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Global APQP & Supplier Development Leader

Job Description

Philips Job Ad Template - Non-Sales, US

Global APQP & Supplier Development Leader

The Global APQP & Supplier Development Leader is a senior leadership role accountable for defining, governing, and continuously improving the global processes for Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and Supplier Initiated Change Requests (SICR) within a regulated medical device environment.

Your role:

• Govern global APQP and Supplier-Initiated Change Request (SICR) processes, ensuring competency, compliance, risk-based approaches, and alignment with regulatory standards across supplier engineering and engagement.
• Lead and develop a global Supplier Development Engineering team, setting priorities and fostering supplier accountability, quality, and operational reliability through maturity models and early expert involvement.
• Drive strategic alignment and continuous improvement by establishing KPIs, collaborating cross-functionally, and serving as an executive escalation point for critical risks and disruptions.
• Ensure compliance, audit, and regulatory readiness by making processes inspection-ready and serving as a senior SME during audits and regulatory inspections.
• Champion supplier-owned quality and First-Time Right principles by strengthening controls, enabling suppliers with tools and training, and linking supplier development activities to engineering changes and risk mitigation.

You're the right fit if:

• You've acquired 12+ years of experience in Supplier Quality, Supplier Development, APQP, Engineering, or Quality Systems within the medical device or regulated industry. Proven senior leadership experience managing global teams and complex, cross-functional process required. Deep expertise in APQP, supplier change management (SICR/SIC), and supplier capability development required. Experience operating within a global Supplier Quality Center of Excellence or process-centric operating model preferred.
• Your skills include strong working knowledge of FDA QSR, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, and global regulatory expectations; Demonstrated success driving supplier maturity, zero-defect initiatives, and first-time right execution at scale.
• You have a Bachelor's/master's degree in engineering science, Supply Chain Management, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, or equivalent.
• You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position .
• You're an excellent communicator, proven leadership and people management competencies to drive strategy and execution efficiently.

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 office-based 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 improve the lives of others.

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Philips Transparency Details

The pay range for this position in Colorado Springs, CO, Latham, NY, Murrysville, PA, Nashville, TN, Orange Village, OH, and Reedsville, PA is $154,000 to $246,000.

The pay range for this position in Malvern, PA, and Plymouth, MN is $162,000 to $258,000.

The pay range for this position in Bothell, WA, Cambridge, MA, and San Diego, CA is $173,000 to $275,000.

The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity.

In addition, other compensation, such as an annual incentive bonus, sales commission or long-term incentives may be offered. 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 .

At Philips, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each case.

Additional Information

US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future.

Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position. For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to posted locations

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This requisition is expected to stay active for 45 days but may close earlier if a successful candidate is selected or business necessity dictates. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to ensure consideration.

Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug-free workplace.