Assoc Manager, Commercial Finance (FSP)

Thermo Fisher Scientific • Wilmington, NC

3d • Onsite

About The Position

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.

DESCRIPTION: Join our collaborative team as a Sales Operations Supervisor at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where you'll contribute to our mission to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. In this position, you'll guide and support a team while managing important projects that directly contribute to our success. You'll oversee end-to-end management of sales operations, including RFPs, tenders, and contract processes, ensuring seamless coordination between different functions and departments. This role offers opportunities to implement process improvements, analyze sales performance, and develop strategic initiatives that enhance our commercial excellence. You'll build and maintain strategic partnerships with both internal and external stakeholders, lead quality control processes, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality proposals and contracts. Your guidance will be essential in developing team members, optimizing workflows, and fostering operational excellence across the organization.

Thank you for your interest as you consider starting a new career journey with us. As the world leader in serving science, our colleagues develop critical solutions through innovation—and build rewarding careers. Discover their extraordinary stories and connection to our Mission to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Their work is a story of purpose. What story will you tell? Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of more than $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. Thermo Fisher Scientific is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, veteran status, age or disability status.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree Required
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in sales operations or similar role
• Strong knowledge of RFP/tender administration and contract management
• Advanced proficiency in CRM systems (particularly Salesforce) and Microsoft Office Suite
• Exceptional analytical and financial modeling skills
• Outstanding written and verbal communication abilities
• Demonstrated project management experience
• Experience with process improvement methodologies
• Strong understanding of contractual documents and business operations
• Ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously
• Excellent interpersonal skills for leading teams and collaborating across functions
• Proven track record of meeting deadlines and delivering quality results
• Fluency in English required
• Experience working in matrix organizations and leading global teams
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities

Nice To Haves

• Masters Degree preferrable
• Preferred Fields of Study: Business Administration, Finance, or related field
• Professional certifications in Project Management are valued
• additional language skills are advantageous

Responsibilities

• Oversee end-to-end management of sales operations, including RFPs, tenders, and contract processes.
• Ensure seamless coordination between different functions and departments.
• Implement process improvements.
• Analyze sales performance.
• Develop strategic initiatives that enhance commercial excellence.
• Build and maintain strategic partnerships with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Lead quality control processes.
• Ensure timely delivery of high-quality proposals and contracts.
• Develop team members.
• Optimize workflows.
• Foster operational excellence across the organization.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager