Sales Strategy & Operations Manager

Thermo Fisher Scientific - Austin, TX

Full-time - Mid Level

Austin, TX

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Sales Strategy & Operations Manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific will play a crucial role in the Commercial Operation and Licensing & OEM team within the Clinical Next-Generation Sequencing Division. This position focuses on managing client services for OEM and Strategic Accounts, utilizing project management and analytical skills to enhance commercial effectiveness and drive sustainable growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead client services project management for our OEM and Strategic Accounts portfolio.
• Manage demand planning mechanisms to better align our commercial forecasting with supply, inventory and operations planning.
• Drive Pricing and other commercial mechanisms to support sustainable growth.
• Leverage sales performance analytics to increase commercial effectiveness.
• Coordinate preparation for business performance reviews.
• Lead strategic projects for commercial leadership team.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in business, operations, or a scientific field; MBA preferred.
• 5+ years of relevant work experience in strategy and operations, project management, business development or alliance management.
• Experience in life sciences or diagnostics preferred.
• Strong familiarity with project management standards and methodologies.
• Successful experience working across functions and influencing stakeholders to solve complex problems and deliver results.

Nice-to-haves

• Excellent written and oral communication skills; attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to simplify the complex and to synthesize insights from data.
• Outstanding Excel and quantitative modeling skills.
• Expertise in PowerPoint and preparation of well-packaged presentations.
• Creative, resourceful, gritty, willing to hustle - will never hesitate to roll up sleeves and pursue something hands-on, will persevere when others fall away.
• Ability to adjust for geographic and cultural differences; can proficiently communicate across a diverse set of backgrounds.