Sr. Procurement Engineer
Leads value creation at the intersection of product development and procurement by shaping product architecture supplier strategy and cost optimization for Oral Health Care devices from concept through lifecycle.
Your role:
Lead Design for Excellence (Design for Manufacturing and Assembly value engineering cost-down initiatives) across new product introduction platform development and lifecycle optimization to design in cost quality sustainability and resilience.
Drive early supplier involvement by orchestrating co-design and innovation workshops with strategic suppliers ensuring industrialization readiness including scalability quality lead times and supply resilience.
Build sourcing readiness by translating product concepts into clear supplier requirements supporting request-for-quotation inputs and enabling data-driven supplier selection with commodity teams.
Own should-cost and bill-of-material cost governance by developing cost models tracking target costs and providing fact-based insights to support negotiations and total cost of ownership decisions.
Collaborate closely with Research and Development Marketing Quality Supply Chain and Procurement to influence decisions accelerate time-to-market and embed compliance sustainability and lifecycle performance early.
Youre the right fit if:
Youve acquired 7 years of experience in product development engineering procurement engineering value engineering industrialization or technical sourcing ideally within consumer electronics personal care or electromechanical products.
Your skills include Design for Excellence methodologies should-costing and cost driver analysis supplier engagement sourcing strategy and experience working with Enterprise Resource Planning and digital tools (experience with data automation or artificial intelligence-enabled tools is a bonus).
You have a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline.
You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.
Youre a strategic influential communicator who thrives in cross-functional and global environments is comfortable working with Asian supply bases and is willing to travel up to 20% as needed.
How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the companys facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the companys main facilities generally at the customers or suppliers locations.
This is an office role.
About Philips
We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters and we wont stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help improve the lives of others.
Learn more about our business.
Discover our rich and exciting history.
Learn more about our purpose.
Learn more about our culture.
Philips Transparency Details
The pay range for this position in Bothell WA is $127700 to $170000.
The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills experience business needs geographical location and internal equity.
In addition other compensation such as an annual incentive bonus sales commission or long-term incentives may be offered. Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program which includes a generous PTO 401k (up to 7% match) HSA (with company contribution) stock purchase plan education reimbursement and much more. Details about our benefits can be found here.
At Philips it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each case.
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 Bothell WA.
This requisition is expected to stay active for 45 days but may close earlier if a successful candidate is selected or business necessity dictates. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to ensure consideration.
Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug-free workplace.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Philips has been revolutionizing lighting for over 125 years. We pioneered the world changing development of electric light and LED, and are now leading the way in intelligent lighting systems. Our deep understanding of how lighting positively affects people, enables us to deliver inn ... View more