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In this role, you have the opportunity to

Represent the Supplier Quality Assurance function within the Philips business in EMEA. You will guide and support the business with the implementation of the Supplier Quality procedures and tools. You also will participate in the execution of supplier selection, classification, approval, auditing, monitoring and corrective action in coordination with the business Supplier Quality Engineering team. We are open for candidates to be located in Böblingen, Germany.

You are responsible for

• Developing purchasing control processes, procedures & systems in compliance with applicable regulations

• Setting/updating purchasing control requirements to suppliers, classification of suppliers, and risk categorization

• Ensuring integration and validation of purchasing procedures with supporting IT and data applications for effective operationalization

• Participating in supplier qualification, audit, and assessment. This includes supporting and defending Philips in external and internal inspections/audits, and supporting the closure of regulatory compliance gaps at suppliers and suppler non-conformances.

• Participating in supplier selection process; maintain the Approved Supplier List (ASL) and documented evidence of evaluation records

• Actively monitoring and reporting on supplier quality metrics, quality agreements with critical suppliers, and quality of supplier records and drives supplier quality management review with relevant stakeholders

• Proactively using available data from supplier performance monitoring and the input from business partners and stakeholders lead targeted supplier improvement/development activities

• Driving compliance with applicable Quality Management Systems; engaging in Corrective Actions as needed

• Acting as Supplier Quality Subject Matter Expert

You are a part of

The Philips Supplier Quality Assurance – EMEA team, which is a small global team of Supplier Quality professionals, each supporting one of more of the Philips businesses based in Europe. You will be supporting the Monitoring & Analytics business, which is developing and manufacturing medical devices for patient and fetal monitoring in a hospital setting.

To succeed in this role, you should have the following skills and experience

• Bachelor’s degree preferably in an Engineering, Business, or Supply Chain discipline with> 4 years of related experience

• Several years’ experience working in quality, internal audit or supplier/purchasing controls in a regulated industry (Medical Device, Pharma, Automotive, Aerospace)

• Experience with Quality Management Systems (QMS)

• Proven track record in root cause analysis, corrective and preventive action methods

• Expertise/experience with APQP and in problem solving with quality tools required such as: 6-sigma / 8-D / CAPA / FMEA/ 5WHY etc.

• Auditing skillsets, up to and including certified SQ lead auditor training (preferred)

• Bi-lingual in English (required) and German (preference) languages

In return, we offer you

We welcome you to a challenging, innovative environment with great opportunities for you to explore. Our benefits are very competitive and designed around your preferences:

• A market conform salary

• 30 Days of leave

• A variable bonus based on both Philips results and personal performance

• Opportunity to buy Philips shares and products with discount

• Workplace innovation concept with the option to work from home partly

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 improving 3 billion lives a year by delivering innovative solutions across the health continuum . Our people experience a variety of unexpected moments when their lives and careers come together in meaningful ways.

To find out more about what it’s like working for Philips at a personal level, visit the working at Philips page on our career website, where you can read stories from our employee blog. Once there, you can also learn about our recruitment process, or find answers to some of the frequently asked questions.

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