Procurement Specialist Jobs in North Carolina

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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.

This position can be hybrid (3 days on site, 2 days remote per week)

DESCRIPTION:

Join our collaborative team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where you'll manage and enhance strategic sourcing initiatives as a Procurement/Sourcing Specialist. 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.

The Sourcing Specialist – Supplier Management is responsible for researching, onboarding, managing, developing, and continuously improving the performance of ULS (Unity Lab Services) suppliers across EMEA and North America.

This role develops supplier-based strategies to reduce cost, improve supplier performance, strengthen compliance, and provide a market advantage to ULS in the region. The position reflects and supports divisional and global sourcing strategies, working closely with cross-functional teams across direct and indirect procurement, Supplier Quality Management, Supply Chain, Commercial Support, and Operations.

A key focus of this role is leading Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), developing and managing supplier scorecards across direct and indirect supplier teams, and acting as a subject matter expert (SME) during internal and external audits relating to supplier management, sourcing processes, supplier performance, and compliance.

Key Responsibilities

Sourcing Strategy and Supplier Management

• Develop and implement sourcing strategies aligned with business, divisional, and global sourcing objectives.
• Research, identify, qualify, onboard, manage, develop, and offboard suppliers in alignment with local and global ULS sourcing strategies.
• Lead Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) activities for key suppliers, including regular performance reviews, business reviews, and improvement plans.
• Support and drive comprehensive strategies for internal, OEM, third-party spare parts, service providers, and other strategic suppliers.
• Monitor and improve ULS supplier relationships globally, ensuring supplier performance supports business requirements and customer expectations.
• Support the development of annual business plans with key suppliers.
• Reduce supplier proliferation, consolidate spend with preferred suppliers, and renegotiate agreements based on new or consolidated volumes.

Supplier Performance, Scorecards, and Continuous Improvement

• Develop, implement, and manage supplier scorecards across direct and indirect supplier teams, ensuring consistent measurement of supplier performance, quality, delivery, cost, responsiveness, and compliance.
• Drive routine supplier performance reviews using scorecard data, supplier metrics, and operational feedback.
• Identify supplier performance gaps and lead corrective actions, continuous improvement initiatives, and escalation processes where required.
• Lead spare parts and service customer issue resolution, including RCCM (root cause-countermeasure) activities in collaboration with Supply Chain Management and Supplier Quality Management teams.
• Drive standardized operational metrics, financial forecasts, and routine measurement of supplier portfolio performance against plan.
• Review supplier portfolio performance and adjust sourcing actions as required to maintain or improve AOP financial and operational commitments.
• Coordinate continuous process improvement activities using the PPI Business System and tools to simplify, standardize, and optimize supplier management processes.

Supplier Quality, Compliance, and Audits

• Work closely with Supplier Quality Management to ensure suppliers meet applicable quality, regulatory, compliance, and performance requirements.
• Act as the subject matter expert (SME) during internal and external audits relating to supplier management, sourcing processes, supplier performance, supplier documentation, and compliance.
• Support and coordinate supplier audits as required by local Quality Management and Supplier Quality Management teams.
• Ensure supplier certification, accreditation, financial stability, capability, capacity, and compliance documentation are reviewed and maintained.
• Ensure all applicable ISO and FDA quality procedures are followed, including ISO 9001, ISO 13485, FDA 21 CFR Part 820, and other relevant regulatory or quality standards.
• Partner with Supplier Quality Management to support supplier qualification, supplier risk assessments, audit findings, corrective actions, and ongoing supplier compliance.

Negotiation, Contracts, and Pricing

• Negotiate and manage agreements with indirect service providers, spare parts suppliers, OEMs, and third-party service suppliers.
• Standardize supplier agreements, pricing structures, schedules, and documentation in line with global sourcing strategies.
• Support the Commercial Support team by identifying and validating pricing for services, spare parts, and supplier-related activities.
• Drive cost reduction opportunities through supplier negotiation, spend consolidation, process improvement, supplier rationalization, and improved commercial terms.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Collaborate with ULS functions, business units, Supplier Quality Management, Supply Chain, Operations, Commercial Support, and other sourcing teams to align supplier strategies with business needs.
• Partner with direct and indirect procurement teams to ensure consistent supplier performance management processes and scorecard deployment.
• Identify new business opportunities, supplier capabilities, and process improvements that reflect sourcing and business strategies.
• Support internal stakeholders with supplier-related issue resolution, performance data, sourcing recommendations, and audit readiness.

Key Requirements

• Excellent command of spoken and written English.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and negotiation skills.
• BSc, BA degree, or equivalent professional experience.
• Procurement, sourcing, supplier management, or supply chain experience preferred.
• CPM, CIPS, ISM, or equivalent procurement certification preferred, but not essential.
• Proven track record of managing supplier relationships, supplier performance, cost reduction, compliance, and continuous improvement activities in operational environments.
• Experience developing and managing supplier scorecards, supplier KPIs, and performance review processes.
• Knowledge of supplier quality, supplier audits, quality management systems, and regulated environments preferred.
• Strong analytical skills, including data gathering, interpretation, reporting, problem solving, and performance management.
• Ability to act as an SME during audits and confidently represent sourcing and supplier management processes.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with direct and indirect sourcing teams, Supplier Quality Management, Supply Chain, Operations, and Commercial teams.
• Willingness to travel up to 10%.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience in supplier onboarding, qualification, risk assessment, and performance improvement.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001, ISO 13485, FDA 21 CFR Part 820, and related quality or regulatory requirements.
• Experience supporting supplier audits, supplier corrective actions, and RCCM processes.
• Strong commercial awareness and experience negotiating supplier agreements.
• Experience using continuous improvement tools, including PPI, Lean, or similar business improvement methodologies.
• Ability to manage multiple supplier relationships, priorities, and projects across regions.