Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

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Office

Job Description

Sr Manager, Inventory Controls

Drug Substance Division (DSD) | Pharma Services Group (PSG)
 

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, 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—developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, from protecting the environment and ensuring food safety to helping find cures for cancer.

About the Drug Substance Division (DSD)

The Drug Substance Division (DSD) is one of three divisions within Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Pharma Services Group (PSG). We specialize in both small- and large-molecule development and commercial drug substance services, enabling us to serve small/emerging, mid-sized, and large pharmaceutical customers globally. Together with the expertise and resources of the broader PSG organization, DSD offers a uniquely integrated CDMO platform. Our Quick-to-Care and Quick-to-Clinic programs allow customers to partner with us as an end-to-end provider across the supply chain—from development through commercialization.

Position Summary

As Sr Manager, Inventory Controls, you will lead inventory management initiatives across Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Drug Substance Division, optimizing processes across multiple global sites. You will define and guide the division’s inventory strategy, develop operational roadmaps, and collaborate closely with Finance to establish and achieve inventory targets.

This role offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic, multicultural environment, coordinating with inventory control leaders across all DSD facilities while driving global process standardization, best practices, and continuous improvement initiatives that directly impact organizational performance and scalability.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and execute inventory management initiatives across multiple global Drug Substance Division sites

• Define and maintain the division’s inventory strategy and operational roadmap

• Partner with Finance to establish inventory targets, performance metrics, and governance processes

• Drive global process standardization and implementation of inventory control best practices

• Design and optimize inventory structures to support business growth and scalability

• Lead cross-functional, multi-site improvement projects with measurable business impact

• Collaborate closely with Supply Chain, Procurement, Commercial, and Finance teams

• Support organizational change management and continuous improvement initiatives

• Provide leadership and influence within matrixed, global organizations

Minimum Qualifications

• Advanced degree plus 6+ years of experience OR Bachelor’s degree plus 8+ years of experience in Supply Chain or Operations Management

• Experience in high-mix, low-volume manufacturing environments

• Strong expertise in inventory control procedures and financial management

• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-site and cross-functional improvement initiatives

• Experience working with ERP systems

• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills

• Proven ability to build consensus and develop effective cross-functional partnerships

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Travel Requirement: Approximately 25%, domestic and international

Preferred Qualifications

• APICS certification and/or professional certifications in Project Management or Organizational Change Management

• Leadership experience within matrixed organizations

• Experience in organizational change management and process improvement

• Detail-oriented project management capabilities

• Experience working in global, multicultural environments

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship, now or in the future.

Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check, which includes a drug screening.

Equivalent combinations of education, training, and meaningful work experience may be considered.