Supply Planning Product Owner

Shape the Future of Supply Planning at Philips

In this role, you have the opportunity to shape our future and drive excellence

Are you a passionate Supply Planning professional with a proven track record of integrating digital solutions using Agile methodologies? We are seeking a dedicated Planning Product Owner to drive our Supply Planning initiatives, leveraging digital advancements and Agile practices. If you're ready to shape and lead our Supply Planning capabilities into the future, we invite you to join us.

As the Planning Product Owner for Supply Planning for Health Systems Businesses, you have the opportunity to shape the future of planning and lead transformative change in an area with a strong commitment to excellence. You will play a pivotal role in driving the evolution of our supply planning capabilities to achieve excellence in serving our consumers and customers and enabling business success.

You will lead implementing best-in-class supply planning capabilities across end-to-end supply chain to deliver superior customer service levels with optimized profitability. You will work with a team of dedicated professionals and collaborate cross-functionally to set standards of supply planning excellence, transform supply planning processes, and accelerate successful implementation of planning technology solutions that enhance our supply planning capabilities.

Accountabilities:

• Spearhead the implementation of digital planning tools and solutions to enhance Supply Planning accuracy, efficiency, and responsiveness.
• Develop and communicate a clear and strategic product roadmap for Supply Planning, aligning with business goals and customer requirements.
• Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) related to Supply Planning, using data insights to drive continuous improvement.
• Subject matter expert and coach providing guidance on blueprint, problem solving, design principles for digital solution, project management and expectation management
• Lead the optimization of the O9 supply planning solver by fine-tuning model parameters, constraints (e.g., lead times, capacities, material availability), and scenario configurations to improve plan quality, increase constrained demand coverage, and ensure realistic, executable supply plans. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to validate solver logic against business rules and continuously improve planning outcomes
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including IT, data analytics, and operations to ensure seamless implementation of digital planning solutions.
• Performs the Product owner role in Agile transformation programs specific to their products, leading the development to deployment and supporting the adoption process for the tools Drive Agile practices within the Supply Planning workstream, fostering a culture of collaboration, adaptability, and continuous improvement. Lead Agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, backlog grooming, and sprint reviews to ensure successful execution of initiatives.
• Understand user needs and work closely with stakeholders to define requirements, prioritize features, and create user stories.
• Own gathering planning requirements, facilitate prioritization across businesses, and govern changes to current planning technology
• Own the management of specific planning tools and systems that support Philips’s planning activities, including S&OP, S&OE, demand, sales and supply planning.
• Champion change management efforts, ensuring effective adoption of digital solutions for supply planning.
• Monitor and drive the adoption of advanced planning software, analytics platforms, and automation tools to streamline supply planning processes and deliver actionable insights.
• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to evaluate the effectiveness of supply planning initiatives and recommend improvements.
• Stay ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies, consistently infusing innovative ideas into the planning function and identify opportunities for digital intervention throughout the planning lifecycle

You're the right fit if:

• 5+ years of experience in Supply Planning, with a focus on digital integration and Agile methodologies. Desirable with Supply chain experience in IBP/S&OP, end-to-end planning processes, inventory management, product life-cycle management, sourcing, supply chain financials, and / or supply chain modeling experience.
• Demand forecasting, inventory optimization, and production planning.
• Excellent understanding and proficiency in utilizing digital tools and technologies relevant to Supply Planning, such as advanced planning software and data analytics. Hands on successful experience in advanced planning digital system selection and implementation highly advantageous.
• Operating knowledge in digital planning and analytics systems in the areas of integrated business planning, demand and supply planning
• Proven experience as a Product Owner, driving Agile practices and managing digital initiatives and agile certification (CSPO, SAFe PO/PM, etc.) is a plus
• Strong project management skills, including experience in resource allocation, budget management, and timeline tracking - including the ability to lead multiple initiatives concurrently while meeting deadlines.

Shaping the Future

• Provides thought leadership in building connections between supply chain actions and strategic business outcomes.
• Proven experience with designing, shaping and implementing supply chain and planning transformation that has delivered sustainable breakthrough results, including, but not limited to digitization and automation.
• Strong analytical skills to assess, frame and drive data-driven decisions and experience in developing and implementing strategies. Capable of interpreting data to inform decision-making and improve project outcomes.

Leadership

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
• Demonstrated ability to foster and maintain strong working relationships and influence at different levels of the organisation and ability to lead, inspire and motivate teams
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with diverse teams.
• Effective at leading conversations that influence and drive optimized decisions with multiple stakeholders.
• Able to handle problems or conflicts with others openly and directly. Committed and willing to take risks, make decisions, and escalate when needed to achieve desired business outcomes.

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.

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.

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If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our culture of impact with care.

Embrace the unexpected

Over 125 years ago, Frederik and Gerard Philips started a small light bulb company in Eindhoven. Little did they realize that it would become a global force of innovation, committed to improving billions of lives worldwide. But it did.

Today, Philips is a world leading health technology company with a vision to make life better for people worldwide through meaningful innovation. Making good on this promise depends on our passionate, inspirational, collaborative and diverse team.

We have over 80,000+ brilliant people around the world but are always looking for more. Like-minded, motivated, focused minds to join us in creating a healthier, more connected society while transforming themselves personally and professionally.

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