
Lead Procurement Coordinator
About the role
Work Schedule
Standard Office Hours (40/wk)
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.
Position Summary:
This role supports procurement operations across MSD entities, with a primary focus on managing the quotation (RFQ) process, non-standard purchase orders (POREQ), and supplier communication. This position ensures accurate data management within ERP system and contributes to supplier lifecycle activities, including onboarding, maintenance, and inactivation/reactivation.
Responsibilities, include, but are not exclusively:
- Manage the quotation (RFQ) process, including request handling, communication with suppliers, escalations and follow-ups
- Maintain regular communication with suppliers to ensure timely and accurate responses
- Process and manage non-standard orders (POREQ) and non-standard indirect purchases
- Support supplier introduction and maintenance flow (new suppliers, updates, and changes)
- Data management in ERP system across MSD entities
- Collaborate with Procurement team to align sourcing strategies and operational needs
- Collaborate with stakeholders across departments on a global scale
Other Responsibilities:
- Contribute on projects following the request of manager
- Driving changes and improvements of processes (PPI)
- Working in compliance with KPIs
- Working in compliance with IMS, EMS, Health and Safety Management System, Quality Management System
Requirements and Competencies
- Strong organizational skills with attention to detail
- Effective communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, international environment
- Proactive mindset with a focus on process improvement
- Experience with ERP systems and MS Office tools preferred
- Czech/Slovak language and fluent English needed (verbal and written form)
Required skills
Procurement coordination
Stakeholder management
Purchase order handling
Process improvement
Documentation
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