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What you choose to do with your career matters. And we know that. That’s why we’ve designed a programme that’s just right for you – we choose the best combination of experiences for your development to nurture the future leader in you.
Our unique, accelerated two-year programme starting in September 2024 gets you where you want to go – and who you want to grow into. It means you can learn from the best and give your best.
The programme is designed to meet your career aspirations and contribute to our mission from day 1, which is to ensure that billions of lives will be better thanks to you; our leaders of tomorrow. So, let’s get going. The work of your life begins here.
The purpose of the role is to work within our business functions supporting all business areas across the UKI in Human Resources and across Europe in Business Excellence. You will have two one year rotations: one in our Human Resources (HR) and one in our Business Excellence team.
Human Resources – you will support the HR Director and HR Managers on daily HR activities, including induction, employee relations and learning and development. With a number of strategic HR projects to drive you will also have the opportunity to work with the broader HR team in Health and Wellbeing, Talent Acquisition, Reward and People Services. With responsibility from Day 1 , you will develop your HR skills by helping to deliver the Global Philips and UK&I People Strategy.
Business Excellence - supporting the Health Systems businesses in developing process improvement and embedding LEAN ways of working, including Daily Management and Problem Solving. You will support the European Business Excellence team in delivering performance coaching, trainings, growing an organic Continuous Improvement culture and process harmonisation. You will also have the opportunity to be involved in European projects and activities as part of the European Region organisation. In this position you will report to the Business Excellence Lead.
The Graduate Development Programme (GDP) is designed to discover future business leaders and incorporate you into the Philips business where your new ideas and passion will shape the Philips business of tomorrow. You will have strong support networks with business managers, mentors and previous graduates. Your cohort will start in September 2024 and will be supported with a comprehensive personal development plan over the two-year scheme. As part of the programme you will be given a stretch project in another area of the UKI business.
Although you will be globally mobile, you will initially be based at our UK headquarters in Farnborough, Hampshire (hybrid way of working) for the first 2 years. You may occasionally be required to travel locally and sometimes abroad. Our headquarters in Farnborough is a vibrant and exciting (professionally and socially) place to be based and you will have the opportunity to network with the wider organization.
You’re right for this role if:
- Recent (less than two years) graduate in any degree (Bachelors or Masters).
- Evidence of high-performance background (for example through your academic and/or extra-curricular activities).
- Evidence of leadership potential and you will have leadership ambitions
- You will demonstrate a high level of energy, drive and passion in pursuing work objectives and a total commitment to achieving successful outcomes.
- You will be adaptable and confident, enabling you to build strong relationships quickly, which will be key to your success. In essence, you will already be naturally demonstrating our behaviors of customer first, patient safety, quality and integrity always, team up to win, take ownership to deliver fast, and eager to improve and inspire.
A career at Philips comes with all sorts of wonderful benefits as well as a competitive graduate starting salary of £29 000. Be sure to speak to your recruiter about benefits in the UK. There may also be the opportunity to pursue a CIPD qualification in HR should this be of interest.
Recruitment Process:
Please submit your detailed CV and a motivational statement for the Philips HR and Business Excellence Graduate Development Programme at your earliest convenience but at the latest by 7 January 2024. Next stages will include: an online assessment, a recorded video interview and finally, an assessment centre due to take place in March/April at our Farnborough office.
If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion here .
About Philips
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