Procurement Business Partner Personal Health at Philips

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

15 Aug, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

17 May, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Procurement Strategy, Supply Chain Management, People Management, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Planning, Risk Management, Budget Oversight, Design for Excellence (DfX), Global Supplier Management, New Product Introduction (NPI), Commercial Acumen, Talent Management, Continuous Improvement, Change Management, B2C Industry Experience, Executive Leadership

Industry

Hospitals and Health Care

Description

Job Title Procurement Business Partner Personal Health Job Description Job title: Procurement Business Partner, Personal Health Seniority: Senior Director Based in: Amsterdam, the Netherlands Philips Personal Health is a global consumer health business focused on improving people’s health and well-being through everyday care. As a key segment of Royal Philips, it serves millions of consumers worldwide with trusted brands and innovative, design-led products for daily use. With approximately EUR 3.5 billion in revenue, the Personal Health business operates across three leading categories: Oral Healthcare, Grooming & Beauty (Personal Care), and Mother & Child Care / Women’s Health - each holding strong and established market positions. The segment is a core pillar of Philips’ consumer portfolio, combining device sales with recurring revenue from accessories and consumables. Philips Personal Health brings together consumer-centric innovation, global scale, and connected technology, delivering solutions across retail, e-commerce, and direct-to-consumer channels, with a clear mission to enable positive care behaviors through personalized technology and experiences. The Procurement Business Partnership Manager is responsible for authorizing comprehensive procurement strategies, driving buy-in, and ensuring successful execution across the organization. The role fosters a collaborative procurement culture, empowers a high-performing team, serves as a trusted advisor to senior business leaders, translating business needs into strategic procurement solutions. The role oversees the performance cycle for all procurement activities, champions continuous improvement through innovation and best practices, manages complex situations with a global perspective and leverages a virtual community of procurement experts to drive Design for Excellence (DfX) principles. The role influences senior management on strategic decisions, secures buy-in for critical initiatives, communicates a compelling vision, positions itself for executive leadership, and demonstrates a holistic understanding of the business impact of teams and technologies. The role oversees all businesses of the Personal Health cluster. Your role: Drives comprehensive procurement strategies aligned with business objectives, category strategies, and overall company goals, goes beyond just developing plans; but also involves driving buy-in, resource allocation, and ensuring successful execution across the organization. Leads succession planning and comprehensive talent management, driving employee selection, performance management, compensation management, and career development in alignment with organizational operational goals. Empowers a collaborative procurement culture at a company-wide level, championing open communication, trust, and shared goals across internal departments and external partners, creating a strong procurement ecosystem. Serves as a trusted advisor to senior business leaders, gaining deep understanding of business objectives, challenges, and priorities to develop strategic procurement solutions that directly impact business success, guiding and influencing senior management with insights and persuasive recommendations to secure buy-in for critical procurement initiatives. Oversees a team of procurement business partners and project managers, coaching, mentoring, and empowering team members to achieve their full potential and deliver exceptional results. Strategizes continuous improvement in procurement processes and performance, identifying and implementing innovative solutions, leveraging best practices, and challenging the status quo to achieve greater efficiency, cost savings, and value creation. Orchestrates and oversees the performance cycle for all procurement activities within assigned business units, setting clear expectations, monitoring progress, addressing challenges, and escalating issues as needed. Manages complex situations and makes strategic decisions with a global perspective, considering business needs, company policies, supplier risks, and diverse stakeholder viewpoints to find optimal solutions. Builds and leads a virtual community of procurement experts, fostering collaboration, knowledge sharing, and innovation within the broader procurement function. Champions and drives Design for Excellence (DfX) principles across assigned areas, integrating cost-effectiveness, quality, and other strategic considerations into product and service design from the outset. You're the right fit if you have: Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Procurement Operations, or equivalent. Minimum 11 years of experience with a Bachelor’s degree, OR 9 years with a Master’s degree, in Procurement, Supply Chain Management, or related areas. Significant procurement experience in consumer electronics, consumer goods, or adjacent high-volume B2C industries, managing complex supplier ecosystems and rapid innovation cycles. Experience in leading and managing large teams of 65–70 members. Strong people management skills with the ability to manage change, build high-performing teams, and influence stakeholders across functions. Proven expertise in procurement policies, processes, and supply chain management, with strong business acumen and risk management capabilities. Demonstrated success in strategic planning, budget oversight, and program management, driving operational excellence and continuous improvement. Familiarity with DfX methodology and experience in applying structured approaches to deliver sustainable value. Proven ability to drive change across the supplier network while fostering strong business partnerships. Extensive global supplier management experience, with a strong emphasis on Asia. Strong capability to accelerate and support New Product Introductions (NPIs) for faster market readiness. High commercial acumen, with the ability to communicate in business terms beyond procurement-specific language. How we work together We believe that we are better together than apart. This role is an office-based role, which means working in person at least three days per week. About Philips We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help the lives of others. • Learn more about our business. • Discover our rich and exciting history. • Learn more about our purpose. If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion here. At Philips, we believe that every human matters. As a global health-tech leader, we focus on improving people’s health and wellbeing through meaningful innovation. The people who work here share our passion and are motivated to bring this purpose to life. For more than 130 years, we have been creating technologies and innovations that improve people's lives and support healthcare practitioners. Headquartered in the Netherlands and operating in more than 100 countries globally, we focus our advanced technology and deep clinical and consumer insights on Precision Diagnosis, Image Guided Therapy, Enterprise Informatics, Monitoring/ Connected Care, Sleep & Respiratory Care and Personal Health. Together, we deliver better care for more people because we believe that every human matters. That's why we're taking steps to create an environment where we acknowledge and embrace our differences and uniqueness and listen to and value each other's views. When people feel cared for and listened to, they bring their best qualities to work, leading to better collaboration, communication, innovation and success. It is the policy of Philips to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy/childbirth or related medical conditions, age, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, genetic information, citizenship status, veteran or military status, marital or domestic partner status or any other characteristic protected by law. As an equal opportunity employer, Philips is committed to fostering a culture where all are treated with respect and professionalism. To ensure reasonable accommodations for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1974 and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact 888-367-7223, option 5, for assistance. Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug-free workplace. Know Your Rights

Responsibilities

The role is responsible for authorizing and executing comprehensive procurement strategies for the Personal Health cluster while serving as a trusted advisor to senior business leaders. It involves leading a large team of procurement professionals and driving continuous improvement through innovation and Design for Excellence principles.