Improvement lead Communities of Practice and Centers of Excellence

Your Responsibilities
•   Maturing and improving technical Communities of Practice (COP) and Centers of Excellence (COE). Within Philips managing knowledge across the business is a crucial part of our strategy. Within PInS we focus upon dissemination of technical oriented knowledge through Communities of Practice and Centers of Excellence.
•   Activities Are:
o   Initiate and coordinate improvement opportunities
o   Point of contact for al Philips Innovation Services COE’s & COP’s
o   Inspire COE’s & COP’s by building connections and sharing best practices
o   Strengthen engagement of communities
o   Coach leads COE’s & COP’s on improvements
o   Ensure meaningful standardization COP/COE practices
o   Strengthen and maintain connections with Philips knowledge management

Your Team
The department Industry Consulting at Philips Innovation Services is a dynamic group of approximately 70 consultants with a growth ambition. We work with leading clients in operationalizing their strategic ambitions in and across key areas of their business: Innovation and Operations Management taking an integral approach.

Requirements
•   Consultant with ample Change management experience and proven expertise in setting up and managing technical Communities of practice (COP) and Centers of Excellence (COE).
•   Experience in bringing existing Communities of Practice and Centers of Excellence to the next maturity level.
•   Proven ability to persuade teams to move to standardized ways of working and communications away from their current self-organized way.
•   A technical background at master level is required.
•   Experience in project management.
•   Experience with technical CoE and CoP’s in Philips is a pre. Preferably experience with Philips knowledge management.
•   Flexible and stress resistant to deal with a very dynamic environment
•   Experience in MS Office applications SharePoint, PowerPoint and Excel
•   Good in English