In this role, you will provide breakthrough solutions to Philips business stakeholders by driving key projects and managing an assigned supplier portfolio. You will leverage the best possible procurement strategies in your assigned category/portfolio to drive negotiated savings, total cost of ownership, and mitigate risk.

You will be an integrated business partner, fully understanding the business requirements and providing the best solutions to our stakeholders. You need to be an agile learner of new technologies and best practices in your respective field, focusing on continuous improvement.

In this role, you are responsible to drive:

• Strategic sourcing initiatives in the market through the development of internal and external intelligence such industry practices, supplier capabilities and capacities, emerging trends and technologies, and regulatory issues

• Procurement and sourcing activity for assigned commodities / supply-base, in line with global and local procurement strategies for the market

• Best in class negotiation and continual contract management

• Supply base management, including supplier classification, risk management and compliance (Statutory, Fiscal, SOX, Internal Controls etc.) for potentially “high risk” vendors and transactions in your respective commodities / supply-base

• Business value by impacting quality, time to market, supplier innovation and cost efficiency

You're the right fit if you have a customer-first attitude and the following:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree

• 5+ years' experience in Procurement

• Knowledge of business & engineering with technical affinity & business acumen

• Experience with supply trends and market developments

• Ability to align supply based strategy with needs of business

• Ability to closely connect to the business and make local commodity strategy relevant to customer needs

• Experience driving improvements in (TCO) Total Cost of Ownership and insuring impact on bottom line

• Experience in contract negotiations & contracting

• Ability to lead complex or multi business procurement projects

• Ability to manage reporting and results of complex assignment toward business leadership

• Stakeholder management skills in a heavily matrixed environment

You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.

About Philips

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If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion here.

Additional Information

US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future.

Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position. For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to Nashville, TN .

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