Job Description

Job Title Supply Chain Specialist



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\xe2\x80\x99s not just what we do, it\xe2\x80\x99s who we are. We are 80,000, wonderfully unique individuals, with two things in common. and a relentless determination to deliver on our customers\xe2\x80\x99 needs. It\xe2\x80\x99s what inspires us to create meaningful solutions \xe2\x80\x93 the kind that make a real difference \xe2\x80\x93 when it matters most.

The world and our customers\xe2\x80\x99 needs are changing faster than ever before and while we are proud of what we do already, we know we can do more. That\xe2\x80\x99s why we need you, to help us tackle increasingly complex challenges posed by ever evolving health and well-being needs.

In this role, you have the opportunity to make life better

By building and enriching the business and demand forecast for the Personal Health business (Consumer Products) in the Emerging Markets. You will ensure there is one aligned demand plan, signed off by sales, and serves as input into the S&OP process.

You are responsible for

• Creating an aligned short term demand plan, by using/improving the baseline forecast and enriching it with all relevant input from Sales, Customers, Customer Project Managers, Supply/Operations, Marketing, Finance, and adjacent functions.
• Collect inputs for phase-in/out & promotions and manage the underlying process for the market and/or customers.
• Review and analyze historical sales trends, sell out, stock-in-trade, research demand drivers to
• lead conversation with relevant counterparts, propose forecast adjustments and challenge assumptions underpinning input.
• Support all relevant functions in preparing, planning, communicating and revising forecast for Customer Forecast Review Meeting, Business Integration Meeting and/or Market Leadership meeting. Adjust forecasts based on meeting outputs.
• Be the gate keeper for potential activation/promotion agreements with customers and feasibility from a supply chain capability perspective.
• Supply and Inventory Management
• Liaise with 3PL on logistics-related activity and monitor warehouse operation (VAS & Delivery OTIF)

You are part of

The Personal Health APAC organization. The aim is to serve customers with speed and excellence through lean, process-driven end-to-end value chains. In your role, you will report to the Supply Chain Manager Lead ASEAN.

To succeed in this role, you\xe2\x80\x99ll need a customer-first attitude and the following

• Bachelor Degree in Supply Chain Management or related disciplines.
• 2 \xe2\x80\x93 4 years of Demand Planning or Supply Chain Management experience ideally in the consumer good/ FMCG sector.
• Experience in Supply Chain Management or in a planning role either further upstream (supply centers, factories) or downstream (retail) .
• Experience in working in a matrix function organization.
• Familiar with ERP and advanced planning tools, preferable SAP and Blue Yonder (Formerly called JDA).
• Experience in category planning or customer collaboration with strong focus on consumer goods / electronics portfolio.
• Commercial understanding.
• Collaborative Planning.
• Customer First Mindset.
• Supply Chain Planning Fundamentals.
• Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP).
• Ability to use data based root cause analysis for continuous improvement.
• Integrated Supply Chain Management.
• Inventory Performance Management

In return, we offer you
A path towards your most rewarding career. Philips is growing its marketing capability enterprise wide. Succeeding in this market-based role in a complex environment will open many doors for your long term career, in other areas in Philips or otherwise. We also believe that we are at our best as a company when you are at yours as a person. Thus, we offer competitive health benefits, a flexible work schedule and access to local well-being focused activities.

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 \xe2\x80\x93 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 \xe2\x80\x93 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.

Our hybrid working model is defined in 3 ways:
We believe in the importance of impactful collaboration: There\'s a certain energy when everyone\xe2\x80\x99s 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\xe2\x80\x99t 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\xe2\x80\x99s 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.

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