Harman

• 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. 

• 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. 

• Lead corporate-wide teams to establish specifications, processes, policies, and procedures to manage demand for assigned categories. 

• Establish strong vendor relationships, effectively manage category supply base, perform advanced and intricate negotiations, 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 and evaluate market changes and new technologies -- make appropriate fact-based recommendations for adoption by HARMAN stakeholders. 

• Manage and/or lead preparation and evaluation of RFIs and RFPs. 

• Oversee roll-out of new vendor contracts and processes to all users. 

• Track and report on performance metrics. 

What you need :

What You Need:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Business Administration.
• Minimum 8+ years of 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 most senior levels within the organization.
• 5+ years of direct materials sourcing experience managing commodities from new Product Development through End of Life.
• Prior experience in sourcing and negotiating indirect goods and services in a Consumer electronics environment using strategic category management techniques to achieve results.
• 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.
• 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