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
1. Stakeholder Collaboration: framing of supplier meetings & events fairs like Electronica, CES, QBRs, special negotiation events, summits), up to C-level and assuring the respective preparation. This includes briefing template preparation, arranging of briefing sessions with key stakeholders and aligning the agendas and slide decks cross sub-categories.
2. Category Strategy Management: Independently guide categories to prepare category strategy, including strategy slide deck, strategy meetings with suppliers and internal stakeholders in close alignment with global category strategy and respective Strategy Director
3. Reporting: design and set up trackers for the progress of procurement initiatives & events within Global Category e.g. the annual negotiations, prepare monthly scorecards for top management
4. Budgeting: perform plausibility checks on budget values on behalf of the management team of Global category, work with Controlling and ProX to improve the data quality, steer bottom-up target setting definition, establish a structured data exchange with ODM/EMS team as basis for negotiations, ensure contractual coverage (MPA) and award letters signature.
5. Documentation: Maintain organized records for all tasks, including trackers, meeting notes, and reporting files, ensuring accessibility for the team. Design and maintain an intuitive sharepoint structure.
6. Collaboration in Improvement Projects: collaborate with stakeholders within and outside procurement on improvement projects for Electronics and eMechanics, contribute to the design and implementation of initiatives that enhance procurement effectiveness and efficiency, support change management efforts to ensure successful adoption of new processes and systems, provide guidance and support to CMs on process-related matters.
7. Special projects: depending on complexity lead or support Electronics/eMechanicals team projects for new initiatives like supplier diversification, sustainability workshops, new logistic model introductions at suppliers, memory share changes in BOMs, activities in the context of the resilience of supply chain related to Harman’s manufacturing footprint strategy.
What You Need
8. Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Management, Materials Management, International Business or related field.
9. 3-5 years of procurement or supply chain management experience
10. Demonstrated experience within a global, multicultural, multi-location organization
11. Ability to speak clearly in groups and in one-to-one conversations incl. top management level, ability to coordinate cross-functional teams
12. Excellent analytical, collaboration, organizational and problem-solving skills, including the proven ability to manage multiple activities in parallel with effective stress management
13. Basic knowledge of procurement processes and strong relationship building skills
14. Advanced skills in structuring, MS Office Teams/Excel and creation of presentations
What is Nice to Have
15. Previous Electronics/ Mechanical/ Outsourcing category sourcing experience
16. Experience in managing cross-discipline projects
What We Offer:
17. HARMAN offers a diverse and inclusive work environment that fosters and encourages career development opportunities, professional training and competitive market base compensation
18. You will also receive top-notch employee discounts on Harman’s Consumer Audio (JBL, AKG, HARMAN Kardon) and Samsung products
19. Flexible work schedule with a culture encouraging work life integration and collaboration in a global friendly working atmosphere and good work-life-balance
20. Attractive salary package based on the Metall & Elektro Tarif Baden Wurttemberg and an Employer contribution towards a company pension plan
21. Professional development opportunities through HARMAN University’s business and leadership academies which also includes extensive technical trainings
22. Internal talent management leadership acceleration programs
23. “Be Brilliant” employee recognition and rewards program
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HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard torace, 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.