Buyer II
Thermo Fisher Scientific

Job Description

When you're part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll do important work, like helping customers in finding cures for cancer, protecting the environment or making sure our food is safe! Your work will have real-world impact, while helping you achieve your career goals.
You'll work as a member of a larger procurement team to perform all functions needed to ensure the operation has a reliable supply chain of material and services as needed from external suppliers while also supporting efforts to drive supplier performance improvements.

Location/Division Specific Information
Rockford, IL

What will you do?
In this role you will have full responsibility for a subset of our supply base in terms of implementing purchase orders, presenting forecast changes, and working to resolve delivery challenges. You will also collaborate with the larger global Sourcing team to help identify and drive cost savings ideas and look for opportunities to increase our relationship with our strategic supply base. The ability to problem-solve, negotiate, and analyze supplier performance data will be essential.
The Site Buyer also plays a key role in sharing key delivery updates to the Production Schedulers and site Operations leadership team as we work to deliver to our customers during a time of outstanding growth!
Finally, we would look for your support in navigating source changes from one supplier to another as well as supporting the procurement activities associated with new product launches.

How will you get here?
Education and Experience

• High School Diploma with 7 years experience as a Buyer or equivalent
  
• Associates Degree with 4 years experience as a Buyer or equivalent
  
• Bachelor's Degree with 2 years experience as a Buyer or equivalent
  
• Experience in MRP / ERP systems required
  
• Comfortable in MS Excel
  
• Strong communication & interpersonal skills
  
• Experience in supplier change and new product development procurement activities
  
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment
  

Preferred Qualifications
• CPM, APICS, CPIM certification preferred
• Global procurement experience
• Experienced in working with contract manufacturers
• Lean manufacturing preferred
• Project management experience

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 125,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory with Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

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