Director, Global Sourcing

The Director, Global Sourcing is responsible for developing and implementing the overall Sourcing Strategy for a global commodity or specific global program for Thermo Fisher Scientific. The individual is chartered with developing a strategy aligned with specific business needs, building a strong functional organization, establishing best practices, negotiating global contracts with preferred suppliers, identifying and driving continuous improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Leads global category management for assigned category to deliver key category performance indicators, including: Savings, supplier rationalization, low-cost region sourcing, risk management, spend under agreement, joint innovation, supplier performance, etc.
• Develops and drives 3-5 year global strategies focused on identifying and contracting with suppliers that meet key business needs and the aforementioned category management goals.
• Primary responsibility for identification, qualification and performance management of global strategic supplier base.
• Aligns team and category management processes to meet business needs and sourcing goals.
• Acts as the key interface with Thermo Fisher divisions ensuring alignment of strategies, and commitments.
• Interfaces with senior leaders to obtain sponsorship and resources to implement sourcing strategies that support their key objectives
• Manages a team of 2-3 direct reports and up to 6 matrix reports (regional and division category leaders or specialists).

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or technical field.
• Minimum of 10 years procurement/sourcing experience with increasing global responsibility and experience in a large matrixed company environment.
• Business acumen – knows how the sourcing function and deliverables translate into meaningful business value.
• Experience working in highly regulated industries.
• Experience in a continuous improvement environment with a track record of achieving significant year over year results.
• Acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.

• Influences without authority to motivate and manage cross-functional, geographically dispersed teams and drive them to success.
• Motivates staff and develops them to be future leaders in the organization.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• CPSM or equivalent
• Hands-on manufacturing and/or supply chain experience
• Experience in life sciences, medical device, or pharmaceutical industries
• Experience in the assigned category of spend and associated marketplace

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