About the role

  • Program Manager leading supplier resiliency initiatives at Thermo Fisher Scientific. Owning program delivery and governance in a complex global supply environment.

Responsibilities

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

Requirements

  • 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
  • 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
  • range of employee benefits

Job title

Program Manager, Supplier Resiliency

Job type

Experience level

SeniorLead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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