Philips Hiring for Sr Manager – Procurement Governance & Excellence at Bothell, Washington Full Time

This role leads systems and process implementation within procurement and with suppliers, fostering a Lean culture, daily management, and data-driven decision-making through tools like Windchill, SAP, ARIBA, and SMRS.

Your role:

• Facilitates collaboration across teams, functions, and suppliers to align procurement strategies, objectives, and priorities, ensuring cohesive support for US procurement needs.

• Leads procurement teams in implementing strategic process improvements, maintaining accuracy, and closing identified gaps through re-engineering and process updates.

• Acts as the main contact for global procurement initiatives, including Windchill and SAP, representing Ultrasound to ensure sustainable, efficient, and effective solutions.

• Manages supplier onboarding processes, quality records, and audits, and supports teams with SAP, Windchill, and Ariba to ensure compliance and issue resolution.

• Leads Lean practices, daily management, and data analytics for procurement, supporting productivity, problem-solving, and reporting through automation and database development.

You’re the right fit if:

• You’ve acquired 10+ years of experience in a regulated manufacturing environment, working with purchasing controls as part of the Quality Management System (QMS). You have demonstrated success as a project manager and change agent on significant projects and deployments.

• Your skills include expertise in purchasing and materials management, sourcing processes, and SAP (desired). You also bring advanced knowledge of process and system connectivity, Lean management tools, and the ability to translate strategic goals into operational KPIs with advanced dashboarding skills.

• You have a bachelor’s degree, providing a solid foundation in the skills and technical knowledge necessary for this role.

• You’re an excellent communicator (verbal and written), able to work effectively as a change agent. Your project management skills are complemented by strong interpersonal skills, enabling cross-functional collaboration and team engagement as needed.

• You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position ​

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. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.

This is an office role.

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 (https://www.philips.com/a-w/about.html) .

• Discover our rich and exciting history (https://www.philips.com/a-w/about/our-history.html) .

• Learn more about our purpose (https://www.philips.com/a-w/about/environmental-social-governance/our-purpose) .

• Read more about our employee benefits (https://www.careers.philips.com/na/en/best-employee-benefits) .

Philips Transparency Details

The pay range for this position in Cambridge or Bothell is $113,000 to $160,000

The pay range for this position in Reedsville or Pittsburgh is $105,000 to $150,000

The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity.  

In addition, other compensation, such as an annual incentive bonus, sales commission or long-term incentives may be offered. Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program, which includes a generous PTO, 401k (up to 7% match), HSA (with company contribution), stock purchase plan, education reimbursement and much more. Details about our benefits can be found here.

At Philips, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each case.

Additional Information

US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future.

Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position. For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to Bothell, Cambridge, Reedsville or Pittsburgh.

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As an equal opportunity employer, Philips is committed to a diverse workforce. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veterans’ Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact 888-367-7223, option 5, for assistance.

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