Harman

About the Role

The role of the Senior Specialist, Operational Procurement is to manage the day-to-day supplier performance and delivery coverage at the category level, assuring a robust and resilient HARMAN supply chain capable of meeting the dynamic demands of the automotive electronics manufacturing industry.

What You Will Do

• It is a supplier facing role that will drive material commitment gap closures with suppliers (in the 4-104 week supply time frame) and provide the outlook for review meetings, using analysis of global supply coverage from IBP.

• Will be responsible for the short term coverage management based on allocations provided from Supply Planning team.

• Initiates negotiations for additional volumes or production swaps with the supplier for short and long term gap closure, monitoring and reporting the supply status to key internal stakeholders.

• Will conduct material End of Life (EOL) & New Product Introductions (NPI) status discussions with suppliers and assure coverage or resolve excess inventory risks, informing program management of recommendations.

• Owns the "Delivery KPI" in the Supplier Score card, its content, calculation and the related supplier performance actions to improve performance shortfalls.

• Provides delivery performance for Source Board supplier award consideration.

What You Need

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in related field or equivalent experience, preferably in Business.

• Management, Supply Chain Management experience.

• 6+ years of materials and/or supply chain management experience.

• Significant achievements in a global supply chain and/or procurement role.

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary environment including Sales, Engineering, Quality, Program Management and Operations. 

• Can lead a cross-functional team as required to solve complex problems. 

• Demonstrated ability to solve dynamic issues with high complexity. 

• Experience in handling multiple projects/initiatives simultaneously and executing to completion.

• Excellent communication skills – written, verbal, and presentation in English.

• Negotiation and incident management skills.

• Works well under pressure and strives for mutually beneficial solutions. 

• Having a proactive, goal-oriented approach to decision making. 

• High proficiency in MS Excel and MS PowerPoint. 

• Excellent team player – can effectively work with all levels of a global matrix organization.

• Advanced understanding of manufacturing processes and supply chain operations. 

• Effective and clear communicator, comfortable in multiple contexts including suppliers, customers, meetings and executive briefings.

What is Nice to Have 

• Experience in the field of automotive manufacturing.

• Experience in Lean Six Sigma/Agile or other business process improvement methodology.

• SAP MM, IBP knowledge.

What do we offer?

• Flexible work schedule with a culture encouraging work-life integration and collaboration in a global environment.

• Access to employee discounts on world-class HARMAN/Samsung products (JBL, Harman Kardon, AKG etc.)

• Professional development opportunities through HARMAN University’s business and leadership academies.

• An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development in an innovative and collaborative culture.

• “Be Brilliant” employee recognition and rewards program.

• Work on best-in-class emerging technologies and an atmosphere that pushes you to give your best.

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