Project Manager

**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.

**J**o**b **D**e**s**c**r**i**p**t**i**o**n**:
**A Ca**r**eer at H**A**R**M**A**N**

We are ONE HARMAN. We are greater than the sum of our divisions or brands. We proudly talk about our many iconic brands and describe how our technologies are transforming the car, the workplace and everywhere in between. We work hard. We create useful, playful, beautiful things. We strive for excellence and we aim to win as a team. No matter the position, every employee at HARMAN is expected to demonstrate our core competencies: leadership, change-orientation, collaboration, judgment and a results-driven mindset. At HARMAN, we expect brilliance. You can expect a career full of brilliant possibilities.

**P**o**s**i**t**i**o**n **S**u**mm**a**r**y**:
Program responsibility for industrialization of Electronics and Audio Programs in Tijuana manufacturing location. Key focal point on manufacturing readiness assuring process connections with global PMO lead, product sourcing, product engineering, AME and local Launch Engineers and CFT teams team during every gate of new product introduction process throughout mass production safe launch.

**S**u**p**e**rv**is**o**r**y R**e**s**p**o**ns**i**b**ili**t**i**e**s**:

- As a part of the supervisory responsibilities, if there is not an employee to attend the process, the direct boss will have to attend the process or assign the activities to another employee (with equal qualifications).

**Responsibilities**:

- Management of a multifunctional project team during the introduction of new programs into production
- Lead multiple complex projects simultaneously
- Planning and managing project budget (CAPEX & OPEX), schedule and resources
- Lead manufacturing RFQ process for new business providing capex requirements and labor times.
- Defining and clarifying the work processes necessary to carry out the projects
- Active internal customer alignment with respect to schedules, capacity and quality
- Full product life cycle support (Life cycle management) with regard to product and process changes affecting the project (CN/APCN process)
- Work as a link between Sourcing, Purchasing and manufacturing during validation runs.
- Initiate, analyze and control corrective measures in order to achieve the project goals
- Cooperation with product development to achieve high quality and cost-effectiveness during manufacturing processes.
- Ensuring a handover process towards production
- Coordinate with AME test and Plant Test Engineering about Procurement of process and test equipment required during the project
- Close customer contact regarding the main points of the projects
- Compilation of clear reports for management and customers
- Ensure the industrialization process is followed to ensure on-time launch with meeting KPIs of throughput, labor rate, capital cost, and quality levels.
- Act as an OEM-project interface to Program Management, Manufacturing, Launch Engineering, Sourcing, Purchasing, Planning, Production Quality and Advanced Manufacturing Engineering.

**Ba**s**i**c **Q**u**a**li**f**ic**at**i**on**s**:

- Integrity.
- Innovation.
- Inclusion.
- Teamwork & Respect.
- Excellence.

**Pr**efe**r**r**ed **Q**u**a**li**f**ic**at**i**on**s**:

- Leadership.
- Change Orientation.
- Collaboration.
- Judgment.
- Result Driven.
- Bachelor and/or Master degree, Engineer (Electrical/ Mechatronics / Mechanical/ Industrial preferred, or equivalent experience)
- Experience in industrialization and/or production of electronic /acoustic products
- Excellent skills in MS Office, MS Project and SAP
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Fundamental knowledge in terms of methodologies in project management especially to planning and controlling. PMI certification or desire preferred.
- P&L knowledge
- Lean Tools knowledge
- Capacity analisys
- Planning and capex execution
- Knowledge of job-related processes
- Knowledge of 8D, SPC, FMEA, CP, MSA, PPAP, APQP
- Fluency in English
- Analytical skills

**Eli**g**i**b**i**l**i**ty Re**qu**i**r**e**m**e**n**t**s**:

- Willingness to travel 10% of the time.
- Willingness to work in an office in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.
- Willingness to submit to a background screen and a drug test.

**Authority**:
The employee has the authority granted by the company through this document to make decisions for the benefit of the company and to ensure the conformity of the product, its quality, functionality, the health and safety of the person who intervenes in the process according with quality, safety and environmental systems and customer specific requirements.

**Oth**e**r**:

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