Operational Buyer

Job Description

Philips is a global leader in health technology, committed to improving billions of lives worldwide and striving to make the world healthier and more sustainable through innovation. Driven by the vision of a better tomorrow.

But it’s not just what we do, it’s who we are. We are 80,000, wonderfully unique individuals, with two things in common. An unwavering sense of purpose and a relentless determination to deliver on our customers’ needs. It’s what inspires us to create meaningful solutions – the kind that makes a real difference – when it matters most.

The world and our customers’ needs are changing faster than ever before and while we are proud of what we do already, we know we can do more. That’s why we need you, to help us tackle increasingly complex challenges posed by ever-evolving health and well-being needs.

In this role, you have the opportunity to make life betterLooking at the challenges the world is facing today Philips’ purpose has never been more relevant. So whatever your role, if you share our passion for helping others, you’ll be working towards creating a better and fairer future for all.

You are responsible for

• Driving Customer Demand Fulfilment by ensuring material availability in the supply chain

• Tactical material planning (forecast and handshake feedback) with internal and external suppliers and DCs, in an optimized way through the use of planning calculation methods

• Operational material planning and Purchase Order management

• Identifying supply risks and issues, driving mitigation actions and escalate if needed

• Master data settings to enable touchless replenishment

• Continuous harmonization and improvement of material supply processes ensuring Philips Global Processes execution

• Monitoring and secure supplier delivery performance

• Follow up material life cycle, securing in time availability and prevention of obsolescence

• Inventory analysis and policy definition to secure material availability against minimum inventory investments

You are a part of

Integrated supply chain. This is a central group that manages the manufacturing, supply chain, and procurement procedures with the objective to perfectly deliver the Philips products to our customers with the highest quality against minimal cost.

ISC supports the market organizations, responsible for the commercial activities, and the business clusters responsible for the development of our health systems and products. In total, the Integrated Supply Chain group has about 25,000 employees world wide, and offers many opportunities for a bright career.

To succeed in this role, you’ll need a customer-first attitude and the following

• B.Sc in Industrial Engineering or another relevant degree

• Minimum 3 years’ related experience working as a planner at customer support, purchasing or import / export / logistics positions 

• Background related to Manufacturing, Planning, Finance, Logistics and NPI

• ERP experience- Advantage (SAP Big advantage)

• IT background (Planning Tools)

• Excellent analytical skills

• Excellent communication skills

• Excel- Very high level, other simulation tools – advantage

• Minimal technical knowledge for maintenance parts purchases

• Cross-functional experience in related functions

• Fluent English

In return, we offer you

Endless opportunities to learn and develop your career in the directions to which you aspire. Philips Healthcare is a place where you will work with others whose far-reaching ideas and accomplishments have impacted over 200 million lives already.

How we work at PhilipsOur newly-adopted hybrid work concept fuses flexibility with collaboration to deliver great outcomes for our people and our customers. We are embracing an approach wherein we spend more time together than apart – which for full-time employees translates to an average of at least 3 days working from the office and up to 2 days from home – for our hybrid roles.Hybrid work flexibility means people can meet the changing demands of work and home in the most balanced, productive, and healthy way.

Our hybrid working model is defined in 3 ways:We believe in the importance of impactful collaboration: There’s a certain energy when everyone’s in the same room that can heighten idea generation and creative friction needed for problem-solving.We embrace flexibility: Choosing where, when and how to work can vary according to task and team schedules. Flexibility isn’t office or online, it means choosing the space that works best for you, your teams and our customers on a case-by-case basis.We want to be at our best: The way we work and our workspaces are designed to support our well-being, offer career advancement opportunities, and enable us to be at our best.

Why should you join Philips?Working at Philips is more than a job. It’s a calling to create a healthier society through meaningful work, focused on innovative, customer-first health technology solutions. Help us improve the health and well-being of billions of people, every year. Ultimately creating a career that no one could have planned for. Even you.