**Work Schedule** Standard (Mon-Fri) **Environmental Conditions** Office **Job Description** 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. **DESCRIPTION:** Join our collaborative team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where you'll manage and enhance strategic sourcing initiatives as a **Procurement Specialist III- Lab Category** . Working with cross-functional teams, you'll 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. **Scale of Responsibilities** • Completes global category initiatives and manages projects to deliver key category performance indicators, including: savings, supplier rationalization, low-cost region sourcing, risk management, spend under agreement, joint innovation, supplier performance, etc. • Participates in the development of 3-5 year global sourcing & category strategies • Supports the execution of global sourcing strategies focused on identifying and contracting with preferred suppliers that meet key business needs and category management goals • Ensures category governance is established & monitored, and fulfills additional assigned responsibilities to maintain alignment with global category strategies. **Technical Responsibilities** • Monitors market intelligence and key trends, assesses impact and refines category plans to support business requirements • Engages and supports division/site procurement teams and other key colleagues to assess preferred suppliers & migrate spend from incumbent suppliers • Analyzes category supplier performance data to find opportunities for supplier performance improvement and to establish continuous improvement goals • Supports supplier business reviews with suppliers to ensure both parties meet obligations under the terms of agreement, including performance standards and continuous improvement goals • Drives negotiations for global agreements aligned with category strategy **Leadership Responsibilities** • Collaborates with cross-functional colleagues (quality, technical, operations, finance, etc.) to ensure all category sourcing activities are aligned to a common set of goals and priorities **REQUIREMENTS:** • Bachelor’s degree in Business or technical field, or equivalent combination of experience and education. Master’s Degree is preferred • Minimum 5 years of procurement/sourcing experience in mid to large multinational companies, with strong category management expertise • Preferred Fields of Study: Business, Science, or related field • Proven success executing strategic sourcing initiatives, supplier negotiations, and contract management • Experience working in regulated industries like life sciences, medical devices, clinical trials or pharmaceuticals preferred • Comprehensive understanding of procurement best practices, processes and methodologies • Strong analytical and data-driven decision making capabilities • Proficiency with spend analytics and procurement tools • Excellent communication and relationship building skills • Ability to build consensus and collaborate across global matrix organizations • Demonstrated success in achieving cost savings and process improvements • Strong project management capabilities • Experience with continuous improvement/lean methodologies • Hands-on manufacturing and/or laboratory experience is preferred • Ability to travel up to 25% as required • Fluency in English required; additional languages beneficial Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.