Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, 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 by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Summary

Join our professional team as a Transportation Manager to contribute to optimizing transportation networks. You will be responsible for managing inbound, outbound, intercompany, and direct shipments while balancing service excellence with cost efficiency. Working with the transportation management team and Global Transportation Group, you will develop and execute transportation strategies that enhance operational effectiveness.

How will you make an impact?

In this role, you will design and optimize road/air networks, negotiate with carriers, and implement process improvements across all transportation modes. You will collaborate with internal partners to create efficient inbound strategies and develop optimal solutions for imports. Your expertise in managing dangerous goods and multi-modal transportation networks will contribute directly to our mission of making the world healthier, cleaner, and safer.

Position Summary & Key Responsibilities:

We’re looking for somebody who wants to make a difference within a global organisation that enables individuals to reach their best through continuous challenges and expansive opportunities.

• Demonstrates and promotes the company vision.
• Provides coaching, clear direction and training, including system training and SOP training on regular basis.
• Developing and maintaining excellent relationships with the various group and divisional business leaders across CTD.
• Interacts with Quality Assurance/Regulatory personnel to drive Problem Reports to closure, up to and including facilitation of investigation and root cause analysis in conjunction with Program Managers and Project Managers.
• Leads comprehensive analysis that draws on their expertise and that of the wider team to develop solutions to business issues to proactively find opportunities for the business to lower procurement costs or improve carrier service levels.
• Using comprehensive analysis that draws on their expertise and that of the wider team to develop solutions to business issues to proactively find opportunities for the business to lower procurement costs or improve carrier service levels.
• Establish Goals for direct reports in accordance with company initiatives and vision.
• Applies GDP Principles in all areas of responsibility.
• Leads and ensures regular 1:1s, PMDs are always conducted (and documented) for Direct Reports and is accountable for following the Absence and Performance management processes at all times.
• Support onboarding, induction, training, competency management, and upskilling of team members.
• Supports internal, client, and regulatory audits and ensure timely completion of corrective actions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders including Quality, Engineering, Planning, HR, IT, Facilities, suppliers, and contractors.
• Works closely together with the Project Managers and Logistics Teams from Fisher Clinical Services and establishes regular performance meetings for the business.
• Responsible for ensuring Dangerous Goods consignments are inspected and handled as per IATA regulations.
• Responsible for monitoring the performance of Third-Party Suppliers and implementation of related KPIs and performance measures.
• Responsible and accountable for the UK operation and P&L for Transportation function.
• Responsible for rightsizing the operation and related cost saving initiatives.