Supply Chain Planning Project Manager

Thermo Fisher Scientific • Pittsburgh, PA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll do meaningful work alongside a team that's dedicated to making the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. Every day, our colleagues help accelerate life-changing research, improve patient outcomes, ensure food safety, and protect our environment. As a Project Manager on our Supply Chain Planning team, you'll play a key role in driving initiatives that improve the customer experience while strengthening our global supply chain. This is an opportunity to lead high-visibility projects, collaborate with cross-functional teams and suppliers, and influence processes that support the delivery of more than 2.5 million scientific products to customers around the world. If you're energized by solving complex business challenges, working with data, and leading projects that create measurable results, we'd love to hear from you.

This position is part of the Customer Channels Group (CCG) Supply Chain Planning organization. CCG is a global distributor of scientific products and services, supporting customers across biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, academia, government, and industrial markets. Our team helps ensure customers have timely access to the products they need to advance scientific discovery and improve lives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Five or more years of experience in project management, supply chain, operations, or a related field.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities while delivering high-quality results in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects with multiple stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with experience using data to drive business decisions.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including experience presenting to senior leadership.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to influence without direct authority and build strong working relationships across teams.
• Experience working with business, operations, suppliers, and IT partners.
• A proactive, customer-focused mindset with the ability to identify opportunities and drive meaningful change.

Nice To Haves

• SQL experience is a plus.
• Knowledge of supply chain operations, process improvement, Lean, Six Sigma, or Practical Process Improvement (PPI) methodologies is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic projects that improve operational performance and customer experience while partnering with teams across the business.
• Lead cross-functional projects from planning through implementation, ensuring milestones, timelines, budgets, and deliverables are successfully achieved.
• Drive supplier integration and supply chain initiatives that support enterprise objectives and operational excellence.
• Partner with suppliers, business leaders, operations, IT, and other stakeholders to identify opportunities, remove barriers, and implement sustainable improvements.
• Analyze operational and project data to identify trends, measure success, and support data-driven decision making.
• Develop executive-level dashboards, presentations, and project updates that communicate progress, risks, and recommendations.
• Facilitate project meetings, manage action items, and ensure accountability across project teams.
• Support monthly and quarterly business reviews through reporting and performance analysis.
• Collaborate with IT and business partners to define requirements, coordinate testing, and support successful system implementations.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives using Practical Process Improvement (PPI) methodologies.
• Support additional business initiatives as needed.

Benefits

• Relocation assistance is not available for this position.
• Growth opportunities through development opportunities, mentorship, and internal mobility.
• Hybrid work schedule.

What This Job Offers

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