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Philips E2E Project Manager in Shanghai, China
Job Posting Description
In this role, you have the opportunity to
Apply professional Program/Project Management skills and methodology, collaborate with business and/or function teams to develop, manage and deliver various projects that are impactful for Philips strategy and operation excellence in GC Region.
The programs/projects you may handle includes, but not limited to, strategy execution, business performance improvements, process (and associated IT system/applications) deployment and optimization, organization structure or company culture updates, etc..
You are responsible for
Project planning, e.g. define project scope, set up project organization, define success measurement or KPIs, timeline, resource requirement, identify project risks and develop associated risk mitigation, etc..
Set up project governance, tracking project progress, lead cross function project team to deliver project (achieving pre-defined objectives/KPIs) per agreed timeline under agreed resource budget
Regularly report project status to key stakeholders and program/project sponsors. Depends on various scenarios, audiences may include top leaders in Philips organization (e.g. ExCo members)
Conduct change management for ‘transformational’ programs/projects, assure the adoption of new way of working, new IT system/applications, or new organization structure or culture.
Capability building, e.g. deliver coaching and training for project management, Lean, etc.
Be a ‘freelancer’ in Business Excellence team to support ad hoc tasks assigned.
You are a part of
GC Business Excellence team, based in Shanghai, reports to Head of GC Business Excellence.
To succeed in this role, you should have the following skills and experience
Degree in Business or Engineering required; Master's Degree preferred.
At least 5 years relevant working experience (e.g. PM, Business Consulting, etc.), in a global operating company in a regional or global role, ‘to B’ business background is preferred. Experience in complex or transformational project will be a plus.
Able to drive changes with sense of urgency and bias for action
Good knowledge and practices of Business Excellence tools/skills, e.g. Program/Project Management (complex project delivery), Lean, Continuous Improvement (e.g. business process re-engineering), etc.
Knowledge of common IT systems or tools, e.g. CRM (e.g. SFDC), ERM (e.g. SAP), MS/QMS, etc.
Always be positive, good learning agility.
Strong capability of stakeholder management, cross business/function collaboration and coordination.
In return, we offer you
A path towards your most rewarding career. Succeeding in this role in a complex environment will open many doors for your long term career, in other areas in Philips or otherwise. We also believe that we are at our best as a company when you are at yours as a person. Thus, we offer competitive health benefits, a flexible work schedule and access to local well-being focused activities.
Why should you join Philips?
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