Sr Procurement Manager, NPI, Quality and Analytics Chemical Analysis Division

<p style="text-align:left"><u><b>Work Schedule</b></u></p>Standard (Mon-Fri)<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><u><b>Environmental Conditions</b></u></p>Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Office<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b><u>Job Description</u></b></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p>Join Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. as a Sr Procurement Manager, NPI, Quality, and Analytics in our Chemical Analysis Division! This role offers an outstanding opportunity to lead a coordinated function that ensures supplier readiness for New Product Introductions (NPI). You&#39;ll improve supplier quality and capabilities, delivering data-supported decisions that drive procurement and product delivery. This is your chance to work on world-class projects and make a significant impact!</p><p></p><p><b>LOCATION:</b> This is a fully onsite position based at one of two sites.  <br />Site Options: Tewksbury, MA or Madison, WI</p><p></p><ul><li>Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future. </li><li>Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check, which includes a drug screen. </li></ul><h2>Job Responsibilities</h2><p></p><ul><li>Build and lead PMO practices to control NPI and supplier programs, including stage-gate processes, portfolio planning, change control, RAG reporting, and executive briefings.</li><li>Enable rapid decision-making across Procurement, Engineering, Quality, Operations, Finance, and Legal by removing blockers and raising risks effectively.</li><li>Recruit, mentor, and develop a strong, matrixed team of supplier quality engineers, procurement/NPI leads, and data analysts.</li><li>Own budgets for supplier development and PMO programs, track return on investment, and report realized savings/cost avoidance.</li></ul><p></p><p>NPI &amp; Launch Readiness</p><p></p><ul><li>Lead procurement and supplier-quality aspects of complex NPIs, including sourcing strategy, long-lead management, BOM cost-to-target, supplier qualification (PPAP/FAI), and launch-readiness sign-off.</li><li>Define and enforce NPI gate criteria, including supplier capability, contractual terms, quality controls, and capacity confirmation.</li><li>Drive supplier early-engagement for prototypes/pilots, coordinate first-article approvals, tooling transfers, and qualification timelines.</li><li>Partner with Engineering to lead design-to-cost initiatives and supplier co-development to shorten qualification time and reduce launch cost.</li></ul><p></p><p>Supplier Quality &amp; Supplier Development</p><p></p><ul><li>Lead the qualification and re-qualification of suppliers, assess their capabilities, and carry out on-site audits; direct CAPA governance and confirm verification through to closure.</li><li>Develop and coordinate supplier improvement initiatives (SPCI / Lean / Kaizen), co-investment approaches, and technical actions that decrease defects, improve process capability (SPC, MSA), and reduce TCO.</li><li>Implement supplier performance management, including scorecards, essential metrics (PPM, OTIF, CAPA closure time), protocols for addressing critical issues, and incentive structures.</li><li>Build and manage supplier risk mitigation programs, including dual-sourcing, nearshoring/kitting pilots, tariff mitigation, obsolescence planning, and contingency stock.</li></ul><p></p><p>Data &amp; Analytics Leadership</p><p></p><ul><li>Establish and govern a canonical analytics capability for procurement and NPI, including spend &amp; savings pipeline, TCO models, supplier risk scoring, and launch-readiness dashboards.</li><li>Lead advanced analytics initiatives (forecasting, scenario planning, anomaly detection, root-cause analytics) that directly inform sourcing and supplier development decisions.</li><li>Translate complex analytics into concise, committed recommendations for category teams and senior leaders; ensure executive-ready reporting and adoption.</li><li>Own data quality, lineage, and governance for procurement/NPI datasets; partner with IT/Finance to ensure reliable, automated data pipelines.</li></ul><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><u><b>Compensation and Benefits</b></u></p>The salary range estimated for this position based in Massachusetts is $130,000.00–$170,000.00.<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left">This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:</p><ul><li><p style="text-align:left"><span>A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs</span></p></li><li><p style="text-align:left"><span>Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement</span></p></li><li><p style="text-align:left"><span>At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy</span></p></li><li><p style="text-align:left"><span>Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan</span></p></li><li><p style="text-align:left"><span>Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount</span></p></li></ul><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><span>For more information on our benefits, please visit: </span> <a href="https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards" target="_blank"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span class="WKM0">https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>