• 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.

• 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.