier performance improvement and to establish continuous improvement goals Leads supplier based business reviews with selected suppliers to drive strategic priorities as well as handle key performance indicators Drives negotiations for global agreements aligned with category strategy Leadership Responsibilities Influences cross-functional colleagues (quality, technical, operations, finance, etc.) to ensure category strategies and activities are aligned with divisional business priorities Works with external supply partners and leads cross-functional internal teams to advance key business drivers such as supply continuity, quality, cost and operational performance Selectively may work to develop supplier strategic partnerships. Secures capacity with suppliers (e.g. tool/asset management) Collaborates with Procurement Enablement team to develop predictive analytics Acts as a coach/mentor to colleagues on category strategy process Education, Experience and Abilities Bachelor's degree in Business or technical field or equivalent combination of experience and education. Master's Degree is preferred Minimum of 10 years procurement/sourcing experience in mid to large multinational companies, with strong category/business engagement experience MRO experience is a must Experience working in highly regulated industries Experience in a continuous improvement environment with a track record of achieving significant year over year results Demonstrated consultative, collaborative and influencing style in performing sourcing activities Experience in life sciences, medical devices, or pharmaceutical industries is preferred Thank you for your interest as you consider starting a new career journey with us. As the world leader in serving science, our colleagues develop critical solutions through innovation—and build rewarding careers. Discover their extraordinary stories and connection to our Mission to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Their work is a story of purpose. What story will you tell? Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of more than $40 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, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team 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, Patheon and PPD. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. Thermo Fisher Scientific is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, veteran status, age or disability status.