Purchasing Manager

Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS); Swindon; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., a global leader in scientific research and innovation, is seeking a highly motivated and experienced individual to join our team as a Purchasing Manager. As the Purchasing Manager, you will play a pivotal role in driving the success of our Division Procurement department, ensuring flawless execution and world-class collaboration.

Scale of Responsibilities:

• Establish and implement short and long-term goals, strategic plans, policies, and procedures aligned with Group and the group leadership team.
• Translate Divisional business and Procurement objectives and targets to Category management teams and monitor category management contributions to these targets.
• Deliver on key objectives (Annual Operating Plan - AOP), including delivery, quality, service, cost, innovation, and growth commitments for Division Procurement.
• Coordinate long-range strategies with business partners across the Division and successfully implement plans.
• Partner with Category Managers, R&D, and Engineering to deliver annual value improvements and drive competitive advantage.
• Coordinate business projects, such as M&A integration.
• Provide input for make or buy decisions, supplier selection, management of suppliers for product innovation projects, and vendor transitions.
• Ensure alignment with business colleagues within the Group and Division on projects.
• Serve as the main contact for Enterprise Processes such as Supplier Quality, Supplier Risk, and Supplier Management.

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.
• Drives and tracks compliance for indirect materials, as well as link with Distributed team for procedures.
• Uses ‘scouting approach’ to influence R&D and Commercial partners earlier in NPI process, monitor product pipeline (LCM), support product platforming.
• Serves as critical issue point of contact for Procurement within the Division.
• Consolidates, analyses and reports on divisional procurement metrics for business reviews.

Leadership Responsibilities:

• Aligns the Procurement strategy with the Divisional Leadership team.
• Ensures procurement value contribution to business and supports Division initiatives.
• Runs division input to category strategies (Group specific).
• Engages with supplier leadership to support the CM team and Division in achieving Thermo Fisher objectives related to quality, cost, innovation, growth and compliance.
• Support the implementation of common processes, standardises work, use of tools and technologies.