Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Supply Chain Planning Project Manager

Location: Pittsburgh, PA (Hybrid – 4 days onsite, 1 day remote) - Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

Work Authorization: candidates must be eligible to work in the US without requiring sponsorship ow or in the future
Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM, with occasional additional hours based on project or business needs.

Make an Impact That Matters

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll do meaningful work alongside a team that's dedicated to making the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. Every day, our colleagues help accelerate life-changing research, improve patient outcomes, ensure food safety, and protect our environment.

As a Project Manager on our Supply Chain Planning team, you'll play a key role in driving initiatives that improve the customer experience while strengthening our global supply chain. This is an opportunity to lead high-visibility projects, collaborate with cross-functional teams and suppliers, and influence processes that support the delivery of more than 2.5 million scientific products to customers around the world.

If you're energized by solving complex business challenges, working with data, and leading projects that create measurable results, we'd love to hear from you.

About the Team

This position is part of the Customer Channels Group (CCG) Supply Chain Planning organization. CCG is a global distributor of scientific products and services, supporting customers across biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, academia, government, and industrial markets.

Our team helps ensure customers have timely access to the products they need to advance scientific discovery and improve lives.

What You'll Do

In this role, you'll lead strategic projects that improve operational performance and customer experience while partnering with teams across the business.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading cross-functional projects from planning through implementation, ensuring milestones, timelines, budgets, and deliverables are successfully achieved.

• Driving supplier integration and supply chain initiatives that support enterprise objectives and operational excellence.

• Partnering with suppliers, business leaders, operations, IT, and other stakeholders to identify opportunities, remove barriers, and implement sustainable improvements.

• Analyzing operational and project data to identify trends, measure success, and support data-driven decision making.

• Developing executive-level dashboards, presentations, and project updates that communicate progress, risks, and recommendations.

• Facilitating project meetings, managing action items, and ensuring accountability across project teams.

• Supporting monthly and quarterly business reviews through reporting and performance analysis.

• Collaborating with IT and business partners to define requirements, coordinate testing, and support successful system implementations.

• Championing continuous improvement initiatives using Practical Process Improvement (PPI) methodologies.

• Supporting additional business initiatives as needed.

What We're Looking For

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Five or more years of experience in project management, supply chain, operations, or a related field.

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities while delivering high-quality results in a fast-paced environment.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

We're looking for someone who combines strong project management skills with a collaborative mindset and a passion for continuous improvement.

Successful candidates will have:

• Experience leading cross-functional projects with multiple stakeholders.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with experience using data to drive business decisions.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including experience presenting to senior leadership.

• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; SQL experience is a plus.

• Ability to influence without direct authority and build strong working relationships across teams.

• Experience working with business, operations, suppliers, and IT partners.

• Knowledge of supply chain operations, process improvement, Lean, Six Sigma, or Practical Process Improvement (PPI) methodologies is preferred.

• A proactive, customer-focused mindset with the ability to identify opportunities and drive meaningful change.

Why Join Thermo Fisher Scientific?

When you join our team, you'll have the opportunity to:

• Lead projects that directly improve customer experience and business performance.

• Collaborate with talented colleagues across a global organization.

• Grow your career through development opportunities, mentorship, and internal mobility.

• Work on meaningful initiatives that support scientific innovation and improve lives around the world.

• Enjoy the flexibility of a hybrid work schedule while remaining connected to a collaborative team environment.

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, your work has purpose—and your ideas can make a lasting impact.