In this role, as Business Partner for Supplier Quality Engineering you will develop and deliver of Supplier Quality strategy for Hospital Patient Monitoring (HPM), part of our Connected Care Portfolio. Ensure compliance to regulatory requirements and procedures for regulated products/processes including high quality performance of

suppliers.

About Hospital Patient Monitoring

HPM is uniquely positioned to become the clear first choice across all hospital care settings, expanding our market leadership in critical care monitoring to the different stages of care along the complete patient journey in the hospital, while becoming the partner of choice to Clinicians, Bio-Meds, Nurses, IT Departments, and the CFO.

Our HPM strategy leverages the opportunity to expand our Business in the clinical measurement space strengthening our positioning in the different clinical care settings and, at the same time, embedding services into the categories to drive integral customer value propositions.

Our solutions reach more than 570 million people every year. We deliver unique and clinically proven solutions to address our customers' unmet needs with our patients at the core of our ecosystem, valuing quality and patient safety always. Ensure compliance to regulatory requirements and procedures for regulated products/processes including high quality performance of

Suppliers

You are responsible for

• Providing Supplier Quality Engineering leadership and vision to enable HPM’s short- and long-term objectives.

• Developing and deploying supplier quality strategy in line with supply management and business strategy

• Leading and ensuring early engagement of the supplier quality engineering team and suppliers in the new product development process to drive quality and reliability of the new products

• Driving proactive plans to reduce supplier escapes and developing supplier quality performance.

• Developing talent and capability to drive rigor and depth in the supplier quality work product.

• Deploying, setting, assessing and deciding (veto) on the quality aspects in the Supplier Selection process

• Ensuring that the supplier partners related risks (quality; delivery; cost) are controlled and mitigated.

• Deploying and following-up on the Supplier Quality Related KPI’s towards the suppliers and SQE’s

• Ensuring the assigned supply base meets the Philips sustainability requirements.

• Developing multiple supplier relations in order to involve key suppliers as early as possible.

• Recommending strategic directions, policies and establishes quality management directives.

• Ensuring the annual definition of the quality improvement plan (QIP) for strategic/preferred BOM suppliers based on business needs, ensure timely implementation.

You are part of

A member of the Procurement and ISC Engineering, within Integrated Supply Chain. The function is accountable for developing and executing the supply base strategy connected with the business ambitions, through strong supplier partnerships and harnessing all commercial and engineering capabilities of the organization.

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

• Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical discipline (e.g. Engineering Science) with 10+ years of relevant experience.

• Deep experience leading global supplier quality organizations in a regulated industry. Strong experience in Quality, Procurement, BPO or Supply Chain Management.

• Strong experience in driving large transformation programs, understanding how to drive impact and change.

• Strong experience in Supplier Assessment, Product Realization Process, DfX, SCAR 8D, Quality Agreements and Continuous Improvement Toolkit (6σ, Kaizen, etc.)

• Strong project management skills with the ability to track and manage complex processes, while leading teams and projects concurrently.

• Experience managing people impact, restructuring options, taking care of local conditions, regulations, and business/function impact.

• Cultural sensitiveness, able to do global business across Europe, the Americas and Asia.

• Works on complex issues where analysis of situations requires an in-depth knowledge of the company and Commodity Specific Knowledge

• Strategic thinker with a ‘can do’ attitude. Result driven, with a proven track record.

• Team player with excellent analytic and communication skills.

• Knowledge of ISO13485/9001/FDA - Quality Control Toolkit (Pareto, SPC, etc.) - Lean Six Sigma Toolkit Statistical Methods/ Analytics (DMAIC/DfSS) - Metrology & MSA - Acceptance Sampling - Risk Management (FMEA, FTA, etc.)

• Supplier Auditing Experience preferred.

In return, we offer you

The ability to collaborate with, learn and grow from colleagues in a highly matrixed global organization where you can use your strengths to help drive strategic business initiatives for Philips. Additionally, we provide you a dynamic working environment in an innovative business, paired with a competitive salary, excellent benefits, and a supportive atmosphere where you can sharpen your talents with new challenges and career opportunities.

Our benefits can be found here: https://www.careers.philips.com/na/en/total-rewards-at-philips .

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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