Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Office
Job Description
Join Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. as a Sr Manager, NPI, Quality, and Analytics in our Chemical Analysis Division! This role offers an outstanding opportunity to lead a coordinated function that ensures supplier readiness for New Product Introductions (NPI). You'll improve supplier quality and capabilities, delivering data-supported decisions that drive procurement and product delivery. This is your chance to work on world-class projects and make a significant impact!
Job Responsibilities
- Build and lead PMO practices to control NPI and supplier programs, including stage-gate processes, portfolio planning, change control, RAG reporting, and executive briefings.
- Enable rapid decision-making across Procurement, Engineering, Quality, Operations, Finance, and Legal by removing blockers and raising risks effectively.
- Recruit, mentor, and develop a strong, matrixed team of supplier quality engineers, procurement/NPI leads, and data analysts.
- Own budgets for supplier development and PMO programs, track return on investment, and report realized savings/cost avoidance.
NPI & Launch Readiness
- Lead procurement and supplier-quality aspects of complex NPIs, including sourcing strategy, long-lead management, BOM cost-to-target, supplier qualification (PPAP/FAI), and launch-readiness sign-off.
- Define and enforce NPI gate criteria, including supplier capability, contractual terms, quality controls, and capacity confirmation.
- Drive supplier early-engagement for prototypes/pilots, coordinate first-article approvals, tooling transfers, and qualification timelines.
- Partner with Engineering to lead design-to-cost initiatives and supplier co-development to shorten qualification time and reduce launch cost.
Supplier Quality & Supplier Development
- Lead the qualification and re-qualification of suppliers, assess their capabilities, and carry out on-site audits; direct CAPA governance and confirm verification through to closure.
- Develop and coordinate supplier improvement initiatives (SPCI / Lean / Kaizen), co-investment approaches, and technical actions that decrease defects, improve process capability (SPC, MSA), and reduce TCO.
- Implement supplier performance management, including scorecards, essential metrics (PPM, OTIF, CAPA closure time), protocols for addressing critical issues, and incentive structures.
- Build and manage supplier risk mitigation programs, including dual-sourcing, nearshoring/kitting pilots, tariff mitigation, obsolescence planning, and contingency stock.
Data & Analytics Leadership
- Establish and govern a canonical analytics capability for procurement and NPI, including spend & savings pipeline, TCO models, supplier risk scoring, and launch-readiness dashboards.
- Lead advanced analytics initiatives (forecasting, scenario planning, anomaly detection, root-cause analytics) that directly inform sourcing and supplier development decisions.
- Translate complex analytics into concise, committed recommendations for category teams and senior leaders; ensure executive-ready reporting and adoption.
- Own data quality, lineage, and governance for procurement/NPI datasets; partner with IT/Finance to ensure reliable, automated data pipelines.
Compensation and Benefits
The salary range estimated for this position based in Massachusetts is $130,000.00–$194,950.00.
This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:
A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards