Start Date: September 2026
Location: Farnborough, Hampshire / remote combination
Contract Type: 18 months fixed term
Your role:
In this role you'll find yourself part of a global team of like-minded procurement managers and buyers, who all share a passion for creating value through innovation. You'll make a difference in new and surprising ways every day, developing and growing both your function and your capabilities as you help change the world.
You'll be actively encouraged to exercise your creativity and powers of innovation and to independently develop your entrepreneurial skills. Your input to strategic sourcing and end-to-end (E2E) transactional activities will make a true difference to our bottom line. This could be via managing the price of goods / services, the total cost of ownership and also the quality / risks associated. The Procurement team manages supplier relationships, target metrics and much more to ensure we are getting the best price, quality, and level of risk for any products / services required by Philips
You are responsible for
- 3rd party catalogue management
- Ensure pricing and products are up to date and in line with our agreed rates
- Support negotiations with 3rd party suppliers
- Manage approved supplier list
- Contract management
- Ensure compliance to Philips policies
- Collection of requirements from different teams
- Guidance and support to internal stakeholders on P2P processes and other procurement policies
- Tender support
- Supporting procurement specialists and running your own one-off project
- Joining team meetings
- Presenting to teams
- Project ownership
At Philips, we incorporate ownership and innovation into everything we do. Within your role you will get the chance to run your own projects, create/manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders and be given the freedom to explore your own ideas on how to improve our business.
You are a part of
A close-knit Procurement team, including graduates, procurements specialists and procurement managers based in UKI, France, Nordics & Poland. You will regularly collaborate with a variety of stakeholders from areas including Sales, Supply Chain, Commercial Operations, Finance, Legal, HR & Marketing and will have the opportunity to build relationships with people all over the world.
As a collaborative team, we aim to spend more time together than apart and look forward to you joining us in our new vibrant and exciting offices in Farnborough, Hampshire, working in an agile working environment.
To succeed in this role, you should have the following skills and competencies:
- Stakeholder Communication
- Business Acumen
- Document Management
- Documentation & Reporting
- Microsoft Office
Job Type: Apprenticeship
Pay: From £17,500.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Company pension
- Work from home
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Farnborough GU14
