Senior Manager, Make/Buy Strategy & Execution
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Morrisville, North Carolina, USA
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Not specified
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field (MBA or advanced degree strongly preferred).
- At least 8 years of relevant experience in operations strategy, manufacturing finance, strategic sourcing, or supply chain management, with proven experience leading Make/Buy or network optimization i
- Hands-on experience with P&L ownership, cost accounting, and financial modeling within a manufacturing or operations context.
- Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional projects in large, matrixed, global organizations.
Full description
Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Job DescriptionPosition Summary
The Senior Manager, Make/Buy Strategy & Execution is a key leadership role within Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Contract Manufacturing & Value Assurance (CMVA) team. This position is responsible for developing, operationalizing, and managing the company’s global Make/Buy strategy - ensuring strategic decisions around internal manufacturing and external sourcing are backed by rigorous financial, operational, and strategic analysis.
This role blends strategic finance with hands-on operational expertise. The Senior Manager will design and implement robust analytical frameworks, reconstruct and validate site P&Ls, and translate complex financial data into actionable insights that drive value, cost efficiency, and network optimization. Working closely with Sr. Manager, Operations (who leads the strategic and workshop components), this individual serves as a peer and counterpart, ensuring operational and financial rigor behind the strategy.
Key Responsibilities1. Make/Buy Framework Development & Governance
- Design, document, and deploy a standardized Make/Buy decision-making framework across divisions and product lines.
- Establish and manage governance processes to ensure consistency, transparency, and alignment with corporate operations, supply chain, and technology strategies.
- Continuously refine methodologies and tools based on lessons learned and evolving business needs.
2. Financial Reconstruction & Operational Analysis
- Deeply understand plant and site-level P&Ls; deconstruct and rebuild financial statements that may have evolved through inconsistent reporting practices.
- Reclassify and rationalize cost elements (e.g., shifting overheads to direct costs) to produce clear, accurate, and comparable financial views across sites.
- Defend financial restatements and cost reallocations with site finance teams, ensuring alignment and credibility.
- Connect operational decisions—capacity, headcount, sourcing, productivity—to financial outcomes and site profitability.
3. Opportunity Identification & Strategic Evaluation
- Develop and apply advanced financial models to identify and prioritize Make/Buy opportunities across sites, technologies, and product portfolios.
- Assess total cost of ownership (TCO), capacity, capability, capital investment, risk, quality, and IP implications.
- Build robust, defendable business cases—including NPV, ROI, and payback analyses—to support strategic recommendations.
4. Cross-Functional Leadership & Execution
- Lead cross-functional project teams involving Divisional Operations, Finance, Supply Chain, R&D, Procurement, and Quality.
- Partner closely with the Sr. Manager, Operations on strategy development, workshops, and executive presentations.