**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. **Location/Division Specific Information** Rockwood, TN – Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry Division. **Discover Impactful Work:** The Buyer/Planner III will make an impact by being accountable for planning and completing assigned purchasing related activities to procure raw materials & finished goods in a fast paced & team based environment. Resolves material requirements and maintains inventory at planned levels. Establishes standard methodology procurement process, bring together quotations, examine bids, and coordinates to make awards. Support the business to drive year-over-year efficiency & works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors. **A Day in the Life:** + Plans and completes procurement of finished goods and raw materials from global contract manufacturers, OEMs and Suppliers. + Builds and coordinates standard process inventory planning and replenishment of raw materials, components and finished goods. + Participates in all aspect of supply chain management as critical to maintain a reliable and cost focused source of supply for the business unit. + Adept in building processes and using systems to efficiently plan & procure in a growth oriented environment. + Proactively reports product and material availability issues & provides critical supply information to Customer Service & Operations teams. + Maintains purchase order status and shipment tracking information in ERP system. + Establishes and maintains rapport with all levels of supplier personnel and internal customers and drives contract development in coordination with Procurement Manager. + Handles requests for information, quotations, proposals, and bidding processes and supports the Procurement Manager to build year-over-year cost savings. + Inventory Management: DOS reporting, inventory parameters, reduction percentage measurements, Product management; measure related KBM’s. + Purchasing Management: PR to PO execution, Vendor Compliance, Reduction of Cycle Process Time and Strengthening Vendor Relationships. + Participates and builds information to monthly SIOP (Sales Inventory & Operations Planning) process. + Documents performance to action plans and timelines for assigned projects and completes special projects and assignments as requested. **Keys to Success:** **Education** + At least an Associates degree required, Bachelor's degree preferred in Business, Operations, Supply Chain or related field. **Experience** + Previous purchasing experience in a Buyer role required. + 2-3 years experience in a regulated environment is preferred. **Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities** + Knowledge and understanding of procurement concepts and application. + Strong analytical, planning and interpersonal abilities. + Excellent interpersonal and communications skills (oral & written). + Proficient in Microsoft Office Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and ERP experience a must. + Ability to make informed decisions regarding specific product needs, prioritize needs, identify alternatives if vital, taking into consideration the impact on the customer as well as the business. + Self-starter with ability to work independently and react quickly to changing priorities. + Demonstrate Thermo Fisher Scientific values – Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement as well as role modeling leader characteristic. **Benefits** We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus scheme, healthcare, 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. Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.