Manager, Procurement Sourcing

Thermo Fisher; Frederick (MD); On-site; USD 121,000 - 139,000; Full time

Job summary

Thermo Fisher is seeking a Manager, Site Procurement in Maryland to lead the site procurement team and ensure reliable supply for manufacturing operations. The role focuses on supplier performance, cost management, and inventory optimization, partnering with Planning, Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, and Finance.

Responsibilities include coaching the team, driving KPI performance, mitigating supply risks, and leading strategic sourcing initiatives within a regulated manufacturing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or a technical field.
• Minimum 5 years of progressively responsible experience in Procurement, Purchasing, Sourcing, or Supply Chain.
• Experience supporting Procurement or Supply Chain activities within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with ERP/MRP systems and material-planning concepts.
• Previous people-leadership experience strongly preferred.
• Professional certification such as APICS/CSCP, CPSM, PMP, or Lean/Six Sigma preferred.
• Experience in life sciences or another regulated manufacturing environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop the site Procurement team to achieve operational, financial, and business objectives.
• Establish clear priorities, performance expectations, and accountability across purchasing execution and Procurement KPIs.
• Manage employee performance, development, goal setting, and succession planning.
• Build a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and proactive problem-solving.
• Provide overall leadership for purchasing activities supporting site manufacturing operations.
• Ensure materials and services are available to support production and customer requirements.
• Lead escalation and resolution of critical material shortages, supplier constraints, and supply disruptions.
• Partner with Supply Chain and Operations to align purchasing activities with production requirements, forecasts, and inventory objectives.
• Identify supply risks and establish appropriate mitigation and contingency plans.
• Manage supplier performance across delivery, quality, cost, responsiveness, and supply continuity.
• Develop strong relationships with key suppliers and lead resolution of significant supplier performance issues.
• Drive cost savings, productivity, supplier negotiations, and inflation-mitigation opportunities.
• Monitor and manage applicable Procurement financial metrics, including savings, purchase price variance, and inventory.
• Partner with Quality and Engineering on supplier quality issues, supplier changes, corrective actions, and material-related projects.
• Partner cross-functionally to optimize inventory and working capital while maintaining reliable supply.
• Lead and support sourcing, secondary-sourcing, supplier-transfer, cost-reduction, and supply-continuity projects.
• Identify opportunities to improve Procurement processes, supplier performance, purchasing execution, and inventory management.

Skills

Procurement leadership

Supplier management

Cost savings

Inventory management

Negotiation

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or a technical field

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

When you're part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll do meaningful work, that makes a positive impact on a global scale! Join 130,000 colleagues who bring our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. You'll find the resources here to achieve your career goals and help take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world's toughest challenges. This includes protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe, and helping find cures for cancer.

How will you make an impact?

The Manager, Site Procurement leads the site Procurement team and is responsible for ensuring reliable supply, strong supplier performance, competitive cost, and appropriate inventory levels to support manufacturing operations.

This role provides leadership across purchasing, supplier management, cost savings, inventory optimization, and supply-risk mitigation while partnering closely with Planning, Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, Finance, and other site functions.

What will you do?

People Leadership & Organizational Performance

• Lead, coach, and develop the site Procurement team to achieve operational, financial, and business objectives.
• Establish clear priorities, performance expectations, and accountability across purchasing execution and Procurement KPIs.
• Manage employee performance, development, goal setting, and succession planning.
• Build a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and proactive problem-solving.

Purchasing & Supply Continuity

• Provide overall leadership for purchasing activities supporting site manufacturing operations.
• Ensure materials and services are available to support production and customer requirements.
• Lead escalation and resolution of critical material shortages, supplier constraints, and supply disruptions.
• Partner with Supply Chain and Operations to align purchasing activities with production requirements, forecasts, and inventory objectives.
• Identify supply risks and establish appropriate mitigation and contingency plans.

Supplier Performance & Cost Management

• Manage supplier performance across delivery, quality, cost, responsiveness, and supply continuity.
• Develop strong relationships with key suppliers and lead resolution of significant supplier performance issues.
• Drive cost savings, productivity, supplier negotiations, and inflation-mitigation opportunities.
• Monitor and manage applicable Procurement financial metrics, including savings, purchase price variance, and inventory.
• Partner with Quality and Engineering on supplier quality issues, supplier changes, corrective actions, and material-related projects.

Inventory, Projects & Continuous Improvement

• Partner cross-functionally to optimize inventory and working capital while maintaining reliable supply.
• Lead and support sourcing, secondary-sourcing, supplier-transfer, cost-reduction, and supply-continuity projects.
• Identify opportunities to improve Procurement processes, supplier performance, purchasing execution, and inventory management.

How will you get here?

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or a technical field required.
• Minimum 5 years of progressively responsible experience in Procurement, Purchasing, Sourcing, or Supply Chain.
• Experience supporting Procurement or Supply Chain activities within a manufacturing environment required.
• Experience with ERP/MRP systems and material-planning concepts required.
• Previous people-leadership experience strongly preferred.
• Professional certification such as APICS/CSCP, CPSM, PMP, or Lean/Six Sigma preferred.
• Experience in life sciences or another regulated manufacturing environment preferred.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and develop teams while driving accountability for results.
• Strong knowledge of purchasing, supplier management, negotiation, inventory management, and supply-risk management.
• Strong business and financial acumen with an understanding of cost, savings, inventory, and working capital.
• Demonstrated ability to resolve complex supplier, supply, quality, and commercial issues.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, project-management, and continuous-improvement skills.
• Ability to influence and build effective partnerships across a matrixed organization.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with suppliers and senior leadership.
• Ability to prioritize competing demands and operate effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus scheme, healthcare, company pension, and a range of employee 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.

EEO/Reasonable Accommodation

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range estimated for this position based in Maryland is $121,450.00-$138,800.00.

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

• A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
• Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
• Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
• Employees' Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards