Sr Procurement Manager - Category Leader MRO & Industrial Gases

Sr Procurement Manager – MRO & Industrial GasesThe Sr Procurement Manager – MRO & Industrial Gases, drives the execution of complex global category strategies necessary to continuously improve the assigned categories of spend across the North Americas Sites. The job will influence about $80M in spend. Collaborates and leads a cross-functional team of sourcing, operations, technical, finance and other colleagues to prioritize sourcing initiatives, develops sourcing strategies and handles supplier relationships.Scale of ResponsibilitiesResponsible for strategy input and implementation for complex and strategic categoriesDelivers key category performance indicators, including: savings, supplier rationalization, low-cost region sourcing, risk management, spend under agreement, joint innovation, supplier performance, etcDevelops multi year global sourcing strategies focused on identifying suppliers that meet key business category management goalsTechnical ResponsibilitiesUses structured Category Management process to provide input into category strategiesAnalyzes market intelligence to identify key trends, assesses impact and refines category plans to support business requirements. Competent in category and supplier segmentation to effectively focus on key suppliersEngages and supports division/site procurement teams to qualify key suppliers & migrate spend from incumbent, poor performance suppliersAnalyzes category supplier performance data to find opportunities for supplier performance improvement and to establish continuous improvement goalsLeads supplier based business reviews with selected suppliers to drive strategic priorities as well as handle key performance indicatorsDrives negotiations for global agreements aligned with category strategyLeadership ResponsibilitiesInfluences cross-functional colleagues (quality, technical, operations, finance, etc.) to ensure category strategies and activities are aligned with divisional business prioritiesWorks with external supply partners and leads cross-functional internal teams to advance key business drivers such as supply continuity, quality, cost and operational performanceSelectively may work to develop supplier strategic partnerships. Secures capacity with suppliers (e.g. tool/asset management)Collaborates with Procurement Enablement team to develop predictive analyticsActs as a coach/mentor to colleagues on category strategy processEducation, Experience and AbilitiesBachelor's degree in Business or technical field or equivalent combination of experience and education. Master's Degree is preferredMinimum of 10 years procurement/sourcing experience in mid to large multinational companies, with strong category/business engagement experienceMRO experience is a mustExperience working in highly regulated industriesExperience in a continuous improvement environment with a track record of achieving significant year over year resultsDemonstrated consultative, collaborative and influencing style in performing sourcing activitiesExperience in life sciences, medical devices, or pharmaceutical industries is preferred Thermo Fisher