At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale.
Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.
We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies.
With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services.
Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on - now and in the future.
FSP (Functional Service Partnership) is a partnership between Thermo Fisher Scientific and our clients.
In this position, employees will be sourced to work with a specific client.
**_ S_**_ummarized Purpose: _**
Acts as liaison with internal and external stakeholders in the provision and marketing of department services.
Builds and maintains vendor relationships.
Collaborates with senior leadership and executive staff on strategic planning and business development.
Oversees department project and process improvement strategy utilizing metrics and key performance indicators to manage performance and end results.
Ensures compliance with established policies, procedures and regulations.
Essential Functions and Other Job Information:
- Responsible for liaising externally with vendors, clients and internally with other departments.
Provides troubleshooting and advice on issues as needed.
- Works with procurement, quality and senior management to drive the selection and onboarding of new vendors.
- Ensures that the department maintains accurate and timely processing of crossborder materials movement.
- Assists senior management with business development efforts to ensure the securing of new business by making presentations to sponsors, developing and reviewing bids and proposals, and conducting contract negotiations through to closure with the sponsor.
- Participates in global and/or cross-functional initiatives and improvement projects.
- Contributes to the hiring, development and implementation of global, regional and local functions and plans.
- Ensures staff is trained according to company policies and procedures.
- Works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
- Having wide-ranging experience, uses professional concepts and company objectives to resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways.
Some barriers to entry exist at this level (e.g., dept.
/ peer review).
Level at which career may plateau.
- Determines methods and procedures on new assignments and may coordinate activities of other personnel (i.e., Team Lead).
Exercises judgment in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
- Frequent contacts with internal personnel and outside customer representatives at various management levels concerning operations or scheduling of specific phases of projects or contracts.
Creates formal networks with key contacts outside own area of expertise.
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Qualifications: _**
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
- Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 8+ years).
- In some cases an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.
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Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal, including strong command of the English language
- Excellent interpersonal, negotiation and problem solving/decision making skills
- Proven leadership and team building skillsStrong computer skills including Microsoft Office suite
- In-depth understanding of clinical supplies operations, legislations and best practices
- Excellent organizational and multi-tasking skills
- Capable of designing, presenting, and implementing specific plans to deliver high quality products and services and to ensure that all tasks meet defined deliverables
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to motivate and integrate teams and teach/mentor team membersExceptional in 3rd party relationship and client management
- Ability to support Market intelligence for the different supplier categories
- Work may be performed in a production, office or home-based environment with exposure to electrical office equipment.
- Occasionally travels both domestic and international
Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.
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