Scott Schwartz TITLE : CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER AND HEAD OF SUSTAINING ENGINEERING
Scott Schwartz TITLE : CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER AND HEAD OF SUSTAINING ENGINEERING
COMPANY : ROYAL PHILIPS
INDUSTRY : HEALTHCARE , PROCUREMENT , ENGINEERING
EXECUTIVE BIO
Scott Schwartz is currently the Chief
Procurement Officer and Head of Sustaining Engineering . He is responsible for the execution of the E2E Procurement & Supplier Management strategies from New Product Development to Life Cycle Management to support key business strategies across all business groups of Royal Philips . The Procurement & Engineering team have a strong engagement in Advanced Development & New Product Development connecting the supplier ecosystem to drive innovation , productivity and quality . In addition , he is responsible for the sustaining engineering team for the Supply Chain & Operations group driving continuous improvement on the marketed products . The Procurement & Engineering team links the Commodity Strategies to the Business Strategies creating local impact and global leverage . Scott joined Philips in 2014 as the Head of Procurement Engineering for the Philips Healthcare businesses .
Prior to Philips , Scott worked for Boston Scientific for 18 years where he held leadership roles in Product Development , Process Development , General Management and Procurement . Prior to Boston Scientific , Scott started his career at 3M Company as a product / process development engineer .
Scott has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT , a MS in Mechanical Engineering ( Statistics Minor ) from University of Minnesota , and a MBA from the Carlson School at the University of Minnesota . healthcare-digital procurementmag . com 29