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Philips Supplier Engineer BP IGT Systems in Suzhou, China
Philips is a global leader in health technology, committed to improving billions of lives worldwide and striving to make the world healthier and more sustainable through innovation. Driven by the vision of a better tomorrow.
But it’s not just what we do, it’s who we are. We are 80,000, wonderfully unique individuals, with two things in common. and a relentless determination to deliver on our customers’ needs. It’s what inspires us to create meaningful solutions – the kind that make a real difference – when it matters most.
The world and our customers’ needs are changing faster than ever before and while we are proud of what we do already, we know we can do more. That’s why we need you, to help us tackle increasingly complex challenges posed by ever evolving health and well-being needs.
Supplier Quality Engineer
In this role, you have the opportunity to
Work on achieving a state of high-quality performance at our Supplier partners. You will pursue continuous quality improvement through the application of Quality Engineering practices on Philips products/parts/services procured from suppliers throughout the product lifecycle, including sustaining change management. Philips success heavily relies on the performance of its supply chain partners. To drive our success and accelerate the development of our supply chain partners, we are looking for an SQE to support our team and work with us to make Philips the front-runner in the medical industry.
As SQE your key responsibilities or focus deliverables are
Supports Quality Engineering capability assessments of potential new suppliers.
Supports SQE core members of NPI project teams.
APQP execution, monitoring, and control as part of the NPI process.
Contribute to Supplier Project Book content.
Supports Design for Excellence (DfX) collaboration between R&D and Suppliers.
Critical to Quality characteristics flow down to Suppliers.
Part Submission Warrant plans, deliverables, line release and completion.
Supports Supplier improvement and development on APQP.
You are a part of
The Supplier Quality Engineering Team for Best, a diverse team Together we are responsible for the performance of the supply chain, which is delivering multiple devices (technology diversity) to our Philips partners. Together we try to realize our final goal of ZERO defects with all capabilities and quality tools.
To succeed in this role, you should have the following skills and experience
Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering or other scientific field
Minimum 5 years Engineering experience (medical device or highly regulated industry preferred).
Detailed knowledge and experience of APQP and related PPAP tools
Well versed in Quality Engineering and Continuous Improvement techniques
Participated in several NPIs from start to finish
Direct shop-floor production engineering sustaining experience
Strong negotiation skills and ability to lead through influence
Experience having direct working relationships with suppliers
Flexible mindset and proactive approach
Excellent communication skills in English
Willingness to travel up to 30% of the time
Process validation (installation qualification, operational qualification, performance qualification) knowledge and experience.
TMV (Test Method Validation) knowledge and experience
How we work at Philips
Our newly-adopted hybrid work concept fuses flexibility with collaboration to deliver great outcomes for our people and our customers. We are embracing an approach wherein we spend more time together than apart – which for full-time employees translates to an average of at least 3 days working from the office and up to 2 days from home – for our hybrid roles.
Hybrid work flexibility means people can meet the changing demands of work and home in the most balanced, productive, and healthy way. Hybrid work flexibility means people can meet the changing demands of work and home in the most balanced, productive, and healthy way.
Our hybrid working model is defined in 3 ways:
We believe in the importance of impactful collaboration: There's a certain energy when everyone’s in the same room that can heighten idea generation and creative friction needed for problem-solving.
We embrace flexibility: Choosing where, when and how to work can vary according to task and team schedules. Flexibility isn’t office or online, it means choosing the space that works best for you, your teams and our customers on a case-by-case basis.
We want to be at our best: The way we work and our workspaces are designed to support our well-being, offer career advancement opportunities, and enable us to be at our best.
Why should you join Philips?
Working at Philips is more than a job. It’s a calling to create a healthier society through meaningful work, focused on innovative, customer-first health technology solutions. Help us improve the health and well-being of billions of people, every year. Ultimately creating a career that no one could have planned for. Even you.