Marketing Procurement Specialist

Work Schedule

Environmental Conditions

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

We are seeking a detail-oriented Marketing Procurement Specialist to support vendor management for the Creative Shared Services team, based in Pittsburgh, PA. This is an onsite position.

Discover Impactful Work:

This position will support our relationships with our external vendors, sourcing and on-boarding new vendors as the need arises and manage processes for print, overflow creative production and translation—inclusive of cost negotiations, scheduling and research, vetting and set-up of new vendors. This individual should have a deep understanding of print processes and have experience in materials selection.

Keys to Success:

• Provide creative service sourcing, partnering with internal team and external agencies to ensure that scope, costs and timelines are clearly identified and met. Effectively communicate any budget overages ensuring approval prior to work completed.
• Provide end-to-end service in the printing and distribution of the Creative Shared Service print projects. Work with design team to determine appropriate print specs for individual projects, setting print standards and securing estimates
• Provide end-to-end translation service sourcing of Marketing projects in multiple languages
• Provide cost tracking for all outside services, create and update statement of work documents for all applicable projects.
• Establish relationships and partner with external vendors for outside services, onboarding new vendors when needed.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, web, or related field or equivalent work experience

Experience

• Minimum 3+ years experience related to print collateral production preferred

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Ability to perform under pressure and thrive in fast-paced environments
• Able to work independently and proactively, identifying issues and raising them to management, as well as offering potential solutions
• Strong relationship building skills and the ability to work with multiple team members across departments in a collaborative and professional way
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and work to meet deadlines

Physical Requirements / Work Environment

Office environment, onsite role.

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, 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!