Senior Program Manager, Procurement Category Strategy & Performance Management

Work Schedule

Standard Office Hours (40/wk)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

About Thermo Fisher Scientific:

When you’re part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do meaningful work, that makes a positive impact on a global scale! Join 130,000 colleagues who bring our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. You’ll find the resources here to achieve your career goals and help take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges. This includes protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe, and helping find cures for cancer.

How will you make an impact?

The Senior Program Manager, Procurement Category Strategy & Performance Management serves as a core leader within the Procurement Enablement function, responsible for building scalable processes, governance, planning capabilities, and performance management disciplines across the Procurement organization. Leading a team of program managers, you will implement enterprise-wide initiatives that strengthen category planning, standardize procurement governance, improve data and taxonomy consistency, and enhance performance visibility. Working across a highly matrixed global environment, you will partner with Procurement, Finance, Supply Chain, Operations, Digital, and Business leaders to deliver scalable capabilities that improve decision-making, execution, and business outcomes.

What will you do?

Enterprise Program Leadership

• Lead enterprise-wide Procurement Enablement initiatives from strategy through execution, adoption, and continuous improvement
• Develop and manage multi-year roadmaps aligned with Procurement transformation priorities and business objectives
• Establish governance frameworks, operating models, prioritization methodologies, and execution standards
• Apply continuous improvement methodologies to improve scalability, consistency, and execution effectiveness

Category Strategy Enablement

• Develop and implement standardized category strategy frameworks across global Procurement categories
• Partner with Category Managers and Procurement leaders to improve strategic planning, category maturity, and execution alignment
• Standardize category planning methodologies, templates, governance processes, and best practices
• Enable Procurement teams to strengthen strategic category management capabilities and long-term value creation
• Support procurement transformation initiatives focused on sourcing effectiveness, operating model maturity, and organizational capability development

Governance & Performance Management

• Lead procurement governance initiatives that improve performance transparency, accountability, and decision-making
• Develop executive dashboards, scorecards, KPI frameworks, and reporting processes
• Drive procurement taxonomy standardization, master data governance, and reporting consistency across systems and business units
• Partner with Digital, Data & Analytics, and Procurement Operations teams to improve data quality and reporting capabilities
• Establish governance forums, performance reviews, and escalation processes that strengthen execution discipline

Stakeholder Leadership & Influence

• Influence and align senior leaders across Procurement, Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, Digital, Sustainability, and Business functions
• Lead executive governance reviews, strategic planning discussions, and cross-functional decision-making forums
• Serve as a strategic partner between Procurement leadership, category teams, and enterprise stakeholders
• Communicate program progress, business outcomes, risks, and opportunities to executive audiences

Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve procurement effectiveness through process optimization, standardization, digital enablement, and analytics
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that increase planning consistency, operational efficiency, and organizational scalability
• Establish best practices and lessons learned that strengthen Procurement Enablement capabilities
• Benchmark industry best practices and recommend improvements that advance procurement maturity and performance

Success in this role is measured by:

• Adoption of standardized category strategy, governance, and planning frameworks across Procurement
• Enhanced procurement performance visibility through scalable KPIs, reporting, and executive dashboards
• Improved procurement data quality, taxonomy consistency, and reporting governance
• Successful delivery of Procurement Enablement initiatives with measurable business impact
• Increased operational scalability, consistency, and cross-functional alignment across the enterprise

How will you get here?

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Engineering, Operations, or related discipline (MBA preferred)
• Experience working in regulated industries (life sciences, pharmaceutical, medical device preferred)
• 10+ years of experience leading enterprise programs and transformation initiatives within Procurement, Supply Chain, Procurement Excellence, or transformation environments
• • 3+ years people management experience leading procurement teams, including coaching and development
• • Strong strategic sourcing and category management process knowledge, including AQSCIR methodology
• Strong practitioner experience in Category Management, Procurement Operations, Procurement Excellence, or enterprise PMO environments preferred
• Experience driving procurement governance, performance management, taxonomy standardization, or operating model transformation initiatives strongly preferred
• Experience operating within global, regulated, and highly matrixed organizations preferred
• Experience leading organizational change management and enterprise process standardization initiatives preferred

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Strong program leadership and strategic execution capabilities
• Deep understanding of Category Management, procurement operating models, and procurement transformation principles
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders and drive alignment without direct authority
• Excellent executive communication, stakeholder management, and facilitation skills
• Strong business acumen with the ability to connect procurement performance to operational and financial outcomes
• Experience developing governance frameworks, KPI structures, and executive reporting models
• Knowledge of procurement taxonomy, master data governance, and enterprise reporting practices preferred
• Continuous improvement experience (Lean Six Sigma, PPI, or equivalent) preferred
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, procurement systems, reporting platforms, and program management tools
• Willingness to travel 15–30% annually

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus scheme, healthcare, company pension, and a range of employee benefits!

Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation.

EEO / Reasonable Accommodation

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.