Supplier diversity

Our Supplier Diversity Program provides qualified certified small and diverse businesses with opportunities to become a preferred vendor for Thermo Fisher Scientific. We recognize the importance of valuing the diversity of our employees, and all whom we do business with is an integral element of our corporate culture. And we are committed to ensuring that we embed this inclusive culture in all our business practices.

One way we accomplish this is through actively working to build and maintain relationships with well qualified small, veteran, minority, LGBT, disabled and women-owned businesses.

We invest in the resources, policies, and tools needed to make this vision a reality. By continually increasing the diversity of our world-class supply chain, we benefit by obtaining the value of the innovative solutions and the fresh business perspective such firms have to offer. They become our partners in maintaining our position as a leader in our industry. Just as important, by working to expand the field of opportunity, we help create the conditions that stimulate economic growth in the communities where we, our customers, and our employees live and do business.

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Doing business with us

Our Supplier Diversity Program provides qualified certified small and diverse businesses with opportunities to become a preferred vendor for Thermo Fisher Scientific. We recognize the importance of valuing the diversity of our employees, and all whom we do business with is an integral element of our corporate culture. And we are committed to ensuring that we embed this inclusive culture in all our business practices.

One way we accomplish this is through actively working to build and maintain relationships with well qualified small, veteran, minority, LGBT, disabled and women-owned businesses.
 

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Headquartered in St Petersburg, FL Jabil is a global Manufacturing and Service provider to the most sophisticated and inspiring OEM brands in the world.  With a global outreach of 100+ locations, Jabil is focused on providing solutions to the world’s most technologically advanced Products, Customers, and Market Segments. Jabil entered our relationship with Thermo Fisher in 2010 as a single site PCBA provider.  Over the past 11 years the relationship has evolved into supporting 14 distinct Thermo Fisher locations with products & service solutions tailored to the needs of each business.  As a company Thermo Fisher has been both collaborative & engaging, willing to establish a roadmap of capabilities needed to support their strategic objectives well into the future.  Jabil is proud to play a small role in the success story of one of Healthcare’s top OEM brands.” 
JABIL
Thermo Fisher Scientific Supplier
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Embracing and leveraging diversity is a core strength and area of focus for Thermo Fisher Scientific. We believe it is essential to extend this focus to our selection of business partners. As part of our mission to be one of the most admired companies, we seek to partner with businesses owned by diverse individuals or groups. We believe it is possible to gain competitive advantage through working with future market leaders. Establishing a more meaningful footprint and adding value in the communities we serve is key.”
Noelle Lee
VP of Sourcing (LSG)
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Plastikon Healthcare, LLC a certified Minority supplier has been a proud partner to  Thermo Fisher and their group companies for over 20 years. Plastikon currently ships key components at the finished kit and subcomponent levels to Thermo Fisher Sites globally on all continents.  These include but are not limited to diagnostic test components, medical devices, and complex assemblies as well as design and engineering services.  Our partnership is best demonstrated by our recent engagement with Thermo Fisher in support of the Ultimate project, providing test tubes and caps in support of our nation’s COVID response.  Plastikon worked with Thermo Fisher to source and develop custom, molds, procure resin and other key supplies in a short 3-month window to delivery over 10 MM test kit components monthly.  This effort required a tremendous effort pulling many teams together to achieve a common goal.  The coordination between site personnel at three facilities, project management teams, and vendors was critical in ac
Plastikon
Thermo Fisher Scientific Supplier
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Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. To achieve their goals in today's environment, our customers need to be more innovative and more productive, and they turn to Thermo Fisher Scientific for help. Having a diverse supplier base is important to our customers, to us and to the communities in which we do business. Our support of supplier diversity demonstrates our commitment to being a good steward in our communities and to ensuring our customers' success."
Marc Casper
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Thermo Fisher Scientific
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Thermo Fisher’s Supplier Diversity Program is a fundamental component of our company-wide focus on diversity and inclusion. Developing strong relationships with diverse suppliers helps our communities, enables innovation and supports long-term business growth. Our productive partnerships help us work collaboratively to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.”
Chris Shanahan
Vice President Global Procurement & CPO
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The Fisher Scientific Channel’s unique position in the market assists our customers in building repeatable, sustainable Tier I Diversity partner solutions. These solutions expand and diversify the supplier base, create jobs and encourage involvement and innovation.”
Scot Hill
Vice President, Commercial Operations N.A.

Thermo Fisher Scientific recognizes the following certified small and diverse businesses

  • Women-owned business
  • Minority-owned business
  • Veteran-owned business
  • Service-disabled veteran-owned business
  • Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender-owned (LGBT) business
  • Disabled Owned Business 
  • Small business
    •  Small disadvantaged business (SDB/DBE)
    •  8(a) Business Development Program business
    •  HUBZone small business

Our advocacy partners and certifying agencies include:

Outreach events calendar

We participate in various events and conferences that further our supplier diversity agenda. Updates on key events shall be posted here as they occur.

For event opportunities and for more information about the program please email Supplierdiversity@ThermoFisher.com.

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