Manager, NPI Sourcing, Finished Goods, Professional Solutions

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.

What You Will Do

Core Responsibilities

• Act as procurement Point of Contact in NPI development;
• Ensure expedient and compliant implementation of contracts throughout NPI project development (master agreements and SoWs etc.).
• Achieve NPI project best Total Cost of Ownership upfront, in collaboration with stakeholders based on market insights, industrial benchmarks and best practices.
• Lead product RFQ/RFP/RFI throughout NPI development
• Actively participate and support NPI development by ensuring sourcing and procurement deliverables at each milestone with high quality on time.
• 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.
• Support managing strong vendor relationships, effectively manage category supply base, perform advanced and intricate negotiations, and support the selection of key vendors.
• Support managing 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, contracts (SoW) negotiation and continuous cost improvements.
• Support product lifecycle management from NPI till end-of-life
• Coordinate and work with both corporate and regional stakeholders to standardize corporate-wide product specifications and establish and implement long-term strategic goals to continually enhance HARMAN’s market position.
• Develop and deliver good quality management reports and present with senior management.

Growth & Learning Opportunities

• Work with world-wide corporate business units
• Work with multi-cultural talents globally.
• Develop deep market insights both in products and supply base
• Strengthen the knowledge in sourcing and procurement processes
• Strengthen communication skills through collaboration with global teams and remote leadership.
• Enhance global leadership by setting and driving business impacts

What You Need to Be Successful

• Self-driven and business centric
• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Business Administration.
• Minimum 8+ years of sourcing and procurement experience.
• Prior experience in sourcing and negotiating direct materials in a consumer electronics environment using strategic category management techniques to achieve results.
• Must possess the social intelligence to influence and lead at the senior levels within the organization.
• 8+ years of direct materials sourcing experience from new Product Development through End of Life.
• Proven record in successfully using benchmarking and cost analysis tools to deliver negotiation outcomes to exceed the market index.
• Solid experiences in supplier sourcing, supplier performance management, negotiation, contract development/analysis, supplier evaluation, price/cost analysis.
• Outstanding communication and presentation abilities.
• Solid understanding of risk management techniques.
• Excellent market research and trend analysis skills.
• Strong strategic/long-range planning skills.
• Good financial analysis skills.

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.