Graduate Development Program - Factory Best
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Graduate Development Program – Operations Factory Best
- Location: Best, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
- Start date will be between 1st February and 1st of March 2027
What you choose to do with your career matters. And we know that. That’s why we’ve designed a program that’s just right for you – we choose the best combination of experiences for your development to nurture the future leader in you. Our development program is a two-year journey to give you the time and space to get to know us and grow as yourself. Your personal development is at the heart of it all.
Your assignments:
As a Philips Graduate Development Program Trainee you will be located in our factory in Best where you will work on 2 different assignments of 12 months each. Via this way you will be able to gain exposure across different operations departments.
In this program you will be identifying and driving projects in the different factories (Components Repair & Refurbishment Factory, Image Guided Therapy Factory, Magnetic Resonance Factory and Diagnostic X-Ray Factory). You will work on projects that focus on process improvements, scalability, quality and compliancy, productivity, training, planning etc.
During this 2-year program you will have the opportunity to learn:
- Stakeholder management on all different levels and departments: factory management, operations, procurement, R&D, quality etc.
- Operational excellence, hands on experience in operational environment.
- Within the factory, you can see End-2-End how a factory is sustained from all aspects.
- Deliverables of the projects are very tangible, and the implementation is key.
As you will be working closely with our employees in the factory it is very important that you are willing to be in the factory for 5 days per week (fulltime).
You're the right fit if:
- Recently graduated Masters/Bachelor’s degree Supply Chain/Operations Management/ Mechanical Engineering/Industrial Engineering (emphasis in operations preferred)
- 0-2 years business experience in manufacturing and supply chain within a regulated environment
- Strong communication, planning and organizational skills
- You are interested and/or work with AI
- Team player, passionate for results and people. Supports our highly engaged workforce.
- Pragmatic and Hands on mentality, team player and result driven
- English required and having the motivation to learn Dutch
- Willing to be in the factory location 5 days a week
As a GDP trainee you will receive a 2.5 years, full time employment contract with a yearly all-in salary of €60.763,- with excellent labor conditions.
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.
Philips is a leading health technology company focused on improving people’s lives across the health continuum – from healthy living and prevention, to diagnosis, treatment and home care. Applying advanced technologies and deep clinical and consumer insights, Philips delivers integrated solutions that address the Quadruple Aim: improved patient experience, better health outcomes, improved staff experience, and lower cost of care.