Philips Procurement Project Engineer 

India, Maharashtra 

12240368

Procurement Project Engineer
Job Description

In this role, you have the opportunity to​

• Create strategic impact by engaging early in the Advanced Development & Product Development Lifecycle Maintenance (PDLM) projects to deploy innovative solutions from the supplier base for cost, quality & risk, to industrialize the suppliers and to transfer the projects to Manufacturing & Sustaining.

You are responsible for

• Drive the sourcing plan for New Product projects using Innovation to Market (I2M) Planner

• Execute the sourcing plan deliverables to ensure project targets are achieved for cost, quality, risk and optimized TCO. Influence targets based external competitive benchmarks

• Orchestrate and assemble the sourcing grid details for the NPI BoM in partnership with Procurement and bring to Sourcing Board for decision

• Assemble and engage suppliers on project BoM RFPs using Ariba e-RFQ

• Conduct DfX activities to identify opportunity to improve product cost, quality and risk

• Conduct early supplier innovation events to bring suppliers earlier in the product innovation process

• Influence R&D and capture supplier innovation in the products to optimize the propositions and achieve the best value for Philips and its customers

• Develop innovative solutions to simplify, standardize or platform components or assemblies across the portfolio

• Influence design specifications to ensure applicability to broad technology, supplier and part capability

• Lead the Product Sourcing Swim lane PDLM pre-gate reviews. Ensure deliverables and targets are achieved for cost, quality & risk

• Manage Phase In/Out of the new product projects and transfer to OMM for production

• Ensure supplier readiness and installed capacity for NPI launch and ramp up

• Monitor production post release to build product cost roadmaps to drive improvements in cost, quality, risk

• Develop ideas and opportunities for product cost reduction and quality improvement and enter into the SMRS funnel (IL0)

• Lead product tear down or reverse engineering activities to gain market insights

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

• Bachelor degree in Mechanical or Electrical with sound technical and engineering understanding .

• Above 8 years’ working experience in Sourcing, NPI procurement, project management, or engineering environment. Experience in R&D field is a plus.

• Experience with medical devices, products, solutions is a plus

• Professional Competencies: Cross-functional Influencing, Effective Communication, Engineering Expertise and Curiosity, Innovative

• Functional Competencies: New Product Introduction Projects, Supplier/Supply Chain Management, Technology Domain Expertise, DfX Methodology, Total Cost Ownership (Product Should Cost/Tear Down), Statistical Methods (SixSigma/Lean/DOE/V&V),Part Qualification (APQP)

• Familiarity with world-class sourcing process, methods and tools

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in both English and Chinese.

• Exceptional ability to have good coordination with global cross-functional team.

• Working independently under pressure with self-motivation and performance driven is a must.

• Flexible to lead tele-conference with stakeholders in US and Europe in the evening or early morning