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Job description

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.

What will you do?

* Schedule and communicate orders dates to meet demand requirements
* Purchase materials to support site and manufacturing requirements
* Support productivity and budget targets through sourcing and lean manufacturing initiatives
* Manage analyze and report on inventory levels for the manufacturing cell
* Managing day-to-day interaction with suppliers for corrective actions, expedite requests, cost savings, and rejected material
* Monitor supply chain key performance indicators, perform root cause analysis, implement action plans, and strives for continuous improvement
* Ensure data integrity of master data elements
* Review and maintain Supply Chain standard work to documentation
* Review, resolve and escalate issues that impact plan completion
* Create Ad hoc reports and analyses as requested or required
* Other duties as assigned

How will you get here?

Education:

* High School Diploma/GED is required/ Bachelor Degree in Operations, Logistics, Business Administration, Supply Chain preferred

Experience:

* 3 to 5+ years of planning, buying, or materials management experience in a manufacturing environment preferred
* 3+ years of experience with MRP/ERP systems, SAP preferred

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

* APICS or related professional certification preferred
* Previous experience in a Lean Manufacturing environment preferred
* Strong analytical skills and the ability to perform data analysis
* Intermediate level skills with Microsoft Office suite
* Solid project management skills
* Effective verbal, written, and presentation skills

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 global team of 90,000 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 at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

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Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

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