Lead the design and continuous improvement of global Demand Planning capabilities across Personal Health, shaping the way demand planners forecast, use tools, follow policies and drive stronger end-to-end business performance.
Your role:
• Lead and improve the global Demand Planning capability framework across Personal Health, defining best-in-class & fit-for-purpose standards across systems, data, process and people embedded within S&OP and S&OE to enable end-to-end planning excellence.
• Partner with a global network of demand planners across five regions, as well as commercial, supply planning and broader planning stakeholders, to improve forecast accuracy, planning maturity and operational performance.
• Define and govern planning policies, forecasting guardrails, best practices, training, community of practice and change adoption, ensuring teams follow the defined standards driving end-to-end planning coherence.
• Play a key role in Philips’ next generation planning transformation, helping improve the use of Blue Yonder, analytics and AI / ML forecasting capabilities to strengthen business performance and future-ready planning.
You're the right fit if:
Educational Background :Master’s degree in supply chain management, Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Econometrics, Business Analytics or equivalent
APICS CPIM/CSCP certification or equivalent preferred.
Minimum 8 years of experience in Demand Planning, S&OP, Integrated Planning or Supply Chain Planning
Experience with advanced planning platforms (Blue Yonder, SAP IBP, O9, OMP, Kinaxis or similar), including statistical forecasting, AI/ML-driven forecasting, demand sensing, forecast value-add measurement and scenario-based planning.
Proven experience designing, standardizing, and deploying planning processes across regions or business units.
Demonstrated leadership in planning transformation, capability-building, or business process excellence programs.
Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior business, supply chain, IT and commercial leaders.
Experience defining governance, KPIs, policies and continuous improvement initiatives for planning processes.
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 3 days per week.
This is an office-based role, based in Amsterdam, with global scope and close collaboration across regions and functions.
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 culture of impact with care.
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 culture of impact with care here.
Skills Required
- Minimum 8 years experience in Demand Planning in a complex international environment
- Hands-on experience working as a demand planner
- Experience in FMCG or fast-moving consumer-led businesses
- Strong end-to-end supply chain understanding
- Process design, planning governance, data analysis, change management, stakeholder management, training and business process improvement skills
- Experience with Blue Yonder, analytics and AI/ML forecasting/digital planning tools
- Ability to leverage AI to generate insights, enhance training content and drive change adoption
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Operations, Analytics or related field
- Senior, credible and globally minded professional able to teach, influence and challenge ways of working
- Office-based in Amsterdam, working in-person at least 3 days per week
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
Do the work of your life to help the lives of others. 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 also strive to be the best place to work for people who share our passion, by promoting personal development, inclusion and diversity while acting responsibly towards our planet and society.
