The Procurement Project Manager - Mother&Child Care is responsible for handling small-scale procurement projects or subprojects, ensuring alignment with project objectives, specifications, timelines, and resource requirements, working under general supervision. The role takes care of the savings funnel by tracking cost-saving initiatives and identifying opportunities for cost reduction and process optimization. The role participates in phase-in and phase-out planning for new product introductions and lifecycle management activities. The role executes comprehensive project management plans, resolves issues, and ensures adherence to procurement standards.
Job Responsibilities:
•Initiates and plans small-scale projects or subprojects within the procurement domain, ensuring alignment with project objectives, specifications, timelines, and resource requirements and applies awareness of entrepreneurial skills in daily work.
•Handles the savings funnel, tracking cost-saving initiatives, monitoring progress against targets, and identifying opportunities for cost reduction and process optimization, working under general supervision.
•Participates in phase-in and phase-out (PIPO) planning related to new product introduction and lifecycle management (LCM) activities, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless transitions and alignment with procurement goals.
•Executes comprehensive project management plans, outlining project scope, objectives, deliverables, schedules, and resource allocations to guide project execution and control.
•Implements project activities, overseeing project progress, resolving issues, and ensuring adherence to project plans and procurement standards.
•Identifies and resolves project issues and risks, escalating critical issues to project stakeholders and management as necessary to minimize disruptions and mitigate project impacts.
•Provides regular project updates and reports to project stakeholders, communicating project status, milestones, risks, and issues to ensure transparency and alignment with project objectives.
•Drafts project documentation and records, including project plans, meeting minutes, and status reports, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and accessibility for project team members and stakeholders.
•Ensures compliance with procurement policies, procedures, and regulations, adhering to ethical standards and promoting a culture of integrity and transparency within the procurement function.
•Understands and applies best practices in project management and procurement, continuously learning and adapting to evolving industry trends, technologies, and methodologies to drive procurement excellence.
Minimum required Education:
Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Management OR Vocational Education in Project Management or equivalent.
Minimum required Experience:
No prior experience required with Bachelor's Degree OR minimum 4 years of experience with Vocational Education in areas such as Project Management, Program Management, Portfolio Management, Agile Methodology or equivalent.
Preferred Education:
Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Management, Project Management or equivalent.
Preferred Certification:
Philips PM Foundation Certification
Preferred Skills:
• Stakeholder Partnership
• Emotional Intelligence
• Ownership and Commitment
• Network Performance
• Customer Centricity
• Judgement
• Learning Agility
• Business Acumen
• Risk Management
• Servant Leadership
• Project Management
• Regulatory Compliance
• Documentation & Reporting
• Procurement Policies and Processes
• Cost Optimization
About Philips
Are you ready to do the work of your life to help the lives of others? Learn more about our business, discover our rich and exciting history and 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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or Management
- Vocational education in Project Management or equivalent
- No prior experience with a bachelor's degree
- Four years of experience in Project Management, Program Management, Portfolio Management, Agile Methodology, or equivalent with vocational education
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Management, Project Management, or equivalent
- Philips PM Foundation Certification
- Stakeholder partnership
- Risk management
- Project management
- Regulatory compliance
- Documentation and reporting
- Procurement policies and processes
- Cost optimization
Philips Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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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.
