Sr. Procurement Engineer

Philips • Bothell, WA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Sr. Procurement Engineer Leads value creation at the intersection of product development and procurement by shaping product architecture, supplier strategy, and cost optimization for Oral Health Care devices from concept through lifecycle. Your role: Lead Design for Excellence (Design for Manufacturing and Assembly, value engineering, cost-down initiatives) across new product introduction, platform development, and lifecycle optimization to design in cost, quality, sustainability, and resilience. Drive early supplier involvement by orchestrating co-design and innovation workshops with strategic suppliers, ensuring industrialization readiness including scalability, quality, lead times, and supply resilience. Build sourcing readiness by translating product concepts into clear supplier requirements, supporting request-for-quotation inputs, and enabling data-driven supplier selection with commodity teams. Own should-cost and bill-of-material cost governance by developing cost models, tracking target costs, and providing fact-based insights to support negotiations and total cost of ownership decisions. Collaborate closely with Research and Development, Marketing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Procurement to influence decisions, accelerate time-to-market, and embed compliance, sustainability, and lifecycle performance early. You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in product development engineering, procurement engineering, value engineering, industrialization, or technical sourcing, ideally within consumer electronics, personal care, or electromechanical products.
• Skills include Design for Excellence methodologies, should-costing and cost driver analysis, supplier engagement, sourcing strategy, and experience working with Enterprise Resource Planning and digital tools (experience with data, automation, or artificial intelligence-enabled tools is a bonus).
• Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline.
• Strategic, influential communicator who thrives in cross-functional and global environments, is comfortable working with Asian supply bases, and is willing to travel up to 20% as needed.
• US work authorization is a precondition of employment.
• For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to Bothell, WA.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with data, automation, or artificial intelligence-enabled tools is a bonus

Responsibilities

• Lead Design for Excellence (Design for Manufacturing and Assembly, value engineering, cost-down initiatives) across new product introduction, platform development, and lifecycle optimization to design in cost, quality, sustainability, and resilience.
• Drive early supplier involvement by orchestrating co-design and innovation workshops with strategic suppliers, ensuring industrialization readiness including scalability, quality, lead times, and supply resilience.
• Build sourcing readiness by translating product concepts into clear supplier requirements, supporting request-for-quotation inputs, and enabling data-driven supplier selection with commodity teams.
• Own should-cost and bill-of-material cost governance by developing cost models, tracking target costs, and providing fact-based insights to support negotiations and total cost of ownership decisions.
• Collaborate closely with Research and Development, Marketing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Procurement to influence decisions, accelerate time-to-market, and embed compliance, sustainability, and lifecycle performance early.

Benefits

• Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program, which includes a generous PTO, 401k (up to 7% match), HSA (with company contribution), stock purchase plan, education reimbursement and much more.
• Details about our benefits can be found here.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level