Sr. Project Manager, Supply Chain Planning - Pittsburgh, PA

Thermo Fisher Scientific - Pittsburgh, PA

Full-time - Mid Level

Pittsburgh, PA

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

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. The Customer Channels Group (CCG) is a global distributor of scientific products and services, catering to a diverse range of customers including biotech, pharmaceutical, academic, government, industrial, and healthcare sectors. As a part of our CCG team, you will be providing our customers with access to 2.5 million products. These products are not only manufactured by our company but also sourced from other industry-leading suppliers worldwide. The Sr. Project Manager will be responsible for leading and delivering on critical initiatives, continuous improvement strategies, and effective project management to achieve team goals and objectives. This role involves driving the implementation of STRAP identified initiatives, taking full ownership of their successful execution, and identifying and implementing Supplier projects to increase business with enabled connections, improving the overall customer experience. The position also requires implementing process improvement initiatives to enhance the Supplier order-to-cash process, as agreed upon with the leadership team, and providing clear and concise project status updates to project team members, partners, and Senior Leadership. Additionally, the Sr. Project Manager will proactively identify future strategic efforts to maintain competitiveness as customer expectations evolve.

Responsibilities

• Drive the implementation of STRAP identified initiatives, taking full ownership of their successful execution.
• Identify and implement Supplier projects to increase business with enabled connections, improving the overall customer experience.
• Implement process improvement initiatives to improve the Supplier order-to-cash process, as agreed upon with the leadership team.
• Provide clear and concise project status updates to project team members, partners, and Senior Leadership.
• Proactively identify future strategic efforts to maintain competitiveness as customer expectations evolve.

Requirements

• 3 years of experience in Supply Chain Management, Project Management, or Information Technologies, preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge of project management methodologies for successful project initiation, planning, execution, and control/monitoring.
• Successful in a team environment with a customer-focused approach, driving continuous improvement initiatives.
• Proven track record to influence without authority and drive accountability across a matrixed organization.
• Using data analytical skills to tackle problems and optimally presenting findings or sophisticated ideas.

Nice-to-haves

• Bachelor's degree, preferred; may consider relevant/proven experience in lieu of degree.
• Outstanding communication, adaptable to diverse audiences and situations.
• Proficient in using applications (e.g., Excel, PowerPoint) for project management and documentation.
• Encouraging and motivating leader, driving teams towards outstanding results.
• Strong critical thinking skills and pragmatic approach to challenges.
• Self-motivated, able to work independently, and manage priorities to meet deadlines.

Benefits

• Competitive remuneration
• Annual incentive plan bonus
• Healthcare
• Range of employee benefits
• Outstanding career and development prospects
• Exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation.