Buyer/Planner II

Work Schedule

Environmental Conditions

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you will 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.

DESCRIPTION

The Buyer/Planner II role is a visible position reporting to the Sr. Supply Chain Manager at the Madison, WI site. You will be a key contact in Madison related ensuring timely buying, communication to the site and scheduling the ship plan, including maintenance in SAP. This position will be collaborating with team members in Supply Chain – Buyers, Supply Planner and Inventory Control personnel, Product Management, Manufacturing Engineering and Operations, R & D, Sales, Service and other Thermo sites around the world.

What will you do?

• Be a primary point of contact for the Madison site related to reviewing and scheduling orders through SAP for assigned product lines to support the ship plan and related communications. This includes finished products, accessories, spares, and any other approved material ship plans in SAP.
• Will be a Key contributor to On Time To Promise (OTTP) goals for the Madison Wi site.
• Escalate and maintain timely information related to any part shortages and communicate impact dates within Operations.
• Support timely and accurate inventory control related to the ship plan, including support of cycle counts and any needed SAP inventory transactions.
• Provide clear, timely information and responses to internal customers.
• Process and collaborate on Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) that are assigned related to your product lines.
• Provide input and support proper SAP planning parameters to support inventory goals and timely customer delivery dates.
• Create and manage purchase orders in SAP, by use of daily and weekly reporting. 
• Contact and meet with suppliers to minimize and resolve any incoming supply issues.
• Process Return Material Authorizations.
• Ongoing work to right size inventory holding.
• Create and/or maintain documentation and Standard Operating Procedures related to your responsibilities.
• Use and support on-site database troubleshooting as needed.
• Collaborate across functions to solve Supply Chain challenges.
• Other responsibilities as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS

How you will get here:

• Bachelor's Degree plus minimum 5 years of experience in planning or supply chain, preferred in a related manufacturing environment.
• Preferred Fields of Study: Supply Chain Management and/or Industrial Engineering in related field.
• Experience in ERP/MRP systems (SAP preferred, Oracle, JDE or similar).
• Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel and data analysis tools.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities for inventory optimization and planning.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• English language proficiency required, additional languages beneficial.
• Knowledge of inventory management principles and supply chain best practices.
• Experience with Practical Process Improvement (PPI) methodologies.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders.
• Self-directed with strong organizational and time management skills.
• Knowledge of ISO or other relevant quality standards preferred.
• APICS certification preferred.
• Six Sigma Green/Black Belt certification preferred.