Supply Planner Details

Philips - Stamford, CT

Employment Type : Full-Time

Job Title Supply Planner

Job Description

Effective Tuesday, January 4, 2022, all U.S.-based employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID as a condition of employment at Philips*. Employees may request a reasonable accommodation.


If you are a Colorado resident and this role is a field-based or remote role, you may be eligible to receive additional information about the compensation and benefits for this role, which we will provide upon request. You may contact
888-367-7223, option 5, for assistance.


  • Montana employees are currently excluded from this requirement at this time.


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’s not just what we do, it’s who we are. We are 80,000, wonderfully unique individuals, with two things in common: An unwavering sense of purpose and a relentless determination to deliver on our customers’ needs. It’s what inspires us to create meaningful solutions – the kind that make a real difference – when it matters most.


The world and our customers’ needs are changing faster than ever before and while we are proud of what we do already, we know we can do more. That’s 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

As part of the Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) strategic vision within Philips, our supply chain organization (SC) is evolving into a customer centric, end to end connected digital ecosystem. This implies that new innovative processes, ways of working, pro-active KPI management, technologies and mindsets will be embedded in our Supply Chain.


You are responsible for

  • Managing relationship with Commercial Organizations, Manufacturing value streams, OEMs and relevant stakeholders, from an end-to-end supply chain perspective.
  • Optimizing the integral inventory levels over the end-to-end supply chain with objective to maximize availability of products and minimize integral inventories, supply chain costs and excess stocks.
  • Initiating corrective actions whenever KPIs fall below targeted levels, ensure correct follow up of actions and review depending on situation.
  • Developing and improving processes in line with the Continuous Improvement philosophy (lean).
  • Support monthly S&OP process, defining & reviewing the mid & long-term supply plan.
  • Validating capacity at the supplier to ensure fulfillment of Philips mid/long term requirements
  • Managing phase in / phase out process execution from a planning perspective.
  • Building daily management cadence with appropriate teams to improve commercial inventory performance and working with stakeholders on strategic initiatives.


You are part of the
Personal Health N.A Supply Planning organization and be responsible for the end-to-end supply plan for your category. This requires a multi-disciplinary approach and knowledge of supply planning principles, theories and -concepts. You will need to formulate a solution for supply chain challenges, combining previous experiences and knowledge with new innovative solutions. In addition, you will focus on supporting key projects and tasks for your category, including, but not limited to, phase-in/phase-out management, inventory and safety stock management, and new product introduction within the market.


To succeed in this role,
you’ll need a customer-first attitude and the following

  • Bachelor’s degree in related field, Inventory Planning and Project Management experience desired.
  • 3+ years working experience in Supply Chain Experience or relevant field.
  • Data driven, analytical, process oriented, self-starter.
  • Team worker with excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with various levels of the organization.
  • Experience in driving improvement via Problem Solving, and Daily Management.
  • Planning delivery schedules and confirming product availability to the CO’s.
  • Managing confirmed supply orders into the SAP system.
  • Adjusting supply requirements and orders where necessary and communicating through manufacturing value streams and CO’s.
  • Maintaining correct master data in SAP that enable systems to calculate correctly.
  • Collaborating with other supply centers and taking the lead in standardizing processes and operational decision making.


In return, we offer you

The ability to collaborate with, learn and grow from colleagues in a highly complex, global organization where you can use your strengths to help drive strategic business initiatives for Philips. Additionally, we provide you a dynamic working environment in an innovative business, paired with a competitive salary, excellent benefits, and a supportive atmosphere where you can sharpen your talents with new challenges and career opportunities.


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 – 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 – 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’s 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’t 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’s 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.

Visit our careers website to explore what it’s like working at Philips, read stories from our employee blog, find information about our recruitment process and answers to some frequently asked questions.


It is the policy of Philips to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, pregnancy/childbirth, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability or perceived disability, genetic information, citizenship, veteran or military status or a person’s relationship or association with a protected veteran, including spouses and other family members, marital or domestic partner status, or any other category protected by federal, state and/or local laws.


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.

Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veteran


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It is the policy of Philips to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, pregnancy/childbirth, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability or perceived disability, genetic information, citizenship, veteran or military status or a person’s relationship or association with a protected veteran, including spouses and other family members, marital or domestic partner status, or any other category protected by federal, state and/or local laws.

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.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veteran

Posted on : 2 years ago