Manager, Category Sourcing

A Career at HARMAN

As a technology leader that is rapidly on the move, HARMAN is filled with people who are focused on making life better. Innovation, inclusivity and teamwork are a part of our DNA. When you add that to the challenges we take on and solve together, you’ll discover that at HARMAN you can grow, make a difference and be proud of the work you do every day.

• Provide thoughtful leadership and innovative strategies for optimizing global sourcing effectiveness.
• Build and develop high performing team members with authentic leadership by setting S.M.A.R.T. goals and provide constructive support to the team to drive business impacts.
• Act as supplier owner; oversee, conduct, and actively manage and improve the end-to-end strategic sourcing and procurement process.
• Act as escalation party to supplier management throughout product lifecycle.
• Ensure expedient and compliant implementation of contracts throughout organization.
• Accountable for vendor master and purchasing price and terms updates and maintenance in the system.
• Lead supplier Total Cost Ownership Management by collaboration with stakeholders based on market insight, industrial benchmark and best practices.
• Lead to define and implement global supplier strategy with strong collaboration with corporate and regional stakeholders
• Actively source, evaluate and identify market trends and new technologies, make appropriate fact-based recommendations for adoption by HARMAN stakeholders, to support building product roadmap.
• Establish strong vendor relationships, effectively manage category supply base, perform advanced and intricate negotiations, and oversee selection of key vendors.
• Lead to manage vendor and internal performance (Supplier Performance Scorecard) against contracts, industry benchmarks, and previous baselines on a regular basis (QBR).
• Actively support and / or lead NPI development by securing sourcing deliverables with supplier selection, RFQ and continuous cost improvements.

HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.