Procurement Engineer

Philips; Batam; On-site; IDR 156,240,000 - 267,840,000; Full time

Job summary

Philips is seeking a Procurement Engineer to support procurement projects, optimize costs, manage lifecycle activities, and ensure adherence to Philips standards and project management practices.

The role involves initiating and planning procurement projects, tracking savings, collaborating with stakeholders, and applying an entrepreneurial mindset to drive continuous improvement. Based in Batam, onsite, with full-time obligations in a health technology environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, management or equivalent.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in sourcing and procurement.
• Experience in managing project procurement or lifecycle management for existing products.
• Ability to support cost impact analysis and supplier quotations.
• Excellent understanding of procurement processes and cost optimization.

Responsibilities

• Initiate and plan small-scale procurement projects or subprojects, ensuring alignment with scope, objectives, timelines, specifications, and resource needs.
• Manage the savings funnel, including tracking cost-saving initiatives, monitoring progress against targets, and identifying opportunities for cost reduction and process optimization.
• Participate in Lifecycle Management (LCM) activities, collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure smooth transitions.
• Execute structured project management plans, defining scope, deliverables, schedules, and resource allocation to guide execution and control.
• Oversee project execution, monitor progress, resolve issues, and ensure compliance with procurement policies, standards, and governance.
• Identify and manage project risks and issues, escalating critical matters to stakeholders and management to minimize impact.
• Apply entrepreneurial mindset and ownership in day-to-day activities to drive results and continuous improvement.

Skills

Cost optimization

Procurement

Project management

Stakeholder collaboration

Lifecycle management

English proficiency

Ownership mindset

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business administration or equivalent

Job description

The Procurement Engineer supports the execution of procurement projects contributes to cost optimization, lifecycle management, and procurement project execution, while adhering to Philips procurement standards and project management practices.

Your role:

• Initiate and plan small-scale procurement projects or subprojects, ensuring alignment with scope, objectives, timelines, specifications, and resource needs.
• Manage the savings funnel, including tracking cost-saving initiatives, monitoring progress against targets, and identifying opportunities for cost reduction and process optimization.
• Participate in Lifecycle Management (LCM) activities, collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure smooth transitions.
• Execute structured project management plans, defining scope, deliverables, schedules, and resource allocation to guide execution and control.
• Oversee project execution, monitor progress, resolve issues, and ensure compliance with procurement policies, standards, and governance.
• Identify and manage project risks and issues, escalating critical matters to stakeholders and management to minimize impact.
• Apply entrepreneurial mindset and ownership in day-to-day activities to drive results and continuous improvement.

You're the right fit you have

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Management, or equivalent with minimum 8 years of relevant experience in sourcing and procurement.
• Experience or exposure to managing project procurement, product changes or life cycle management for existing product
• Ability to support cost impact analysis, supplier quotations, and change implementation into factory operations
• Excellent understanding of procurement processes, cost optimization, and savings tracking
• Excellent English with strong stakeholder collaboration, ownership, and communication skills in a global set up

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 onsite 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.

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Philips is a global leader in health technology, dedicated to improving health and well-being through innovative solutions aimed at enhancing lives and fostering better healthcare outcomes.

Post IPO Debt $546.2M

Aug 2023

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Headquarters Amsterdam, Noord-Holland