Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions Office Job Description When you’re part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do meaningful work, that makes a positive impact on a global scale! Join 100,000 colleagues who bring our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. You’ll find the resources here to achieve your career goals and help take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges. This includes protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe, and helping find cures for cancer. How you will make an impact? A Buyer II is responsible for buying franchised finished goods items within a specific buying portfolio of high impacting suppliers, maintaining inventory for these products to meet customer fill rate goals and corporate inventory objectives. An integral part of this position is the ability to communicate effectively, solve problems, and ensure the timely supply of products to customers. The successful candidate is responsible for maintaining close relationship with suppliers to develop innovative ways to improve and ensure that customer fill rate goals are met or exceeded. A Buyer II proactively finds ways to improve operational efficiencies and drive performance improvements through facilitation with internal business partners utilizing Practical Process Improvement Business System tools. What will you do? Ensure flawless execution and detailed validation of all purchasing processes Influence departmental metrics including: Customer Fill-rate, Supplier performance, and Financial Performance (DOH, Excess & Obsolete, Expiry) Build and maintain key supplier relationships Drive supplier improvement by developing and presenting information to influence action Maintain optimized execution and product flow throughout the supply chain Identify, mitigate, and communicate potential risks to the success of the business with appropriate teams (NA Supply Chain Planning Management, Canadian Cross Functional Departmental Leads, Portfolio Management etc.) Initiate and facilitate cross-functional projects to improve supply chain performance Drive continuous improvement through PPI project participation and leadership. Minimum Requirements /Qualifications: Post-secondary education preferred with a background in a business, procurement, or logistics discipline 2 years of minimum work experience in a business environment (procurement is preferred) Successful performance results with proven resilience to overcome obstacles along the way. Effective written and verbal communication skills with call to action messaging. Attested ability to build strong interpersonal relationships through positive, flexible and engaging interactions. Proven ability to effectively prioritize and work independently. Detail oriented and proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and Outlook Preferred Qualifications: Enrolment in, or completion of, Certified Purchasing Professional designation program of APICS certification is an asset Demonstrates sound judgment, persistence and diplomacy Proficient with Thermo Fisher Scientific ERP, Cognos BI, SQL and ability to build macros are an asset. Bilingualism (French/English) is an asset Thank you for your interest as you consider starting a new career journey with us. As the world leader in serving science, our colleagues develop critical solutions through innovation—and build rewarding careers. Discover their extraordinary stories and connection to our Mission to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Their work is a story of purpose. What story will you tell? Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of more than $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD. COVID-19 Vaccination Update for U.S. & Canada Colleagues All U.S. colleagues are required to disclose their COVID-19 vaccination status. New hires will be asked to disclose their vaccination status upon the first day of employment. U.S. new hires (including those in Field Sales, Field Services and Customer Support - Technical Applications) may be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19, including boosters, based on the customer or client sites they visit and support. Individuals may also be required to comply with other COVID-19 health and safety protocols, such as masking or testing. U.S. and Canada new hires in Clinical Research who are in the following job categories must be fully vaccinated before their first day of employment or request an accommodation: executive director level and above, client-facing commercial, clinical research associates (CRAs), Assistant CRA (ACRAs), all CRA and ACRA line managers, clinic-based staff in early development services and accelerated enrollment solutions, and FSP within analytical services division roles. Canada new hires (including those in Field Sales, Field Services, and Customer Support Technical Applications) may be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19, including boosters, based on the customer or client sites they visit and support. Individuals may also be required to comply with other COVID-19 health and safety protocols, such as masking or testing. New hires in Field Sales, Field Services, and Customer Support Technical Applications will be asked to disclose their vaccination status upon the first day of employment. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. Thermo Fisher Scientific is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, veteran status, age or disability status.
