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Traineeship Business Corporate IT

Deadline: 20-04-2019 12:00:00

Job Description

In this role, you have the opportunity to
learn and grow as a professional within the corporate IT domain. As a trainee, you will join a 2-year program, in which you will be fulfilling 3 challenging assignments in different departments within Philips IT. The Traineeship focusses on ‘learning on the job’, mentoring and training. You will benefit from ample opportunities to learn and share with other Philips IT trainees and employees, while expanding your business network. After two years of accelerated learning and gaining valuable experience, you are in the driver seat of your career. You will get the chance to use the network you have built to find the perfect next step in your Philips IT career.  

Your responsibilities

Your responsibilities will differ per assignment, example assignment are:

  • Mergers & Acquisition integration: Support due diligence and smooth integration of IT activities in mergers & acquisition process.
  • Architecture: Responsible for developing IT architecture, analyze business context to guide solution decisions, provide advisory to key stakeholders and ensure architecture is fully aligned.
  • E-Commerce: Transforming the way of working in e-commerce with fact based analysis implementing leans principles with excellent stakeholder management. Driving the implantation of e-Shops.
  • Digital: Set up and improve PMO for IT digital (Digital marketing, internet of things and digital platforms created for health care purposes).
  • IT Governance (office of the CIO): Drive improvement initiatives throughout the IT organization, support performance monitoring, support preparing of reporting on Executive level.
  • IT Service Management: Currently the transition process started to transform from IT KPI’s and IT process monitoring to Business Process Monitoring. You will keep track of the total progress by connecting the dots and having a helicopter view starting from business processes to IT processes and systems.
To succeed in this role, you should have the following skills and experience

To be successful in this program you are a self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit, eager and ambitious. We will foster your growth through a collaborative style and a strong mentoring program. The chosen mentors are successful individuals and make up a diverse group. Are you the one we are looking for? You can apply for the traineeship if you:

  • have recently graduated or will graduate latest August 2019 with a Master’s Degree in the fields of Business Information Management, Business Information Systems, Business Process Management, Economics, (digital) Marketing or Business Administration. You have maximum 1 year of work experience following your graduation;
  • have excellent inter-personal and communication skills, so you can persuade colleagues at all ranks in the organization using your own style;
  • are driven by operational excellence and have an eye for detail;
  • experience in problem solving and change management techniques is a plus;
  • international experience or an international mindset is a plus;
  • have the ability to use internal and external resources to maximize the value for the company and its customers;
  • have project management skills;
  • speak and write fluent English;
In return, we offer you

We offer you a unique and challenging trainee program and the opportunity to:

  • work for an employer whose activities have a major positive impact on people all over the world;
  • discover how you can actively contribute to innovations that matter;
  • launch and steer your career in an environment with an astonishing diversity of nationalities, skills and backgrounds;
  • learn about different parts of the organization;
  • strengthen your capabilities and knowledge;
  • build a great international network.

As a trainee you will receive a contract for the period of 2 years, with excellent labor conditions.

Recruitment Process

When you are interested to join the Philips’ IT traineeship, please apply online and

  • upload your CV, motivation and grade list by the 21st of April 2019;
  • if you pass the pre-selection round an online ability test can be part of the recruitment process;
  • if you achieve the required score on this test, you will be invited for a short recruiter interview  inApril / May 2019;
  • the most suitable candidates will be invited for the Selection Day in the Netherlands, Eindhoven (13th & 18th of June – you only need to attend 1 selection day); your presence during the Selection Day is required.

When you successfully complete the selection process, you will start your first assignment per September 2019.