**Job Responsibilities:** + **Develops, executes, monitors, and controls APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) plans as part of the project activities to ensure consistent product quality.** + **Supplier performance monitoring, reporting, improvement, and development.** + **Analysis of defects for determining if supplier caused and working with supplier on root cause / corrective actions to prevent reoccurrence through the Supplier Corrective Action (SCAR) process.** + **Assess and coordinate Supplier Change Requests (SICRs).** + **Support internal and external audits of Philips processes, as required.** + **Lead supplier improvement projects.** + **Support activities related to the Additions/Changes/Deletion to Approved Suppliers including the analysis and onboarding of potential new suppliers.** . **You're the right fit if:** + Bachelor's degree in a Technical, Science, or Engineering; + Advanced English + 3+ years of experience in Quality or Manufacturing or a combination of equivalent job experience in related field and in Supplier/Quality Engineering related activities. Working knowledge of appropriate global medical device or product regulations, requirements, and standards **Preferred:** + Strong and proven knowledge of statistical methods and the use of standard quality tools (e.g. flowcharts, Pareto charts, cause and effect diagrams, control charts, scatter diagrams, regression analysis, affinity diagrams, etc). **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. Administrative role; **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. * Learn more about our business. * Discover our rich and exciting history. * Learn more about our purpose. 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 here.