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Product Industrialization Engineer Assembly - Philips - Drachten

Location Drachten, Friesland, Netherlands Job Type Full time Job Id 568433 Posted Date: 12/18/2025

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Job Description

In this role:

You will be part of the SME team Final assembly and Electronics.

SME (site manufacturing engineering) develops and realizes world-class industrialization solutions with passion for Shavers, Grooming and other Philips products. SME plans and implements equipment for product, process and supply chain to improve cost agility, time to volume and sustainability.

SME develops partnerships with equipment and tooling suppliers to speed up innovation and use their knowledge & state-of-the-art technologies, resulting in fast & smooth product launches.

You will be responsible for:

• Initiating and overseeing process technology development activities in the context of New Product Generation as well as product and solution technology roadmap.
• Specify and outsource assembly processes, tools and equipment.
• Review the activities of suppliers.
• Optimize/improve assembly production processes (automatic, manual assembly lines or handling equipment)
• Defining financial impact and monitoring financials of assembly processes,
• Apply and improve standard assembly and equipment procedures and supplier base management tools and methods.
• Use of DFSS improvement tools and lean manufacturing principles.
• Competence management: Improve and document knowledge in the field of Assembly and Equipment

To succeed in this role, you should have the following skills and experience

Technical:

• Able to execute DFMAT (design for manufacturing, assembly and testing) analysis and reports.
• Knowledge about measuring, able to read and understand drawings.
• Understanding of assembly process, able to execute trial runs, trouble shooting and process investigations.
• Able to operate machines.
• Knowledge of shaver or One Blade application.
• Able to manage ordering, realization and release new (assembly) equipment.

Generic and education:

• Bachelor's or master's degree in mechanical engineering
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in assembly activities, preferably in mass production environments.
• Minimal Six Sigma or DMAIC trained (Green Belt), preferably certified
• Good communication skills in Dutch
• Ability to influence stakeholders and team up with others
• Decisive, result driven and creative team player
• Proactive approach, can-do mentality and hands on way of working.
• Can work autonomously and in teams
• Able to think in scenarios

In return, we offer you

The experience to work in multidisciplinary teams. Working with innovative external suppliers all over the world. Product design, product development and mass manufacturing on one site. This enables you to work in various projects and career opportunities.