Philips Lighting is the global market leader in the lighting industry, with recognized expertise in the development, manufacturing and application of innovative lighting solutions. We offer our expertise, depth and reach across the entire lighting value chain to improve and simplify the work of our professional partners wherever our knowledge and reach can create value for them. From LED light sources to the increased role of controls to all-inclusive tailor-made solutions.
Your role:
We are currently looking for an experienced Procurement Professional to join our European Central Purchasing Team as a Strategic Buyer Metals and our Purchasing Team in Bielsko-Biała as a Purchasing Manager to coordinate all assigned portfolio activities across our Lighting business. The position is based in Bielsko-Biała.
Your responsibilities:
In European Central Purchasing Team
-
Defining procurement strategies based on business requirements for metals
-
Driving and accumulating all supply base related marketing intelligence and benchmarking for metals
-
Managing supplier potential evaluation (technologies and capabilities, strategic segmentation) for metals
-
Managing supplier risk assessments
-
Allocating Product Portfolio to Supplier Manufacturing for metals
-
Supports Sourcing Team for the assigned respective commodity portfolio
-
Ensures world-class supply base (supplier selection and allocation, standardization, negotiation and contracting, supplier performance rating and measurement) for metals
-
Ensures benchmark supplier relationships (supplier account development, supplier business review) for metals
In Purchasing Team in Bielsko-Biała
-
Executing commodity strategy and purchasing activities not covered by European Central Purchasing Team
-
Operational implementation and reporting of savings
-
Implementation of supply base reduction plan
-
Negotiating contracts with local suppliers
-
Rating the performance of suppliers and managing supplier evaluation
-
Driving strategic cost management (lean / continuous improvement programs)
-
Proactively ensuring long term capacity and the availability of scarce components
-
Site Purchasing issues/ first escalation for Purchasing/ Procurement issues
-
Supervising Suppliers Quality Engineer function in factory
We are looking for people with:
-
Proven track record in Sourcing & Procurement services gained within the international environment
-
A dynamic individual who is comfortable working with diverse teams and should be culturally attuned to succeeding in a complex environment
-
Experience in managing international projects
-
Fluent English and ability to communicate effectively on all levels of the organization
-
Analytical skills with ability to draw conclusions
-
Very good command of Excel
-
Experience in SAP would be an asset
-
Creative mindset and problem solving skills
