Product Industrialization Engineer Assembly - Philips - Drachten

Join Philips as a Product Industrialization Engineer Assembly in Drachten

In this role:

You will be part of the SME team Final Assembly and Electronics. SME (Site Manufacturing Engineering) develops and realizes world-class industrialization solutions with a passion for Shavers, Grooming, and other Philips products. SME plans and implements equipment for product, process, and supply chain to improve cost agility, time to volume, and sustainability. SME also develops partnerships with equipment and tooling suppliers to speed up innovation and leverage their knowledge and state-of-the-art technologies, resulting in fast and smooth product launches.

You will be responsible for:

• Initiating and overseeing process technology development activities in the context of New Product Generation as well as the product and solution technology roadmap.
• Specifying and outsourcing assembly processes, tools, and equipment.
• Reviewing the activities of suppliers.
• Optimizing and improving assembly production processes (automatic, manual assembly lines, or handling equipment).
• Defining financial impact and monitoring financials of assembly processes.
• Applying and improving standard assembly and equipment procedures and supplier base management tools and methods.
• Using DFSS improvement tools and lean manufacturing principles.
• Competence management: improving and documenting knowledge in the field of Assembly and Equipment.

To succeed in this role, you should have the following skills and experience:

Technical:

• Able to execute DFMAT (Design for Manufacturing, Assembly, and Testing) analysis and reports.
• Knowledge about measuring, able to read and understand drawings.
• Understanding of assembly processes, able to execute trial runs, troubleshooting, and process investigations.
• Able to operate machines.
• Knowledge of shaver or One Blade application.
• Able to manage ordering, realization, and release of new (assembly) equipment.

Generic and education:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in mechanical engineering.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in assembly activities, preferably in mass production environments.
• Minimal Six Sigma or DMAIC trained (Green Belt), preferably certified.
• Good communication skills in Dutch.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and team up with others.
• Decisive, result-driven, and creative team player.
• Proactive approach, can-do mentality, and hands-on way of working.
• Can work autonomously and in teams.
• Able to think in scenarios.

In return, we offer you:

A challenging, innovative, and dynamic environment with great opportunities for you to explore and learn. You will gain experience working in multidisciplinary teams and with innovative external suppliers all over the world. With product design, product development, and mass manufacturing all on one site, you will have the opportunity to work on various projects and develop your career.

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 in Drachten.

About Philips:

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