Join the simplicity movement
At
Philips, we believe technology should be advanced but simple at the
same time. It should make sense and be designed around the way we live
and work. Whether it’s our 3D Ultrasound technology that gives parents
the first glimpse of their unborn child, or recreating the thrill of a
live concert on one of our audio systems, we touch people’s lives all
over the world. Imagine how that feels.
Healthcare, Lighting and Consumer Lifestyle.
In
a world in which technology increasingly touches every aspect of daily
life, we want to bring Sense and Simplicity to consumers and
professionals with advanced, easy to use products that are designed
specifically to meet their needs, wherever in the world they may be. We
have 123.800 colleagues in more than 60 countries. We are proud to be a
market leader in medical diagnostic imaging and patient monitoring
systems, energy efficient lighting solutions, personal care and home
appliances, as well as consumer electronics.
Career opportunities.
You are insightful and passionately curious about people and their
lives, and determined to deliver results that are relevant and useful.
Our promise to improve people’s lives applies to customers as well as
colleagues; it would not be possible otherwise. Philips offers you an
excellent opportunity to develop yourself as a whole person, not just
as a talented professional. Please go to www.philips.com/careers and get the inside story through our interactive video portraits.
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Challenges and Opportunities
Given
the large and diverse nature of our business, we can offer
opportunities to ambitious people in a wide range of areas and at
different levels. What we, at Philips, all have in common is our
commitment. You’ll need to be energetic and action-oriented, with a
passion for your work and for getting things done. Communication skills
are absolutely essential for all roles in our organization. You’ll also
need the right mindset for an international business, with aspirations
to work in global teams.
we can offer opportunities to ambitious people in a wide range of areas
We
offer you learning and development programs and challenging assignments
to accelerate your opportunities for personal and professional growth.
You’ll be able to look forward to special courses, creative challenges
– and will enjoy equal opportunities for advancement across the
business. As soon as you start, you’ll benefit from our In Touch
program, which will give you a comprehensive induction into the
business. Throughout your time with us, you’ll get the chance to work
in a stimulating, energetic, diverse and innovative environment filled
with some of the most talented people in the world.
To learn
more about Philips and everything we have to offer for your career, as
well as the specific vacancies we currently have available, please
visit www.philips.com/careers
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Businesses and Divisions
These
areas are the focus for all our businesses: Healthcare, Consumer
Lifestyle and Lighting. They are backed up, in turn, by Design, by
Research, and by all our supporting departments. Together, we all act
as one company.
Healthcare
Philips
Healthcare is one of the world’s top three medical device companies.
Our mission is to improve the quality of people’s lives.
Our mission is to improve the quality of people’s lives
Our
focus areas include imaging systems, customer services, information and
monitoring systems. We enjoy a number one position in several of these
including X-ray, cardiovascular ultrasound, patient monitoring and
automatic external defibrillators. Our HeartStart Home Defibrillator
brings life-saving technology to consumers in their own homes, where
the majority of sudden cardiac arrests occur. It’s just one of the many
ways we deliver ‘advanced’ technology that is ‘designed around you’ and
‘easy to experience’.
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Consumer Lifestyle
We are a highly consumer driven organization
Philips
Consumer Lifestyle offers rich, new consumer experiences that meet
consumers’ desire for wellness and pleasure, starting from our consumer
insights and guided by our brand promise of “Sense and Simplicity”. We
are a highly consumer driven organization looking at the individual's
interests in terms of their Space, their Mind, their Body, and their
Appearance.
Philips Consumer Lifestyle is one of three
market-driven sectors within Royal Philips Electronics, delivering
lifestyle solutions for personal wellbeing. Consumer Lifestyle’s
headquarter is based in Amsterdam with its highly international
workforce of approximately 25,000 employees spread over 50 countries
with sales in more than 100 countries.
Philips Consumer Lifestyle operates in the business activities TV,
Audio and Video, Personal Care, Small Domestic Appliances, Mother &
Child Care, Electronic Accessories and Professional & Business
Solutions.
Examples of our products are the Whole-fruit juicer, Swarovski
encrusted headphones, Aurea ambilight television, Wake-up Light,
arcitec shaver and the One-touch espresso machine.
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Lighting
For
Philips, improving lives with light goes back to our founding fathers
in 1891. At Philips Lighting, we carry this tradition forward, across
all three domains: Healthcare, Lifestyle and Technology.
Through
a huge array of products, and variety in design, intensity, color and
effects, we help make life easier and more efficient. From lighting for
interiors and offices to Olympic Stadiums and the Eiffel Tower, we
beautify people’s homes and public spaces and enhance safety and a
sense of well-being.
Light can provide heat, purify water,
treat disease, increase road safety – even play a role in semiconductor
manufacturing – and we’re active in them all.
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Design
Philips
Design’s 450 professionals share one mission: to create a harmonious
relationship between people, objects and the environment, both natural
and man-made. Our visionary approach – enriching design with human
sciences, user research and a constant, clear people focus – allows us
to shape technology in a way that answers people’s existing and latent
needs.
enriching design with human sciences, user research and a constant, clear people focus
We
help make Philips’ brand promise tangible through solutions that fit
naturally into the context of people’s lives in meaningful ways. And in
line with this, we play a leading role in many international consortia
and public research programs in the fields of Healthcare, Lifestyle and
Technology.
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Research
Philips
Research is the source of many advanced developments in Healthcare,
Lifestyle and Technology. Building on 90 years’ experience in
industrial research and our world-leading patent position, we’re
dedicated to meaningful innovations.
In the healthcare domain,
we are enhancing imaging and monitoring systems, as well as exploring
innovative personal healthcare. In lifestyle, we’re helping people see,
hear, remember and share content, anywhere and anytime. Our vision
focuses on simplicity, making technology an integral – but invisible –
part of everyday life.
Enabling all this, we investigate
fundamental technologies in IC design, solid-state lighting, network
and storage technologies, identification and security standards,
displays and power management.
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Intellectual Property & Standards
To
safeguard an appropriate return on investment made in R&D, Philips
places great value in protecting its innovations through intellectual
property rights (IPRs). The company currently holds about 80,000 patent
rights, 26,000 trademark registrations, 15,000 design registrations,
some 1,600 domain name registrations. All these Philips IPRs are
created and managed by Philips Intellectual Property & Standards,
which has some 300 IPR professionals located in twenty-five offices
around the world.
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