Job Description

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

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 Senior Manager, Supplier Strategy & Financial Governance provides integrated leadership across IT infrastructure hardware and telecom service domains, combining financial oversight, commercial strategy, and structured execution governance. This role is accountable for supplier performance, value realization, and the end-to-end procurement strategy for infrastructure hardware and telecom services.

This leader will balance strategic direction (supplier strategy, financial governance, optimization accountability) with structured execution (program oversight, cross-functional alignment, and disciplined delivery mechanisms). Approximately 60% of the role is focused on strategy, governance, and financial oversight, with 40% focused on structured execution and cross-functional program leadership.

How you will make an impact

Supplier Strategy & Governance

• Own end-to-end supplier strategy across infrastructure hardware and telecom services

• Lead procurement governance for all infrastructure hardware and telecom sourcing, renewals, and commercial negotiations

• Partner with Procurement to structure RFPs, vendor selections, and contract strategies aligned to enterprise objectives

• Establish performance standards and accountability mechanisms across supplier ecosystems

Financial Oversight & Optimization Accountability

• Oversee financial impact analysis, savings validation, and forecast alignment

• Ensure procurement and optimization decisions translate into measurable, sustained financial value

• Maintain transparency of spend trends, cost drivers, and supplier performance metrics

• Partner closely with Finance to ensure disciplined reporting and budget alignment

Program & Execution Leadership

• Lead complex, cross-functional initiatives spanning Infrastructure, Telecom, Procurement, and Finance

• Establish and maintain structured delivery mechanisms including project plans, governance forums, risk and issue tracking, and dependency management

• Drive cross-pillar prioritization and execution discipline

• Monitor optimization pipelines to prevent value leakage or regression

• Coordinate and influence senior stakeholders in a matrixed environment to ensure alignment and follow-through

Technology & Domain Alignment

• Align procurement strategy with cloud, infrastructure, and telecom optimization objectives

• Ensure hardware lifecycle and telecom contract strategies support cost efficiency and operational resilience

• Provide credible infrastructure domain insight to inform supplier strategy and decision-making

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred

• 8+ years of progressive leadership experience in procurement, supplier governance, infrastructure, telecom, or enterprise technology environments

• Demonstrated experience managing large-scale supplier spend and commercial relationships

• Strong financial acumen, including savings validation, forecasting, and budget alignment

• Proven experience leading complex cross-functional programs in a matrixed organization

• Strong project and program management capabilities, including ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives

• Executive presence with the ability to influence senior stakeholders across technical and financial domains

• Knowledge of infrastructure hardware, telecom services, and enterprise technology cost drivers