Logistics Specialist II

Work Schedule

Standard Office Hours (40/wk)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Global Planner Service Logistics

As part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do meaningful work, that makes a positive impact on a global scale! Join 130,000 colleagues who bring our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. You’ll 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. This includes protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe, and helping find cures for cancer.

With a growing installed base, the service organization and service logistics in particular is a very dynamic organization! We work together in an international team of colleagues across different time zones to pro-actively ensure spare parts availability across our global warehousing network.

Together with the team, you own and plan $160M worth of global inventory and decide to buy, repair, and scrap for a portfolio of around 9000 spare parts. This is accomplished by using the planning software Servigistics and applying appropriate planning practices, knowledge on statistical forecasting, and insights gained from cross-departmental teamwork. The global planner will need to collaborate with our buying team, global technical support team, procurement, operations engineering, quality and product lifecycle management.

Key Responsibilities

• Managing $160M in global inventory.
• Confirm statistical demand forecasting to be able to lead global inventory planning through the warehousing network.
• Align forecasts with procurement department and suppliers, enabling long term capacity planning within the integrated supply chain while owning solving critical shortages on short-term.
• Involved in cross-functional teams and work towards resolving supply chain (capacity) challenges.
• Continuously work on improving the overall service supply chain setup by combining a multitude of data sources.
• Drive for continuous improvement in multi-disciplinary projects while representing service logistics.
  

Requirements

• MSc degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Business or related field.
• Possesses knowledge of service businesses, statistical forecasting, inventory management and project management.
• 0-2 years experience working in supply chain, preferably in a high-tech service environment.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
• Able to manage multiple, competing priorities at once.
• Continuous improvement mentality.
• Great teammate.
• Strong oral and written communication skills in English.

EEO/AAP

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.