Senior Contract Specialist

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Thermo Fisher Scientific

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1956

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

🏭 Manufacturing

Healthcare • Logistics • Manufacturing

Thermo Fisher Scientific is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of more than $40 billion. Their mission is to enable customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer by supporting life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing laboratory productivity, and improving patient health through diagnostics and the development of life-changing therapies. With a global team, they offer innovative technologies and pharmaceutical services through brands such as Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon, and PPD.

📋 Description

• Review, draft and negotiate commercial agreements, including customer and supplier contracts, master service agreements, confidentiality agreements and amendments • Manage contracts throughout the contracting lifecycle from initial review and negotiation through execution and ongoing administration • Partner with internal stakeholders to understand business objectives and develop negotiation strategies • Identify and assess contractual, commercial and operational risks and recommend solutions or mitigation measures • Advise business stakeholders on contractual matters, policies and processes • Support complex and high-value negotiations while balancing commercial objectives with risk management • Collaborate with Legal, Finance, Sales, Operations, Quality and other functions to ensure agreements meet internal requirements and policies • Support RFPs, tenders and competitive bid processes • Develop and maintain relationships with customers, suppliers and external partners • Manage multiple contracts and priorities while meeting deadlines and business commitments • Escalate significant contractual risks or issues and support their resolution • Improve contracting processes, templates, systems and ways of working • Maintain accurate contract records and support reporting and compliance requirements • Support agreements involving international and/or government customers where applicable and ensure contractual and regulatory compliance

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Law, Life Sciences or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience • Significant experience reviewing, drafting and negotiating complex commercial contracts • Strong knowledge of contract principles, commercial risk assessment and contract lifecycle management • Experience managing complex or high-value agreements involving multiple stakeholders • Strong negotiation, facilitation and stakeholder management skills • Experience supporting RFPs, tenders and competitive bid processes • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making capabilities • Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality work within demanding timelines • Excellent attention to detail, organisational and time-management skills • Ability to work effectively within a global, cross-functional and matrix organisation • Proficiency with Microsoft Office and contract management or related business systems • Fluency in English • Experience within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, life sciences or CDMO/CMO environment would be advantageous • Professional qualifications or certifications in contracts, procurement, commercial management or a related discipline would be beneficial • For US Government contracting support, experience with FAR/DFARS, FSS, GSA contracts, ECAT contracts or comparable processes would be advantageous

🏖️ Benefits

• Professional development opportunities • Exposure to complex commercial matters across functions, businesses and geographies • Collaborative global work environment • Continuous improvement environment