Technical Project Manager - Product Development Job in Drachten, Netherlands

Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands is a diversified Health and Well-being company, focused on improving people’s lives through timely innovations.

As a world leader in healthcare, lifestyle and lighting, Philips integrates technologies and design into people-centric solutions.

Technical Project Manager - Product Development Job Description

Your challenge
Are you the experienced Technical Project Manager who can steer Philips’ personal care and domestic appliance projects from ideation to product launch? Can you work in fast-moving business environments where cost and time-to-market are critical for success? Expansion of our Personal Care and Domestic Appliance business group means we have challenging vacancies for a Technical Project Managers who are prepared to take end-to-end responsibility for ensuring the success of projects that maintain Philips’ leadership in consumer lifestyle markets.

Your responsibilities
As Technical Project Manager in Philips Consumer Lifestyle’s Personal Care and Domestic Appliance business group, you lead projects in a particular product category - for example, Philips’ shaving and grooming, female beauty, floor care and beverage appliance or Vitalight categories. Working with cross-functional teams of marketing, design and innovation management professionals, and liaising closely with Philips’ international supply base to optimize manufacturability and cost, you take end-to-end project responsibility for ensuring successful market introduction of innovative new personal care and domestic appliance products.

Your main responsibilities are:

• Technical R&D project management from product ideation to mass production and product launch (project budgets up to 20M Euro, core teams of around eight people and extended teams up to 130 people)
   
• Translation of consumer needs into business propositions in conjunction with the marketing, consumer research and supply organization, then into product, process and production requirements in collaboration with your multidisciplinary team
   
• Achievement of key performance indicators relating to time, cost and quality
   
• Keeping all stakeholders informed on project progress and results
   
• Supporting and challenging individual team members to ensure their professional development

Technical Project Manager - Product Development Job Requirements

We are looking for a highly professional Technical Project Manager with:

• a Master’s degree in Engineering
• at least 5 years of engineering experience in technical product development, preferably in a consumer / mass-production environment (experience in production / manufacturing is an advantage)
• at least 3 years of experience in (complex) technical project management in an (international) business to consumer environment
• well developed analytical skills and a fundamental understanding of innovation (improvement) processes
• strong people management, communication and influencing skills at all levels
• strength and transparency in decision making
• fluency (verbal and written) in English and a willingness to travel.

Technical Project Manager - Product Development Application Information

Our Offer

We welcome you to a challenging, innovative environment with great opportunities for you to explore.

Our benefits are very competitive and designed around your preferences:

• Depending on experience, a year salary (fulltime) between € 65.000 and € 85.000 (including personal benefits package)
• 25 Days of leave and the possibility to purchase up to 20 extra days off annually
• A variable bonus based on both Philips results and personal performance
• Extensive set of tools to drive your career, such as a personal development budget, free training and coaching
• Solid company pension scheme and attractive collective health insurance package
• Opportunity to buy Philips shares and products with discount
• Healthy work-life balance

Please apply with your CV and cover letter by the 'apply' button below. Please mention refrence code JB-11560

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