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

Responsibilities:

• 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 build.
• Responsible to work with trade compliance team to drive USMCA assessment.
• Conduct regular meetings with procurement and operations, and project team to communicate status, and coordinate material readiness to support NPI deliverables throughout the project development.
• Voice out and escalate risks which potentially impact NPI baseline (cost/quality/delivery) and provide solutions.
• Complete NPI deliverables for each gate, Provide project status updates to 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 sense of urgency; skillful to lead and drive discussions to achieve deliverables with category sourcing and cross functional teams.
• Have a solid understanding of the procurement process and 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, Ariba.
• Previous experience with analytics tools like BI, 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.

HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, 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.