Job Title
Operational Buyer / Planner
Job Description
Job Posting 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 make 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 better
Looking 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.
In this role, you have the opportunity to make life better
Looking 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 have the opportunity to manage the availability of material through the proper material master data setup, capacity planning and purchase order management with internal and external suppliers, and mitigate in case of supply risks and issues.
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
Identify supply risks and issues, drive 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
Monitor 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
Operations Material Management Team. We believe in driving PHILIPS behaviors VIZ Customer first/ Quality & integrity always/ Team up to win/ Eager to Inspire/ Take ownership to deliver fast
To succeed in this role, you'll need a customer-first attitude and the following
BE/ B.Tech in Mechanical/Electrical/Electronic Engineering (must have) with 4+ yrs of relevant work experience
Excellent knowledge of the procedures and systems for placing orders.
Knowledge the most important suppliers relating to terms of delivery, price constructions etc
Excellent connect within the department in order to maintain the necessary contacts
Good Knowledge on inventory management including safety stock management in relation to service levels
Other Competencies:
Data Analytics
External Resource Planning
Integrated Supply Chain Management
Operational Excellence
Operations Planning
Production Planning
Supply Chain Planning Fundamentals
Supply Chain Risk
Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) / IB
In return, we offer you
A challenging and dynamic assignment in an organization that continuously strives to develop its talent. You will contribute to our mission to improve people's lives around the globe through meaningful innovation. We welcome you to a challenging, innovative environment with great opportunities for you to explore. We also believe that we are at our best as a company when you are at yours as a person. Thus, we offer competitive health benefits, a flexible work schedule and access to local well-being focused activities. Furthermore, Philips University is available to all employees for learning and development opportunities.
How we work at Philips
Our 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.
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