Category Sourcing Expert

hace 3 días

Panama Philips A tiempo completo

**Job Title**:
Category Sourcing Expert

Philips is a global leader in health technology, committed to improving billions of lives worldwide and striving to make the world healthier and more sustainable through innovation. Driven by the vision of a better tomorrow.

But it’s not just what we do, it’s who we are. We are 80,000, wonderfully unique individuals, with two things in common. An unwavering sense of purpose and a relentless determination to deliver on our customers’ needs. It’s what inspires us to create meaningful solutions - the kind that make a real difference - when it matters most.

The world and our customers’ needs are changing faster than ever before and while we are proud of what we do already, we know we can do more. That’s why we need you, to help us tackle increasingly complex challenges posed by ever evolving health and well-being needs.

**In this role, you have the opportunity** **to make life better**

Co-develop the Category strategy and lead the development of the Americas Strategic Sourcing value chain for Philips. We are redefining the way we handle indirect procurement, and we would like you to be part of it and lead our efforts through

**You are responsible for**
- The strategic procurement (category sourcing) of the several Categories for the Americas region including Professional Services, Consultancy & Financial Services, Legal Services and Tax from Procurement activities towards indirect spend
- You lead and will be accountable for the end-to-end Procurement performance, and due diligence of current spend/Supplier contracts led out of the Americas region
- You will contribute to a high-performance team culture to adopt innovation and encourage others through your behavior: being open, adventurous, inclusive and committed to the Philips Business Systems and values.
- Develop and implement local category sourcing strategy
- Develop and support Supplier Relationships, Performance and Contracting based on clear targets and ongoing Business Review Meetings with key suppliers received from upcoming acquisitions.
- Support and co-lead a team of strong procurement professionals, supporting their performance and goals.
- Define and run a strong funnel approach of Procurement (Price) and Demand (Quantity) initiatives based on contracts and suppliers.
- Program manages the execution of the Q-Funnel in alignment with Business, Markets and Functions
- Plan and perform Supply Base Optimization actions (sourcing savings), identifying quick wins and short term goals**You are a part of**

The Spend Management organization within the Integrated Supply Chain (ISC). Spend Management covers the procurement activities of all indirect (non-product related) materials and services within Philips covering such areas as logistics, industrial, real estate, marketing, IT, facility management, and travel.

As we spend approximately €5 billion annually on indirect services and products, this organization plays a key role to achieve Philips’ critical metrics. A Spend Management transformation has been started recently to ensure that Philips gets the most value out of every euro spent. You have an opportunity to join a diverse, dynamic and multi-functional team, seeking to create a significant impact on our company.

**To succeed in this role, you’ll need a customer-first attitude and the following**
- Master’s degree in a relevant technical field or equivalent
- 3+ years of experience in Strategic/Category Sourcing, Commodity Management and/or Procurement Engineering or comparable roles.
- Strategic sourcing experience in Services, such as Consultancy and Legal Services, plus overall indirect services Procurement (Test & Certification, Taxes, Quality & Regulatory Services, etc)
- Shown capability in running sophisticated global suppliers on senior management and executive level.- Experience in supplier strategy development
- Exceptional Communication and Negotiations skills (e.g. Game Theory)
- Independent problem solver with strong networking & influencing skills on senior business management and executive levels (internal and external)
- Dynamic, inclusive and inspiring leader who can lead virtual teams
- English and Spanish (as a plus)
- Comfortable with 10-15% travel

**In return, we offer you**

In order to develop your full potential, we will offer you the flexibility, encouragement and opportunities to keep you inspired and engaged. After all, working at Philips is more than a job. It is an experience full of amazing moments that will transform you in a lasting and positive way, since together we can improve the world.

**How we work at Philips**

Our newly-adopted hybrid work concept fuses flexibility with collaboration to deliver great outcomes for our people and our customers. We are embracing an approach wherein we spend more time together than apart. For our hybrid roles, this translates to an average of three days working from the office and two days from home for full-ti

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