Sr. Manager, Digital Procurement

Thermo Fisher Scientific•Morrisville, NC

3d•Onsite

About The Position

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. DESCRIPTION: As an authority in the Digital Procurement space, the Sr Digital Procurement Manager uses their in-depth understanding of the source-to-pay digital landscape to develop and implement Procurement’s global digital strategy. Through collaboration with internal and external partners, this individual will own the creation of a multi-year technology roadmap and lead the identification, qualification & deployment of technology solutions, while driving digital transformation across the company. What will you do? Engage across the Global Procurement team and with external parties to understand business needs, assess the digital market, and formulate technology requirements in a multi-year digital roadmap Lead cross-functional councils to assess, prioritize, and govern technology solutions, inclusive of SaaS, AI, and automation Design and develop the future state technology landscape, including people, process, data and technology, and obtain support from leadership Provide guidance, ensure business needs are met, and ensure alignment with project leadership teams for the development of solutions Lead the delivery and implementation of innovative digital procurement solutions, ensuring adoption across the organization to enhance procurement processes and decision making Drive efficiency and effectiveness through digital solutions, ensuring that technology optimally supports Procurement’s strategic goals Define the future phases of technology solutions by collaborating with end users to prioritize requirements, align on expected outcomes, and deliver results according to the project plan Lead change related to implementation of new systems and processes, including planning, influencing business leaders, and development of training Lead technology deployments and project resources Proactively discover opportunities and priorities for process improvements, system standardization, and increased adoption related to core procurement technology Lead efforts with the business to develop business justifications related to new technology investments Scan market to understand external technology trends and identify and assess available technology solutions over a 3-5 year horizon

Requirements

Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in business, IT, finance, engineering or Supply Chain
Minimum 8 years experience the Procurement technology space
Ability to translate business challenges into people, process, data, and technology solutions
Exceptional technical and problem-solving skills
Ability to efficiently organize forums and coordinate communication with team members
Excellent communication skills for structuring ideas in a clear and concise manner with technical and functional partners are various levels of the organization
Consistent track record in leading, delivering, and realizing the business value of digital procurement transformations
Experience with digital transformation, process automation, and technology management
Ability to influence without direct management and lead change across the function
Experience in matrixed project management
Robust project management skills and capabilities (Gantt charts, dashboards, key deliverables, business justification development)

Responsibilities

Engage across the Global Procurement team and with external parties to understand business needs, assess the digital market, and formulate technology requirements in a multi-year digital roadmap
Lead cross-functional councils to assess, prioritize, and govern technology solutions, inclusive of SaaS, AI, and automation
Design and develop the future state technology landscape, including people, process, data and technology, and obtain support from leadership
Provide guidance, ensure business needs are met, and ensure alignment with project leadership teams for the development of solutions
Lead the delivery and implementation of innovative digital procurement solutions, ensuring adoption across the organization to enhance procurement processes and decision making
Drive efficiency and effectiveness through digital solutions, ensuring that technology optimally supports Procurement’s strategic goals
Define the future phases of technology solutions by collaborating with end users to prioritize requirements, align on expected outcomes, and deliver results according to the project plan
Lead change related to implementation of new systems and processes, including planning, influencing business leaders, and development of training
Lead technology deployments and project resources
Proactively discover opportunities and priorities for process improvements, system standardization, and increased adoption related to core procurement technology
Lead efforts with the business to develop business justifications related to new technology investments
Scan market to understand external technology trends and identify and assess available technology solutions over a 3-5 year horizon