About Signify
Through bold discovery and cutting-edge innovation, we lead an industry that is vital for the future of our planet: lighting. Through our leadership in connected lighting and the Internet of Things, we're breaking new ground in data analytics, AI, and smart solutions for homes, offices, cities, and beyond.
At Signify, you can shape tomorrow by building on our incredible 125+ year legacy while working toward even bolder sustainability goals. Our culture of continuous learning, creativity, and commitment to diversity and inclusion empowers you to grow your skills and career.
Join us, and together, we’ll transform our industry, making a lasting difference for brighter lives and a better world.
More about the role
This is an exciting leadership position and an opportunity for you to light the way as as a Strategic Sourcing Manager Technology Platforms - LED/Semiconductors in Eindhoven with Signify.
The Strategic Sourcing Manager Technology Platforms - LED/Semiconductors is accountable for the global strategy for technology platforms including cost competitiveness, supply resilience, and innovation enablement of semiconductor and LED components used across lighting electronics, drivers, systems, and connected platforms.
This role ensures secure access to critical technologies, competitive total cost of ownership, and alignment between R&D roadmaps, manufacturing needs, and supplier ecosystems, while managing high geopolitical, capacity, and lifecycle risks inherent to the semiconductor and LED markets.
Key Areas of Responsibility
- Platform-level sourcing strategies aligned with product and technology roadmaps
- Executive-level supplier and ecosystem management across hardware and software
- Advanced commercial models covering silicon pricing, software licensing, and long-term supply
- Proactive risk and resilience management in geopolitically exposed supply chains
- Total cost of ownership and lifecycle value optimization
- Advanced negotiation skills
Critical Experiences
- You are a senior sourcing professional with 8–12+ years of experience in semiconductors and/or software platforms, combining strong technical literacy with commercial and strategic capability
- You have a deep understanding of semiconductor value chains, software licensing models, and platform economics
- You are able to influence cross-functional stakeholders at senior and executive level
- You have deep understanding of semiconductor & software platform economics
- You are experienced in contract law, IP & licensing structures
- You understand and pro-actively manage risk & resilience planning in high tech and platform ecosystems
- Proven ability to bridge engineering, business, and suppliers in complex technology environment
Everything we’ll do for you
You can grow a lasting career here. We’ll encourage you, support you, and challenge you. We’ll help you learn and progress in a way that’s right for you, with coaching and mentoring along the way. We’ll listen to you too, because we see and value every one of our 27,000+ people. We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace fosters creativity, innovation, and a full spectrum of bright ideas. With a global workforce present in 70+ countries, we are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where every voice is heard and valued, helping us all achieve more together.
Come join us, and together we can light up the future.
Skills Required
- 8-12+ years experience in semiconductors and/or software platforms
- Deep understanding of semiconductor value chains
- Deep understanding of software licensing models and platform economics
- Proven ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders at senior and executive levels
- Experience in contract law, IP and licensing structures
- Experience in risk and resilience planning for high-tech/platform ecosystems
- Proven ability to bridge engineering, business, and suppliers in complex technology environments
- Advanced negotiation skills
What We Do
Signify (Euronext: LIGHT) is the world leader in lighting for professionals, consumers, and the Internet of Things. Our Philips products, Interact systems and data-enabled services deliver business value and transform life in homes, buildings and public spaces. In 2023, we had sales of EUR 6.7 billion, approximately 32,000 employees and a presence in over 70 countries. We unlock the extraordinary potential of light for brighter lives and a better world. We have been in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index since our IPO for seven consecutive years and have achieved the EcoVadis Platinum rating for four consecutive years, placing Signify in the top one percent of companies assessed. News from Signify can be found in the Newsroom, on X, LinkedIn and Instagram. Information for investors is located on the Investor Relations page
