Sr Supply Chain Manager

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Location: Charlotte, NC or Maplewood, MN. Relocation assistance is NOT provided. 

*Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

*Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check, which includes a drug screening.

How will you make an impact?

The position will own the global SIOP process and lead its next phase of maturity for the division. This role will build the capabilities, governance, analytics, and cross-functional routines required to standardize and facilitate monthly SIOP and weekly S&OE across sales, product management, demand planning, supply planning, production, sourcing, finance, and logistics.

This leader will transform SIOP into a best-in-class, financially integrated decision process that improves customer fulfillment, inventory health, working capital, resilience, and profitability across the end-to-end supply chain.

Priority outcomes for this role include:

• SIOP Development:  Design, implement, and institutionalize a best‑in‑class SIOP operating model that translates business strategy and the operating plan into a financially reconciled cross‑functional plan—balancing demand, supply, inventory, and working capital to enable leadership trade‑off decisions and consistently deliver service, revenue, margin, and cash objectives.

• Financial reconciliation maturity: Progress monthly reconciliation from volume-based views to standard cost impact, revenue tie-out, and margin-focused decision support, creating one integrated view for operations and finance.

• Scenario-driven decision support: Build decision packages for leadership that quantify trade-offs across customer fulfillment, working capital, inventory, revenue, margin, expediting, and supply risk.

• AI-enabled planning: Identify and scale practical AI-enabled capabilities that improve forecast quality, planner productivity, exception management, risk sensing, and decision speed.

• Supplier collaboration: Strengthen supply assurance through key supplier SIOP / business reviews, improved supplier-facing forecasts, and contractual capacity and supply coverage for strategic materials.

What will you do?

• Influence and guide implementation of the Division's SIOP strategy at the business unit level; manage all aspects of the SIOP process while contributing to customer satisfaction, product availability, inventory management, and attainment of financial goals.

• Build, standardize, maintain, and facilitate a robust monthly SIOP process, including the development of weekly S&OE (Sales & Operations Execution) standards and governance.

• Drive demand, supply, inventory, and capacity alignment through a cross-functional process that connects operational plans with financial plans.

• Own the SIOP maturity roadmap and ensure the process is embedded and sustained at site, commercial, and division levels.

• Lead integrated reconciliation and executive review processes; translate operational plans into financial implications, with progression from units / volume to cost, revenue, and margin.

• Develop scenario-based decision packages for leadership that quantify the impact of supply, demand, sourcing, and inventory options on fulfillment, revenue, working capital, margin, cost, and risk.

• Communicate SIOP outputs, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions with CSD leadership to help drive revenue, profitability, CAS, and working capital performance.

• Partner with sourcing / procurement and suppliers to improve supplier-facing forecast quality, launch key supplier SIOP and collaboration forums, and strengthen contractual coverage, flexibility, and continuity plans for strategic materials.

• Own SIOP dashboards, analytics, and KPI reporting in Power BI or similar tools, partnering with IT and digital teams as needed.

• Identify, pilot, and scale pragmatic AI-enabled use cases across the supply chain, including forecast signal refinement, supply risk sensing, exception prioritization, and decision automation.

• Work cross-functionally to support supply chain priorities within the business units and division; as necessary, lead projects that close gaps, improve resilience, and capitalize on opportunities.

How will you get here?

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, or related field is required.

• Master of Business Administration (MBA) or other advanced degree preferred.

Experience

• 8+ years' experience in Supply Chain management, Inventory management, and SIOP / S&OP / IBP processes.

• Experience leading projects across functions or regions and driving continuous improvement with a disciplined approach.

• Expertise leading a cross-functional SIOP process; proficiency in demand forecasting, capacity, supply, inventory, and financial reconciliation.

• Demonstrated experience maturing SIOP within a global or matrixed organization and building scenario-based decision support for senior leaders.

• Experience partnering with sourcing / procurement and suppliers to improve supply assurance, collaborative planning, and contractual coverage.

• Experience with advanced analytics, data visualization, automation, or AI-enabled planning capabilities (and/or Machine Learning) strongly preferred.

• Relevant experience in the Life Science or Medical Device industry preferred.

• APICS certification and Lean Six Sigma Green / Black Belt Certification preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Proven track record of building, maturing, and implementing business processes within a global or matrixed organization.

• Strong business and financial acumen; ability to connect operational decisions to revenue, margin, cost, cash, and working capital.

• Proficient change agent capable of redefining and creating SIOP processes.

• Strong analytical, storytelling, and executive communication skills with the ability to synthesize complex trade-offs into clear, decision-ready insights.

• Strategic problem solver and planner with strong risk-based decision-making capability.

• Solid understanding of supply chain planning systems, ERP / MRP logic, analytics platforms, and digital or AI-enabled tools.

• Proven understanding of inventory management, distribution planning, supplier management, and end-to-end supply chain trade-offs.

• Embodies our Thermo Fisher values of Integrity, Involvement, Intensity, and Innovation.

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range estimated for this position based in North Carolina is $130,000.00–$180,000.00.

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

• A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs

• Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

• Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

• Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards