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Introduction: A Career at HARMAN Lifestyle
We’re a global, multi-disciplinary team that’s putting the innovative power of technology to work and transforming tomorrow. As a member of HARMAN Lifestyle, you connect consumers with the power of superior sound.
- Contribute your talents to high-end, esteemed brands like JBL, Mark Levinson and Revel
- Unite your passion for audio innovation with high-tech product development
- Create pitch-perfect, cutting-edge technology that elevates the listening experience
About the Role
The New Product Introduction (NPI) Procurement Manager will develop supply chain for NPI projects by leading the sourcing actions for the NPI cross-functional team. This role will work closely with category sourcing, engineering, the factory and the Project Manager. Coordinated activities are driving RFQs and selecting suppliers, purchasing materials to support product development stages, managing material readiness for implementation of prototype builds and mass production. The successful candidate will oversee and control the product costs from development to implementation into the factory. This candidate will lead all procurement actions, report project progress from operation standpoint and must be responsive, flexible, result-driven within an open collaborative peer environment.
What You Will Do
- 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.
What We Offer
- Flexible work environment, allowing for full-time remote work globally for positions that can be performed outside a HARMAN or customer location
- Access to employee discounts on world-class Harman and Samsung products (JBL, HARMAN Kardon, AKG, etc.)
- Extensive training opportunities through our own HARMAN University
- Competitive wellness benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- “Be Brilliant” employee recognition and rewards program
- An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development
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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 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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree (business, economics, or engineering)
- Proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint
- SAP experience
- Solid understanding of procurement processes and NPI development
- Ability to lead cross-functional discussions and drive deliverables
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills in English and experience with global teams
- Ability to multitask and strong organizational skills
- Able to travel to the US and Mexico / willingness to travel regionally
- Willingness to work in an office
- Successful completion of background investigation and drug screen (condition of employment)
- Program/project management skills in cross-functional teams
- Solid understanding of speakers and electronics products
- Experience purchasing components for manufacturing use
- Knowledge of modern procurement tools such as iValua and Ariba
- Experience with analytics tools such as BI and Qlik Sense
Harman Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Harman and has not been reviewed or approved by Harman.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, often including medical, dental, and vision plans, with HSAs/FSAs and disability or life insurance also referenced. Wellbeing support such as EAP access and onsite occupational health services is also part of the package in some regions.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Lifestyle-oriented benefits include employee product discounts and region-specific perks like free fruit deliveries, Cycle to Work schemes, and meal coupons or allowances. Flexible schedules and work-from-home options are also part of the overall offering where roles and projects allow.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is repeatedly characterized as solid or market-aligned for many roles, with salary payments described as consistent and on time. Compensation is also tied to performance in some accounts, reinforcing a perception of basic fairness for a portion of employees.
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What We Do
Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, HARMAN (harman.com) designs and engineers connected products and solutions for automakers, consumers, and enterprises worldwide, including connected car systems, audio and visual products, enterprise automation solutions; and services supporting the Internet of Things. With leading brands including AKG®, Harman Kardon®, Infinity®, JBL®, Lexicon®, Mark Levinson® and Revel®, HARMAN is admired by audiophiles, musicians and the entertainment venues where they perform around the world. More than 50 million automobiles on the road today are equipped with HARMAN audio and connected car systems. Our software services power billions of mobile devices and systems that are connected, integrated and secure across all platforms, from work and home to car and mobile. HARMAN has a workforce of approximately 30,000 people across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. In March 2017, HARMAN became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. HARMAN is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. Minorities, women, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. HARMAN offers a great work environment, challenging career opportunities, professional training and competitive compensation. Looking for a challenge where your experience is valued? Come see what you can achieve as a leader with HARMAN!
