Sr. Supplier Development Engineer

In this role, you have the opportunity to

Work on achieving a state of high quality performance at our Supplier partners. You will pursue continuous quality improvement through the application of Quality Engineering practices on Philips products/parts/services procured from suppliers throughout the product lifecycle, including sustaining change management. Philips success heavily relies on the performance of its supply chain partners. To drive our success and accelerate the development of our supply chain partners, we are looking for an SQE to support our team and work with us to make Philips the front-runner in the medical industry.

You are responsible for

• Reviewing Supplier Quality Agreements
• Analyze defects to determine if they are supplier caused and notify accordingly
• Managing/Issuing/Following up on Supplier Corrective Action Requests
• APQP execution, monitoring and control as part of Sustaining Changes (Life Cycle Engineering)
• Supplier performance monitoring, reporting, improvement and development
• Support Supplier quality risk assessment and mitigation
• Acceptance of products that have gone through NPI process before official release
• Support Supplier audit schedule development and maintenance for audits related to supplier processes, supplier selection, corrective/preventive action verification
• Assess and coordinate Supplier Change Requests
• DEFOA analysis and securing reoccurrence

You are a part of

The Sustaining Supplier Quality Engineering Team for Factory Best, a diverse team of 18 employees (mainly Supplier Quality Engineers). Together we are responsible for the performance of the supply chain to Factory Best, which is delivering multiple devices (technology diversity) to our Philips partners. Together we try to realize our final goal of ZERO defects with all capabilities and quality tools.

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

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronic/Mechanical Engineering (Prefer E&E) or other scientific field, or equivalent experience
• Minimum 10+ years’ experience in supplier quality in a highly regulated industry
• Detailed knowledge and experience of APQP and related PPAP tools
• Well versed in Quality Engineering and Continuous Improvement techniques
• Participated in several NPIs from start to finish
• Direct shop-floor production engineering sustaining experience
• Strong negotiation skills and ability to lead through influence
• Experience having direct working relationships with suppliers
• Flexible mindset and proactive approach
• Excellent communication skills in English
• Willingness to travel up to 20% of the time

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
• 25 Days of leave and the possibility to purchase up to 20 extra days off annually
• A variable bonus based on both Philips results and personal performance
• Extensive set of tools to drive your career, such as a personal development budget, free training and coaching
• Solid company pension scheme and attractive collective health insurance package
• Opportunity to buy Philips shares and products with discount
• Healthy work-life balance

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. Learn more by watching this video.

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