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.

About the Role

Your Team

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What You Will Do
- Oversee, conduct, and actively manage the end-to-end strategic sourcing and procurement process.
- Provide thought leadership and innovative strategies for optimizing sourcing effectiveness and identify potential supply chain risks.
- Develop and execute category sourcing strategies in alignment with product roadmap and cross functional stakeholders at HARMAN to consolidate and optimize supply base.
- Establish strong vendor relationships, effectively manage category supply base, perform advanced and intricate negotiations to realize annual savings, and oversee selection of key vendors.
- Ensure expedient and compliant implementation of new contracts throughout organization.
- Actively monitor vendor and internal performance against contracts, industry benchmarks, and previous baselines on a quarterly basis. Develop and submit reports for senior management.
- Identify, track and evaluate market changes and new technologies - make appropriate fact-based recommendations for adoption by HARMAN stakeholders.
- Manage and/or support preparation and evaluation of RFIs and RFPs.
- Oversee roll-out of new vendor contracts and processes to all users.
- Organize and lead regular QBR with strategic suppliers to track, report and drive continuous improvement on vendor performance metrics.

What You Need
- Bachelor’s Degree.
- Excellent data analytics and presentation skills
- Bilingual fluency in English and Spanish
- Minimum 8+ years of procurement experience.
- Prior experience in sourcing and negotiating mechanical materials or commodity in a consumer electronics or professional products environment using strategic category management techniques to achieve results.
- Must possess the social intelligence to influence contractual negotiations to benefit HARMAN’s position.

What is Nice to Have
- Master’s Degree in Business Administration.
- 5+ years of working experiences with OEM, JDM or ODM on complex product or subassembly from new Product Development through End of Life.
- Experiences in professional audio industry is a plus.
- Experience in successfully using benchmarking and cost analysis tools to deliver negotiation outcomes to exceed the market index.
- Thorough program/project management skills.
- Strong skills with: Supplier management, negotiation, contract development/analysis, supplier evaluation, price/cost analysis.
- Solid understanding of risk management techniques.
- Excellent market research and trend analysis skills.
- Strong strategic/long-range planning skills.
- Good financial analysis skills.

What Makes You Eligible
- Willingness to travel.
- 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

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HARMAN is an Equal Opportunity /Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race,color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin,disability or Protected Veterans status. HARMAN offers a great work environment, challenging career opportunities, professional training and competitive compensation.

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