Supplier Account Manager - Philips - Drachten

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Job Description

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

Working closely with internal partners and external suppliers to develop and implement strategic commodity plans at the lowest total cost to meet the defined requirements within the Procurement function.

The scope covers several commodities within Mechanical Parts and Assemblies for different Philips sites globally. Accountability for overall supplier relationship management in the portfolio including overall cost down, supplier performance, contracting and scouting.

This Role has a strategical importance to the Personal Health business with focus on Male Grooming products.

You are responsible for

• Relationship with Suppliers and delivering strategic impact through Supplier Strategy Development;
• Understanding the full business relationship of the Supplier, its position in the market relative to others, and its strategy, investment themes and capabilities;
• Managing Supplier performance scorecard using the Global Supplier Rating System and enriching it with cross-functional stakeholder feedback/calibration;
• Developing, based on Category, business and supplier strategy, an aligned account strategy for the supply relationship, clearly defining areas of development such as performance, cost and feature competitiveness improvement, relevant future (and innovative) business opportunities and a contract that enables such execution;
• Applying oversight and monitoring of agreed projects being executed in the business by securing close alignment between supplier, Procurement Business Partner and business;
• Orchestrating Supplier related activities and communication between internal and external stakeholders to ensure one consistent Supplier approach;
• Relentlessly driving impact to the bottom and top line through Supplier;
• Utilizing negotiation factory standards (e.g. Game Theory, Nego Booklets) and actively promoting Supplier Development program;
• Implementing defined negotiation roadmap, target setting and business reviews;
• Managing the competition in the supply base to secure a healthy tension between suppliers to foster cost and feature innovation;
• Driving compliance, contract and risk management;
• Conducting assessments to identify and manage critical supplier parameters on a continuous basis covering risk, regulatory compliance, financial exposure and related liabilities (and creating corresponding mitigation and contingency plans with business continuity in mind);
• Ensuring full compliance regarding sustainability and regulatory requirements;
• Ensuring all contracts and RFX events are properly managed in contract and RFX management systems (e.g. source2contract), following defined processes, policies and guidelines.

You are part of

​​​​​​​​Our Global Procurement Organization, CC Mechanical Parts and Assemblies. Direct report to the Global Category Manager. The position is located in Drachten.

To succeed in this role, you’ll need a customer-first attitude and the following

• Mechanical/Engineering background – Mandatory.
• Fluent English, German is an advantage.
• Experience in managing projects and supplier strategic accounts;
• Business acumen - understanding the business needs, being able to reflect those needs, making sure the company gets the best from these vendors;
• Technical mind and technical orientation. Ability to read mechanical drawings and understand the business requirements.
• Understanding of mechanical manufacturing process.
• Being a result-driven and able to drive changes;
• Being curious, creative, organized, committed to deadlines, self-driven, eager to learn and to challenge status quo;
• Experience in working in international cross-functional teams;
• Process-oriented person with the ability to make improvements;

In return, we offer you:

A path towards your most rewarding career. Succeeding in this market-based role in a complex environment will open many doors for your long term career, in other areas in Philips or otherwise. We also believe that we are at our best as a company when you are at yours as a person. Thus, we offer competitive health benefits, a flexible work schedule and access to local well-being focused activities. Furthermore, Philips University is available to all employees for learning and development opportunities.

Please note: For this position we do not offer relocation support.

Recruitment Process

If you are interested in this opportunity to join us, please read the complete job description on our website and upload your resume and motivation letter through the Philips career site- vacancy number 541596.

Please note that the closing date of this vacancy is Thursday, 14 August 2025.

Why should you join Philips?

Working at Philips is more than a job. It’s a calling to build a healthier society through meaningful work, passionate about improving 2.5 billion lives a year by delivering innovative solutions across the health continuum. Our people experience a variety of unexpected moments when their lives and careers come together in meaningful ways. Learn more by watching this video.

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Why should you join Philips?

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