NPI Procurement Manager

hace 43 minutos

Tijuana, Baja California, México HARMAN International A tiempo completo

A Career at HARMAN Lifestyle
We're a global, multi-disciplinary team that's putting the innovative power of technology to work and transforming tomorrow. As a member of HARMAN Lifestyle, you connect consumers with the power of superior sound.

  • Contribute your talents to high-end, esteemed brands like JBL, Mark Levinson, and Revel
  • Unite your passion for audio innovation with high-tech product development
  • Create pitch-perfect, cutting-edge technology that elevates the listening experience

About The Role
The New Product Introduction (NPI) Procurement Manager will develop a supply chain for NPI projects by leading the sourcing actions for the NPI cross-functional team. This role will work closely with category sourcing, engineering, the factory, and the Project Manager. Coordinated activities are driving RFQs and selecting suppliers, purchasing materials to support product development stages, and managing material readiness for implementation of prototype builds and mass production. The successful candidate will oversee and control the product costs from development to implementation in the factory. This candidate will lead all procurement actions, report project progress from an operational standpoint, and must be responsive, flexible, and result-driven within an open, collaborative peer environment.

What You Will Do

  • Lead & drive procurement sourcing actions throughout the NPI development process with category sourcing, from identifying candidates, RFQs, supplier selection, until the system is ready for production.
  • Closely working with engineering and PM to understand the requirements and drive design maturity to ensure sourcing activities can start and end on time.
  • Coordinate and conduct procurement of materials required to support ALL product builds (indirect proto purchases and mass production purchasing by the factory).
  • Oversee, control, and report product materials costs from project kickoff to project close. Coordinate actions with sourcing, project cross-functional team, and other related stakeholders to optimize and drive the best cost upfront.
  • Follow up and update tooling progress to make sure it's on time to support the build.
  • Responsible to work with the trade compliance team to drive the USMCA assessment.
  • Conduct regular meetings with procurement and operations, and the project team to communicate status, and coordinate material readiness to support NPI deliverables throughout the project development.
  • Voice out and escalate risks that potentially impact the NPI baseline (cost/quality/delivery) and provide solutions.
  • Complete NPI deliverables for each gate, provide project status updates to the NPI team, and present to management.

What You Need To Be Successful

  • Bachelor's degree with a preference for business administration or economics, or engineering.
  • Good at Excel, PPT, etc., office tools.
  • SAP experience.
  • Be proactive and display initiative to drive a sense of urgency; skillful in leading and driving discussions to achieve deliverables with category sourcing and cross-functional teams.
  • Have a solid understanding of the procurement process and the NPI development process.
  • Ability to multitask with good organization skills to provide feedback to cross functional team
  • Excellent interpersonal, organizational, verbal, and written communication skills required in English, with experience operating across global teams in a multi-cultural environment.
  • Able to travel to the US and Mexico.

Bonus Points if You Have

  • Program/project management skills in a cross-functional team environment.
  • Have a solid understanding of speakers and electronics products.
  • Experience in purchasing components for manufacturing use.
  • Knowledge of modern procurement tools such as SAP, iValua, and Ariba.
  • Previous experience with analytics tools like BI and Qlik Sense.

What Makes You Eligible

  • Willingness to travel regionally.
  • Willingness to work in an office.
  • Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen.

What We Offer

  • Flexible work environment, allowing for full-time remote work globally for positions that can be performed outside a HARMAN or customer location
  • Access to employee discounts on world-class Harman and Samsung products (JBL, HARMAN Kardon, AKG, etc.)
  • Extensive training opportunities through our own HARMAN University
  • Competitive wellness benefits
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • "Be Brilliant" employee recognition and rewards program
  • An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development.

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