Supply Chain Specialist – Strategic Projects (SBT)

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. Purpose of the Role The Supply Chain Specialist – Strategic Projects is responsible for leading and coordinating supply chain activities within strategic dual sourcing and supplier transfer projects. The role ensures successful implementation of new or alternative supply sources while maintaining material availability, customer commitments and business continuity. It provides end-to-end coordination across Purchasing, Planning, Inventory Management, Warehouse and Logistics and ensures that all required supply chain processes, systems, parameters and material flows are ready for implementation. A key part of the role is to drive change across functions, establish sustainable end-to-end processes and ensure successful transition from project implementation into standard operations.

Dual Sourcing & Supplier Transfer Projects Lead and coordinate Supply Chain workstreams within dual sourcing, supplier transfer and supplier change projects. Develop and execute supply chain implementation plans for onboarding new or alternative suppliers. Coordinate supply chain readiness across Purchasing, Planning, Inventory Management, Warehouse, Logistics and other relevant functions. Define project milestones, dependencies, risks and actions and ensure timely execution of supply chain deliverables. Proactively identify supply continuity risks and develop appropriate mitigation and contingency plans. Ensure material availability and minimize disruption to customer deliveries throughout supplier transitions. Coordinate the transition from existing to new supply sources, including phase-in/phase-out planning and management of remaining inventory. Support ramp-up and stabilization of new suppliers and ensure effective handover into standard operations. End-to-End Supply Chain Process Design Design and implement end-to-end supply chain processes required for new or changed supply sources. Assess the impact of supplier changes across the entire material flow, from supplier ordering and planning parameters through transportation, goods receipt, warehousing and inventory management to production availability. Ensure clear process ownership, responsibilities, interfaces and escalation paths across functions. Align Purchasing, Planning, Warehouse, Logistics, Quality, Engineering and other stakeholders to ensure an effective and sustainable material flow. Define and implement appropriate planning parameters, inventory strategies, ordering processes and logistics concepts for new suppliers. Ensure warehouse readiness, including material receiving, handling, storage and relevant master data requirements. Drive process standardization, simplification and scalability using PPI principles. Change Management & Implementation Drive change management activities associated with new suppliers, sourcing models and changed supply chain processes. Assess the impact of proposed changes on processes, systems, data, roles and ways of working. Develop and coordinate implementation plans together with affected functions. Ensure effective communication, stakeholder engagement, training and knowledge transfer. Monitor implementation and adoption of new processes and address gaps to ensure sustainable change. Ensure that project solutions are fully embedded into standard operations rather than remaining dependent on