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Sr. Procurement Engineer

Job Description

Sr. Procurement Engineer

Leads value creation at the intersection of product development and procurement by shaping product architecture, supplier strategy, and cost optimization for Oral Health Care devices from concept through lifecycle.

Your role:

• Lead Design for Excellence (Design for Manufacturing and Assembly, value engineering, cost-down initiatives) across new product introduction, platform development, and lifecycle optimization to design in cost, quality, sustainability, and resilience.
• Drive early supplier involvement by orchestrating co-design and innovation workshops with strategic suppliers, ensuring industrialization readiness including scalability, quality, lead times, and supply resilience.
• Build sourcing readiness by translating product concepts into clear supplier requirements, supporting request-for-quotation inputs, and enabling data-driven supplier selection with commodity teams.
• Own should-cost and bill-of-material cost governance by developing cost models, tracking target costs, and providing fact-based insights to support negotiations and total cost of ownership decisions.
• Collaborate closely with Research and Development, Marketing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Procurement to influence decisions, accelerate time-to-market, and embed compliance, sustainability, and lifecycle performance early.

You're the right fit if:

• You've acquired 7+ years of experience in product development engineering, procurement engineering, value engineering, industrialization, or technical sourcing, ideally within consumer electronics, personal care, or electromechanical products.
• Your skills include Design for Excellence methodologies, should-costing and cost driver analysis, supplier engagement, sourcing strategy, and experience working with Enterprise Resource Planning and digital tools (experience with data, automation, or artificial intelligence-enabled tools is a bonus).
• You have a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline.
• You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position .
• You're a strategic, influential communicator who thrives in cross-functional and global environments, is comfortable working with Asian supply bases, and is willing to travel up to 20% as needed.

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 improve the lives of others.

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• Discover our rich and exciting history.
• Learn more about our purpose.
• Learn more about our culture.

Philips Transparency Details

The pay range for this position in Bothell, WA is $ 127,700 to $170,000.

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, WA.

This requisition is expected to stay active for 45 days but may close earlier if a successful candidate is selected or business necessity dictates. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to ensure consideration.

Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug-free workplace.