Market Supplier & Project Specialist - strategic sourcing

Philips Lighting is the global market leader in the lighting industry focus on improving life with light through fully integrated, connected lighting products and solutions in surroundings all around you. Homes, schools, towns and cities will have improved energy efficiency and personalization as a result of Philips Lighting innovation. 

Your challenge:

Provides expertise to ensure qualitative, on-time and competitive services/products are delivered to stakeholders/customers maximizing the leverage/revenue for Philips, so the organization can benefit from economies of scale in spend management, while ensuring quality and timeliness of delivery.

Your responsibilities:

• Driving the demand side of market and project procurement (sales & IMS) projects geared to address and reduce total costs ensuring the best possible solution in the applicable region/area.
• Bringing innovations to the Philips business and its customers.
• Responsible for all procurement activities for all assigned supply-base / assigned customer base
• Provides regular reports to the demand side that brings visibility on value add and compliance
• Leads the negotiations and the process with suppliers where local solutions are required ensuring lowest total cost of ownership to contribute to the profitability objectives for projects in the markets
• Acts as a single point of contact towards the sales / project team to establish procurement related needs and requirements. Scopes out the 3rd party products and service requirements from the initial customer bidding, through implementation and life cycle management phase. Leads the development & implementation of an integrated set of procurement actions that anticipate on the needs of the project, within the procurement market strategy
• Participates in selected customer meetings including 3rd party content
• Monitors main outsourced products and services in order to improve efficiency, revenue and reduce total costs
• Provides regular reports to the demand side that brings visibility on value add and compliance

Your experience:

• Procurement experience and expertise is a must (3-5 years’ experience in customer oriented projects)
• Graduate with Bachelor or Master degree
• Fluent English is a must (both orally and in writing)
• Knowledge of business engineering with technical affinity
• Knowledge of sales processes
• Strong stakeholder management skills in a matrix environment
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to inspire commitment, communicate and influence virtually
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills; convincing power
• Strong Demand and Change management Expertise
• Computer literacy essential and experience in MS office applications (excellent command of MS Excel is a must)

We offer a range of fringe benefits:

• Yearly bonus based on performance achieved
• Private medical care with option to extend it to family members
• BenefitSystem cards
• Discount for Philips’ products.