The Program

As a Philips GDP Trainee, you will join a 2-year program, in which you will be fulfilling up to 3 challenging assignments in different areas within Philips. A tailored learning journey will be offered over the course of the program, as well as ongoing ‘learning on the job’ and learning from each other by leveraging the power of the global graduate cohort. As a GDP Trainee, we offer you a structured approach for rotations with you being in the driver’s seat to determine your 2nd and 3rd assignments. Whether you want to stay close to your core or explore new areas, or anywhere else in between. Whether you want to work towards becoming a specialist or a generalist; whether you want to work in the field of complex medical devices, connected care or personal health: you get the opportunity to explore, contribute, learn and receive support while doing so.

Benefit from many opportunities to learn and share with other Philips trainees and employees, while expanding your business network. After two years of accelerated learning and gaining valuable experience, you are again in the driver seat of your next step. Working together you will get the chance to use the network you have built, and your Career Centre experience, to find the perfect next step in your Philips career.

Build your Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) capabilities by undertaking challenging roles in the supply chain, manufacturing, and procurement, in a creative and empowering environment. By rotating across these Philips ISC functions, you will become an experienced ISC professional within 2 years.

The Opportunity

During the first rotation you will be assigned to Digitized Design for Supply Chain Team, part of Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) organization, a central group that manages the manufacturing, supply chain, and procurement procedures with the objective to perfectly delivering the Philips products to our customers with the highest quality against minimal cost.

You are responsible for

• Defining standard visualization (for e.g.: SC mapping, SC design quantification tools) based on existing examples
• Testing created capability in top x “burning” value chains
• Roadmap for the use of network modeling tools including:        

1. Define scope: which projects the tool & processes can bring added value
2. Requirements: e.g. linked to master data, suited for usage by a certain target group
3. Defining output KPI’s (e.g. CSL, IWD cost, Inventory, E2E lead-time)
4. Input data sources that can be used to automate mapping (e.g. replenishment model, inventory data, Mode of Transport source date, lead-times, MOQ’s, Inco terms)
5. Asses which Supply Chain modeling tool fits best

The next rotation could be one of the following:

• Order Management: communication with external customer ship/delivery dates that are acceptable and are attainable by Philips organization
• Transport: opportunity to manage the Supply Chain end-to-end in terms of transportation planning & execution
• Supply Chain Project Management: manage all aspects of a project including planning, cost, action plans, risk, etc. 
• Supply Chain Process Engineering: develop, validate and deploy continuous improvement projects
• Market Procurement Management: drive the sourcing strategy, supplier selection, contracts negotiations, ensuring adherence to the service level agreements, etc.)
• Procurement Processes & Systems: safeguarding process quality, maintaining procurement tools, supporting the procurement user community
• Procurement Business Processes: develop, implement and drive continuous improvements of the standardized and harmonized business processes

• Master Degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations, Engineering or equivalent
• Max 2 years of work experience (Graduates & Early Professional)
• Interest or experience in ISC
• Digital savvy, good knowledge of data analysis and interpretation for informed decisions
• Required competencies: High energy, Adaptability, Continuous learning, Initiating action, Innovative, high work standards
• Very good knowledge of English

• Launch a career in health technology
• Join a company making a difference to people’s lives
• Actively contribute to innovations that matter
• Work on a diverse international team
• Gain hands-on experience in multiple areas
• Develop your capabilities and knowledge
• Build a solid professional network
• Take advantage of the benefits: Private medical care with option to extend it to family members, Multisport card, possibility to purchase Philips products with discount