Your role:
This role is mainly responsible for mainstream business (airfreight, ocean, parcel, and rail) within the Indirect Procurement organization, ensuring service providers are sourced and selected in the most cost-effective way while fulfilling business objectives for inbound and outbound flows across the Asia markets (Greater China, Japan/Korea, ASEAN & Pacific, and India Subcontinents).
- Develop and review commodity strategies of airfreight/ocean/parcel/rail with the global team and business stakeholders, with pre-defined execution plans
- Lead regional negotiations on spot bids, mini-tenders, or programs based on business dynamics and needs, and ensure negotiated contracts are published on time, if needed
- Contribute to annual global tenders (airfreight/ocean/parcel) and facilitate implementation of awards with the business in the Asia region
- Support the business in resolving escalations related to freight capacity and service provider performance, establishing efficient and effective communication
- Lead/orchestrate regional cost productivity programs with business stakeholders and secure pre-defined savings realization within the agreed timeline;
- Follow company compliance requirements (e.g. Supplier Quality, Sustainability, EHS, etc.) and procurement policies for regular procurement tasks such as Contract Workspace (Ariba), S2C Approval (Ariba), Saving tool (GEP), Vendor management (Oscar), etc.
- Collaborate with Sustainability and Quality departments to ensure all warehouses and transport suppliers are in compliance with Sustainability and Quality
You're the right fit if:
- Experience 10 plus years experience in international logistics / supply chain functions in particular related to international freight forwarding in Air/ Ocean/Parcel/ Rail commodity
- Education : Master or Bachelor degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management or Business Administration
- Excellent negotiation skill, and knowledge in game theory will be an advantage
- Sound and practical knowledge of how supply chains work and be able to assess the cost drivers of logistics processes
- Process improvement techniques based on Lean Manufacturing principles will be a plus
- Extensive networks in logistics industry, with focus on Air/Ocean/Parcel/Rail
- Excellent planning, meeting timeline, and presentation skills
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 4 days per week.
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Skills Required
- 10+ years of experience in international logistics or supply chain, particularly international freight forwarding across air, ocean, parcel, or rail
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, or Business Administration
- Excellent negotiation skills
- Practical knowledge of supply chain operations and logistics cost drivers
- Extensive logistics industry network focused on air, ocean, parcel, and rail
- Strong planning, timeline management, and presentation skills
- Knowledge of game theory
- Experience with Lean Manufacturing-based process improvement techniques
Philips Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Philips and has not been reviewed or approved by Philips.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a standout, including a strong 401(k) match (often described at 7%) alongside pensions in some contexts.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible benefits are emphasized through choice in health insurance options and a broad “Total Rewards” approach that combines compensation, health and wellness, and work-life support.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Leave and time off breadth appears strong, with generous paid time off and policies covering parental leave, caregiving responsibilities, volunteering, and family medical leave.
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What We Do
As a leading health technology company, it is our purpose to improve people’s health and well-being through meaningful innovation. Our goal is to improve 2.5 billion lives per year by 2030. We're always looking for ways to make life better – not only for our customers, but also for everyone working here. That's why we're taking steps to create an environment where we all 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.
