Procurement Operations Analyst– Indirect Procurement

DESCRIPTION:

Join Thermo Fisher Scientific as an Indirect Procurement Operations Analyst and make a meaningful impact on global science and healthcare. You’ll contribute to ensuring the seamless supply of materials that enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. Working in a procurement environment, you’ll manage supplier relationships, drive cost optimization, and ensure timely delivery of critical products and services. You’ll work with cross-functional teams Finance, Category Management, P2P and PMO to support operational excellence and continuous improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Execute sourcing activities across Indirect categories.
• Gather and analyze data using procurement spend analytics tools
• Work with Market Intelligence team to research and identify potential suppliers for sourcing requests
• Research potential vendors, develop and execute RFP for spend less than $500K per event.
• Partner with stakeholders to ensure clear requirements documentation is translated to RFP and contracts as appropriate
• Perform cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking to inform sourcing strategy
• Negotiate contract terms of agreement and pricing delivering with suppliers and record annual P&L savings

Functional & technical skills

• Experience with sourcing process, vendor management, contract negotiations and procure to pay operations
• Expertise in sourcing tools (e-sourcing, spend analytics, ERP, supplier management software)
• Negotiation skills – will need to solicit bids and negotiate purchases directly with suppliers
• Breadth of experience across Indirect Sourcing categories (preferred)

Leadership / behavioral

• Desire to grow and develop as a sourcing specialist and develop category expertise across Indirect portfolios (e.g., Services, IT and Facilities)
• Thrive in an entrepreneurial environment – self-starter who looks for ways to improve existing processes
• Strong customer service orientation, keen to deliver on internal customer needs
• Independent worker with ability to track and manage own deadlines
• Ability to gather, interpret and analyze data to inform sourcing decisions

Experience & Qualification

• Proven working experience as procurement analyst, manager or agent
• 3+ years of purchasing experience / negotiations
• Degree in supply chain management, operations or business administration
• Proficiency in MS Office suite, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and project management tools
• Ability to work collaboratively across global, cross-functional teams
• Proven English language competency (verbal and written)

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.