Supplier Decarbonization Manager

Work Schedule

Environmental Conditions

Job Description

When you are part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you will do meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale! Bring our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. You will find the resources here to achieve your career goals and help take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges.

How will you make an impact?

Joining the Global Sustainability team, the Supplier Decarbonization Manager plays a key role in promoting sustainability across operations, products, and the supply chain. Reporting to the Sr. Manager, Supplier Sustainability, this position entails engaging with key suppliers to promote sustainability and decarbonization, monitoring and reporting supplier compliance, and integrating sustainability into supply chain decisions.

What will you do?

• Become a change agent supporting our environmental sustainability objectives. Work with the businesses, procurement, and R&D to set strategy on supplier selection and supplier compliance.

• Engage key suppliers in support of Thermo Fisher’s net zero goals and Scope 3 emissions reduction ambitions.

• Educate suppliers on greenhouse gas emissions topics including carbon foot printing, GHG emissions base-lining, renewable electricity and decarbonization road mapping.

• Collaborate with suppliers to establish timelines and achievements for meeting Thermo Fisher supply chain sustainability expectations.

• Support the development and distribution of content related to decarbonization such as supplier toolkits and trainings.

• Drive supplier adoption of digital solutions for managing supplier engagement and emissions data sharing.

• Support sustainable procurement objectives and advise on preferred supplier lists and other compliance initiatives.

• Monitor all actions and benchmarks to uphold net-zero goals and ensure high data quality.

• Engage with key collaborators across a variety of business functions, developing trust and rapport with senior leaders.

Technical Responsibilities

• Track and monitor timely completion of action items and projects, and report progress as required.

• Facilitate issue resolution and address customer risks.

• Find opportunities to drive continuous improvement.

• Support data analysis to drive action against objectives.

• Proficiency in PowerPoint, Smartsheet, and Excel. Experience with PowerBI is a plus.

• Proficiency in Carbon Accounting.

How will you get here?

• Bachelor’s degree required. Business, or Environmental Sciences preferred.

• 7 years of work experience.

• Experience in engaging with suppliers, R&D, and procurement organizations.

• Background in life sciences, biotech, pharma, and/or sustainability consulting preferred.

• Proven passion for environmental sustainability; solid understanding of environmental sustainability preferred.

• Strong verbal and written communication abilities, capable of engaging with new collaborators to achieve positive results.

• Strong project management experience including understanding of project management methodologies.

• Consistent record of collaborating across teams with outstanding capability to follow-up and follow-through.

• Ability to work independently, within a team, and collaboratively in a matrixed organization.

Compensation and Benefits

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