Senior P2P Transformation Specialist – Vendor Onboarding & Master Data – French speaking

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Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions Office Job Description About Thermo Fisher Scientific: Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the world leader in serving science, with revenues of more than $45 billion and approximately 125,000 employees globally! Our mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We help our customers accelerate life sciences research, solve complex analytical challenges, improve patient diagnostics, deliver medicines to market and increase laboratory productivity! Through our premier brands - Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific and Unity Lab Services - we offer an unmatched combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and comprehensive services. Job Title: Senior P2P Transformation Specialist – Vendor Onboarding & Master Data – French speaking Group / Division: Global Business Services Career Band: 3 Position Location: Budapest Reports to: PTP Team Lead / Supervisor Position Summary: We are looking for a senior colleague to join a P2P Transformation Project within our Vendor Master data team. This role is key in supporting our ongoing system/process migration and ensuring a smooth transition for our vendors and internal stakeholders. In the role, you will focus on vendor onboarding and vendor master data activities during the migration. As the project evolves, your focus will shift to providing dedicated support across other P2P areas, playing a central role in stabilizing and continuously improving the new ways of working. This is a great opportunity to learn, grow, and adapt in a fast-changing environment, working closely with cross-functional teams and external partners. Key Responsibilities: Support the P2P Transformation Project with a primary focus on vendor onboarding and vendor master data activities during the initial migration phase. Ensure vendor data is accurately collected, validated, cleansed, and maintained in line with internal controls and project timelines. Contribute to the stabilization of new P2P processes after go-live and support the transition to business-as-usual. Act as a key point of contact for vendors during migration, managing communication via phone and e-mail in a professional and business-appropriate manner. Provide clear guidance and support to vendors on onboarding requirements, documentation, and process changes. Collaborate cross-functionally with Procurement, Finance, IT, and other stakeholders to resolve issues and ensure a seamless end-to-end P2P process. Support identification of process gaps or pain points and propose creative, practical solutions. Help document new processes, work instructions, and training materials where needed. Champion in continuous improvement and change-ready mindset within the P2P area. Leverage analytical tools to identify, research, and correct/update data discrepancies, duplicates, and stale dated records. Assist in duplicate identification and data cleansing of master data loads as part of integration activities. Assist in the development of forms, procedures and work instructions. Identify data quality or process improvement opportunities. Other tasks as assigned Skills Required: Fluency in French, plus strong English communication skills (written and spoken). Experience with SAP, Navision, QAD, and Oracle is advantage. Ability to meet deadlines. Excel knowledge Must be detail oriented as well as exhibiting strong organizational skills. Strong business communication skills, with the ability to build professional relationships with vendors and internal stakeholders via phone and e-mail Professional and customer focused with attention to detail. Experience in high volume, multi entity, multi-currency processing function Understanding and appreciation of audit, SOX requirements & VAT rules Creative thinking and a strong “can-do” attitude. Experience in transformation or migration projects is advantage.