Procurement / Sourcing Specialist III

About the role

Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions Office Job Description Thermo Fisher Scientific offers the scale, reach, and mission-driven work to make a meaningful impact.

DESCRIPTION How you will make an impact: The Procurement/Sourcing Specialist III manages direct material procurement while driving sourcing, supplier performance, cost productivity, and supply assurance initiatives within a fast-paced manufacturing environment. The role combines strategic sourcing with strong operational execution and requires close collaboration with a global supply base and cross-functional teams.

The ideal candidate is proactive, commercially minded, comfortable working independently, and has a strong willingness to learn, succeed, grow, and take on increasing responsibility.

Key Responsibilities

Proactively identify and drive cost-saving, productivity, and supply assurance opportunities from ideation through implementation, delivering measurable year-over-year results. Develop and execute sourcing and supplier strategies that improve cost, supply continuity, lead times, and supplier performance. Apply strong negotiation and commercial skills to secure competitive pricing, terms, lead times, and overall value.

Proactively identify supply-chain risks and develop mitigation and contingency plans with suppliers and internal stakeholders. Build strong relationships with a global supply base while holding suppliers accountable for delivery, quality, cost, and responsiveness.

Partner with Category Management, Material Planning, Finance, Engineering, Quality, R&D, Operations/Value Streams, and other functions to execute projects and achieve business objectives. Drive continuous improvement by identifying better and more efficient procurement processes, sourcing approaches, and ways of working.

Understand manufacturing workflows, Bills of Materials (BOMs), technical drawings, and specifications and apply this knowledge to sourcing and procurement decisions. Manage day-to-day direct material procurement, including demand analysis, purchase order placement, price updates, order confirmations, supplier follow-up, expedites, escalations, and invoice discrepancy resolution.

• Use SAP to execute purchasing activities, maintain procurement data, manage purchase orders, and support material availability.
• Work closely with Material Planning and suppliers to proactively resolve shortages, late deliveries, capacity constraints, and other supply issues.
• Independently manage competing priorities with limited supervision and proactively escalate issues when appropriate.
• REQUIREMENTS

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree plus 8+ years of procurement/supply chain experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience managing direct materials, suppliers, and purchasing activities.
• Experience with ERP systems; SAP experience strongly preferred.
• Understanding of manufacturing operations, BOMs, technical specifications, inventory, and material planning.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and effectively manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across functions, cultures, and geographical locations.
• Proactive sense of urgency - anticipates issues, acts before they become critical, and drives problems through resolution.

Strong willingness to learn, succeed, grow, and take on new challenges and responsibilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience sourcing plastics, resins, injection-molded components, packaging, or other direct materials.
• Strong negotiation experience involving pricing, commercial terms, lead times, and supplier agreements.
• Experience leading cost-reduction, productivity, sourcing, or supply-assurance projects.
• Familiarity with Power BI, data analysis, dashboards, and visualization.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled procurement, automation, or process optimization.
• Experience working with international suppliers and global teams.
• Key Competencies: Ownership & Accountability

• Takes responsibility and drives issues through resolution. Commercial Mindset
• Consistently seeks opportunities to improve cost, terms, and overall value. Assertive Communication
• Comfortable leading difficult discussions and constructively challenging suppliers and internal stakeholders. Proactive Sense of Urgency
• Anticipates problems and takes action before they impact the business. Results Orientation
• Focuses on measurable results and sustainable year-over-year improvement. Continuous Improvement
• Challenges existing processes and actively looks for better solutions. Independence & Collaboration
• Operates effectively with limited supervision while building strong cross-functional relationships. Drive to Learn & Grow
• Demonstrates curiosity, initiative, resilience, and a strong desire to succeed and develop professionally. Compensation and Benefits The salary range estimated for this position based in New York is $69,800.00-$93,000.00. 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, 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.