Manager, Vendor Management

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

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 job:

As a Service Logistics Vendor Manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you will lead operational excellence across our service supply chain network. You will manage a team responsible for supplier logistics operations, transportation management, inventory control, and supplier delivery performance.

This role supports our mission by ensuring the reliable, compliant, and efficient movement of critical scientific products throughout the customer lifecycle.
You will serve as the key Service representative across Purchasing, Manufacturing, Suppliers, Quality, Planning, and Service Operations to ensure quality parts availability aligned with forecasted demand. You will drive supplier performance and logistics execution while acting as an escalation path for operational buyers to resolve supplier, delivery, quality, and availability risks.

You will manage, coach, and develop a supplier management team in a growing organization, setting clear priorities, performance expectations, and development plans to drive accountability and continuous improvement. As the organization evolves, you will help define team responsibilities, operating rhythms, standard work, and ways of working in alignment with the broader Service strategy.

You will oversee a complex supplier logistics network of approximately 200 suppliers and $450M in annual spend, partnering with suppliers, 3PL providers, carriers, and internal stakeholders to improve delivery performance, strengthen supplier quality, reduce operational risk, and drive measurable service and cost improvements.

You will develop and implement logistics strategies that improve supplier delivery performance across inbound and outbound flows, including on-time delivery, shipment accuracy, quality performance, transportation efficiency, and issue resolution. Through data-driven decision making, KPI tracking, root cause analysis, and structured continuous improvement methods, you will identify opportunities to optimize logistics processes, improve supplier performance, reduce costs, and maintain high standards of quality and customer service.

Requirements:

Education:

• Advanced degree plus 6 years of experience preferred, or bachelor's degree plus 8 years of experience in logistics, supply chain, supplier operations, or service operations; preferred fields of study include Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, or Operations Management
• Professional certifications in Supply Chain, Logistics, Lean, or Continuous Improvement welcomed (APICS, CSCMP, Lean Six Sigma, or equivalent)

Skills & Experience:

• Experience managing complex supplier logistics operations across a large supplier base (approximately 200 suppliers and $450M in annual spend), driving supplier delivery performance, quality improvement, cost optimization, and operational excellence
• Experience leading and developing teams of 4+ direct reports within a growing organization, including defining roles and responsibilities, establishing operating methods, and driving performance management and talent development
• Experience as a cross-functional partner between Service, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Suppliers, Quality, Planning, and Operations to ensure parts availability and resolve supplier delivery, quality, and availability risks
• Experience managing supplier logistics performance, including inbound and outbound delivery improvement, on-time delivery, shipment accuracy, issue resolution, and supplier quality improvement initiatives
• Knowledge of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint); experience with data visualization or reporting tools preferred
• Experience managing 3PL relationships, carrier performance, supplier scorecards, and service-level agreements
• Analytical and problem-solving capabilities with experience in KPI development, performance tracking, root cause analysis, and action planning
• Experience with quality management systems and regulatory compliance (ISO or related standards)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to influence suppliers, external partners, and internal stakeholders
• Ability to travel, typically 10–15%

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