FSP Vendor Management Specialist at Thermo Fisher Scientific

Job Description

• At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

The PPD FSP Solution:

• PPD's Functional Service Provider division partner with and serve as an extension of our PPD team, supporting our customers key functions. We cover customer needs on every level, allowing them to do more with less, with an uncompromising commitment to quality. We deploy the same top-tier talent in ALL engagement models. Exceptionally trained, rigorously supported and technologically empowered to help customers manage capacity and set programs up for success.
• Joining within our PPD FSP functional area, allows you to join the renowned PPD CRO and still gain invaluable client dedicated experience.

Summarized Purpose:

• Provides complete oversight of vendors for moderate complexity clinical trials in single or more than one region. Selects and contracts with appropriate vendors for scope of client's study and provides financial control and oversight of pass-through budgets.

A Day in the Life:

• Identifies the scope of third-party vendors required to support clinical trials
• Oversight of contracting with vendors, including legal and contract modifications, where required
• Ensures all activities are executed in compliance with company practices, client requirements, GxP and GCP
• Provides financial management of vendor pass through costs
• Identifies risks proactively, develops contingency plans, and communicates to stakeholders
• Oversight of inverse logistics processes, including returns, destruction, and recalibration activities
• Participates in team meetings, providing insight about vendors processes and procedures, costs, timelines, requirements, and deliverables
• Maintains close collaboration with the GCS team concerning I/E activities to ensure that appropriate regulations are followed for all countries imports and exports

Discover Impactful Work

• Works on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of a variety of factors.
• Developing professional expertise, applies company policies and procedures to resolve a variety of issues.

Key to Success:

Education:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification

Skills & Experience:

• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 2+ years)
• Skilled in various vendor and clinical systems such as laboratory vendors, supply vendors, and procurement.
• Excellent communication skills (interpersonal, written and verbal) with the ability to communicate highly technical information to all project team members.
• Excellent organizational, planning, customer service, and time management skills with the ability to multitask under tight deadlines while providing attention to detail.
• Ability to communication effectively with sponsors, vendors, and internal project teams.