Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Job Description
Why this role matters
At Thermo Fisher Scientific, resilient supply networks are essential to protecting customer commitments, operational continuity, and enterprise revenue. In a highly complex global environment shaped by geopolitical uncertainty, trade policy shifts, regulatory requirements, sustainability expectations, and capacity constraints, supplier disruptions represent material business risk.
This role exists to lead the execution of supplier resiliency programs, ensuring defined priorities are translated into governed, scalable, and measurable outcomes.
As Program Manager, Supplier Resiliency, you will operate at an enterprise level, owning the delivery, governance, and integration of global resiliency initiatives. While supplier risk identification, strategy, and tools are owned elsewhere, this role is accountable for driving execution at scale, aligning cross-functional leaders, and ensuring programs materially reduce risk to revenue and operations.
How will you make an impact?
You will be accountable for delivering sustained reductions in operational and revenue exposure driven by supplier disruption. Operating without direct reports, you will lead through influence in a global, matrixed organization—integrating work across Procurement, Supply Chain, Operations, Quality, Regulatory, Trade Compliance, Legal, Finance, and Sustainability.
You will define program structure, establish governance, manage interdependencies, and drive disciplined execution, ensuring resiliency initiatives deliver lasting business impact and are embedded into how the organization operates.
Success in this role is measured by:
- Material reduction in revenue and operational exposure to supplier disruption
- Predictable, on-time execution of complex, cross-functional initiatives
- Adoption and sustainment of resiliency capabilities across categories, regions, and sites
What will you do?
Program Leadership, Governance & Delivery
- Own end-to-end delivery of enterprise supplier resiliency programs from initiation through sustainment
- Define program structure, governance models, operating cadence, and success metrics
- Lead integrated program planning across multiple workstreams, managing scope, dependencies, risks, and trade-offs
- Drive execution rigor, decision discipline, and timely escalation when outcomes are at risk
- Apply PPI / Lean Six Sigma principles to improve execution velocity, consistency, and scalability
Driving Down Risk to Revenue & Operations
- Lead execution of resiliency initiatives prioritized based on revenue exposure and operational criticality
- Partner with Procurement and Business leaders to sequence and deliver mitigation actions that materially reduce business risk
- Maintain clear visibility to execution progress, realized outcomes, and residual exposure
- Provide leadership with concise, fact-based insight into how programs are reducing risk to supply continuity and revenue
Cross-Functional Leadership & Influence
- Lead cross-functional collaboration across Procurement, Supply Chain, Operations, Quality, Regulatory, Trade Compliance, Legal, Finance, and Sustainability
- Influence priorities, commitments, and outcomes without direct authority in a highly matrixed environment
- Facilitate decision-making where functional objectives, timelines, or constraints conflict
- Act as an integrator between strategy owners and execution teams to ensure alignment and momentum
Tracking, Reporting & Enablement
- Establish and maintain enterprise-level program tracking, reporting, and executive communication
- Drive transparency on delivery health, risks, and outcomes to enable proactive leadership decisions
- Own enablement and change management approaches to embed resiliency programs into standard operating rhythms
- Capture and institutionalize lessons learned to continuously strengthen execution maturity
How will you get here?
Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Finance, or Science (MBA preferred)
- 7+ years of experience leading global or enterprise programs in Procurement or Supply Chain environments
- Demonstrated success delivering complex, cross-functional initiatives with senior-level visibility
- Hands-on practitioner experience in sourcing, supplier management, or operations strongly preferred
- Experience in regulated, global, or highly complex operating environments preferred
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Strong enterprise program leadership and governance capabilities
- Proven ability to execute in ambiguity and drive outcomes
- PPI / Lean Six Sigma experience (certification preferred)
- Exceptional influencing, stakeholder management, and communication skills
- Ability to connect execution detail to enterprise business outcomes
- Comfortable operating independently with high accountability and visibility
- Proficiency with MS Office and program tracking tools
- Willingness to travel 10–30% 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 a 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 an accommodation.