Thermo Fisher Scientific

Makes lab instruments, reagents and supplies

Procurement Partner

Procurement & SourcingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeBudapest, Hungary

About the Job

Requirements

An advanced degree plus three years of experience, or a bachelor's degree plus five years of procurement or sourcing experience in mid- to large multinational companies, with strong category management expertise.
Proven success executing strategic sourcing initiatives, supplier negotiations, and contract management.
Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making capabilities.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office, enterprise resource planning systems, spend analytics, and procurement tools.
Strong project management capabilities.
Fluency in English is required.
Comprehensive understanding of procurement best practices, processes, and methodologies.
Experience with continuous improvement or lean methodologies.
Ability to travel 25–50% as required.

Responsibilities

Identify supplier capability requirements and select suppliers.
Manage procurement and supply-base-related projects that contribute to improved supplier spend performance.
Support divisional footprint initiatives involving outsourcing or insourcing, including local or regional supply-base solutions.
Translate divisional requirements for future supplier capabilities and supplier performance to the Category Management Team and divisional supplier quality engineering team.
Support supplier supply-capacity management by conducting capacity assessments and collaborating with Category Management Teams to expand supply options and flexibility.
Coordinate business projects, such as mergers and acquisitions integration, and provide input to make-or-buy decisions.
Collect supplier technical capability requirements for the current and future product portfolio as input for supplier scouting.
Gather divisional business requirements and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
Serve as the Procurement point of contact within the Division.
Contribute divisional procurement metrics for business reviews.
Serve as the point of contact and ensure implementation of enterprise processes such as Supplier Quality, Supplier Risk, and Supplier Management.
Drive and track compliance for indirect materials and link with the global team on policies and procedures.
Represent Procurement in new product introduction projects and coordinate supply-base-related activities with cross-functional divisional teams and Category Managers, including sourcing project management and milestone or gate-pass activities.
Partner with Category Managers, Research and Development, and Engineering to support and project-manage annual value improvements and drive competitive advantage.
Use a scouting approach to influence Research and Development and Commercial partners earlier in the new product introduction process, monitor the product pipeline through lifecycle management, and support product platforming.

Desired Qualifications

Professional certifications such as CPSM, CSCP, or CPM.
Experience working in regulated industries such as life sciences, medical devices, or pharmaceuticals.
Additional languages.

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

DESCRIPTION:
Join our collaborative team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where you'll manage and enhance strategic sourcing initiatives as a Procurement Partner.

The Procurement Partner supports and enables the Division in meeting their operations, innovation and financial targets by managing the required supplier capabilities and performance for assigned projects and categories. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, develop sourcing strategies, negotiate contracts, and manage supplier relationships to deliver value through cost savings, risk mitigation, and supply chain optimization.

You'll support our mission of enabling customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer by ensuring reliable, cost-effective procurement of critical materials and services.

Responsibilities

Identifies supplier capability requirements and selects suppliers
Manages procurement and supply base related projects that contribute to improved supplier spend performance
Supports divisional footprint initiatives outsourcing /insourcing (both Operations and R&D) including realization of local/regional supply base solutions
Translates divisional requirements for (future) supplier capabilities and supplier performance to Category Management Team and divisional SQE team
Supports Supplier supply capacity management by conducting capacity assessments and collaborate with the Category Management Teams to expand required supply options as well as supply flexibility
Coordinates business projects (e.g. M&A integration), provides input to make or buy

Technical Responsibilities

Collects supplier (technical) capability requirements for current and future product portfolio as input for supplier scouting
Gathers Division business requirements and assures compliance to regulatory requirements
Serves as point of contact for Procurement within the Division
Contributes to divisional procurement metrics for business reviews
Serves as the point of contact and ensure the implementation of Enterprise Processes such as Supplier Quality, Supplier Risk and Supplier Management
Drives and tracks compliance for indirect materials, as well as link with Global team for policies and procedures

Leadership Responsibilities

Represents Procurement in NPI projects and coordinate supply base related activities with x-functional division team as well as with Category Managers. Conduct all related sourcing project management activities (including project milestone/ gate pass activities)
Partners with Category Managers, R&D, Engineering to support and project manage annual value improvements and drives competitive advantage
Uses ‘scouting approach’ to influence R&D and Commercial partners earlier in NPI process, monitor product pipeline (LCM), support product platforming

Requirements:

Advanced Degree plus 3 years of experience, or Bachelor's Degree plus 5 years of procurement/sourcing experience in mid to large multinational companies, with strong category management expertise
Preferred Fields of Study: Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering or related field
Professional certifications (CPSM, CSCP, CPM) are desirable
Proven success executing strategic sourcing initiatives, supplier negotiations, and contract management
Experience working in regulated industries like life sciences, medical devices, or pharmaceuticals preferred
Strong analytical and data-driven decision making capabilities
Proficiency with MS Office and ERP systems, spend analytics, and procurement tools
Excellent communication and relationship building skills
Strong project management capabilities
Fluency in English required; additional languages beneficial
Comprehensive understanding of procurement best practices, processes and methodologies
Experience with continuous improvement/lean methodologies
Ability to travel 25-50% as required

Benefits:

Competitive remuneration
Annual incentive plan bonus scheme
Health insurance
Private pension contribution
Cafeteria Benefits

Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation!

About the Company

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Makes lab instruments, reagents and supplies

Thermo Fisher Scientific makes and sells the instruments, chemicals, consumables and lab services that drug companies, hospitals, universities and industrial labs use for research, testing and production. Its products cover work from gene sequencing and protein analysis to diagnostic tests and lab freezers, and its distribution arm ships supplies to labs worldwide. Drug developers also hire it to run clinical trials and to manufacture medicines under contract. It earns money from consumables that labs buy again and again, along with instrument sales, service contracts and outsourcing fees. The company traces its roots to Thermo Electron, founded in 1956, which merged with Fisher Scientific in 2006, and it is based in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Waltham, MA
Founded: 1956

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