Société
PHILIPS
Organization Description
Philips Consumer Lifestyle is one of three market-driven sectors within Royal Philips Electronics, delivering lifestyle solutions for personal well-being. Consumer Lifestyle makes a difference to people's lives by making it easier for them to achieve a healthier and better lifestyle. We believe that sense and simplicity can be the goal of technology and apply that principle to create life-enhancing solutions. We apply a rigorous product development process when creating new value propositions. At its heart are validated consumer insights, which show that the propositions meet a market need. The combination of insight, simplicity and innovation differentiates us from our competition and creates a platform for sustainable business success.
We operate in the following businesses:
Television - experience and lifestyle television Audio Video Multimedia and Accessories - home and portable audio and video entertainment, including Blu-ray Disc players/recorders and docking stations for portable entertainment devices; and accessories, including headphones, portable audio accessories and remote controls
Personal Care - electric shavers, female depilation appliances, haircare and male grooming products, vitality solutions and skincare
Health & Wellness - oral healthcare and mother & childcare
Domestic Appliances - kitchen appliances, floor care, garment care, and water and air purifiers Coffee - espresso and beverage appliances Philips Consumer Lifestyle's headquarters is in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. We have a highly international workforce of approximately 18,500 employees spread over 50 countries.
Department Description
Philips Consumer Lifestyle consists of several key domains, one of which is Personal Care. By far the largest category within Personal Care is Male Grooming. The Innovation Department for Male Grooming is located in Drachten, with one team focusing on Grooming products and the other team on Shaving products.
The Innovation Team Shaving is responsible for all global innovation for Shaving. It is headed by an Innovation Lead, and its management team holds key positions in Project Management, Functional Departments, Predevelopment and Architecture. In total close to 200 people are working on innovation for shavers on a daily basis, with a strong connection to business disciplines in Amsterdam and Shanghai.
Poste
Candidate Responsibilities
The Senior Architect is part of the management team of the innovation team Shaving, and furthermore steers the predevelopment program. He or she has a key role in definition of the strategic direction of the innovation program, linking business goals with requirements to product function, manufacturing processes and investments in manufacturing.
• You translate consumer insights and business propositions into technical system specifications, in close cooperation with the marketing function. You breakdown shaving technology into smaller building blocks and define and select technology options for those together with the technical experts.
• You strive for maximum re-use and modularity and much more than creating one-of-a-kind products.
• Furthermore, you define and deploy together with our business stakeholders, roadmaps and product platforms and drive long term (up till 5 years) innovations within our application area.
• You help to continuously improve our processes that cover both architectural thinking and pre development.
• You chair the architecture team, with senior participants out of all relevant Innovation and Development and Supply functions.
Profil
Candidate Profile
• You have a Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Physics.
• You have multi years of experience in architecture roles or systems engineering, preferably in an environment with high precision, mass produced consumer products and related production systems. Domains covered are mechanics, electronics, software and manufacturing processes.
• In your prior work, you have built up a track record on influencing business decisions, based on your technological insights, your external view and your strong personality.
• Broad technical knowledge with deep insight in the integration of product, production processes and equipment.
• Experienced in coaching teams of designers and architects
• Capable to drive business decision based on sound financial analysis.
