Operational Procurement, Supplier Performance Outsourcing
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Contracted Capacity and Volume Governance
Contracted Capacity and Volume Governance
- Partner with the responsible Category Management team to define, negotiate, document, and maintain contracted capacity levels and volume agreements with suppliers, reflecting customer capacity requirements and business assumptions into commercially documented supplier commitments.
- Ensure that capacity and volume commitments are addressed during sourcing and business award decisions.
- Lead connecting relevant capacity commitments to be reflected in applicable procurement and capacity management systems.
- Coordinate commercial mitigation actions when capacity gaps are identified, including renegotiation, additional capacity commitments, new tooling, contractual remedies, or alternative sourcing.
- Support Category Management in assessing the commercial and contractual impact of supplier capacity constraints.
- Act as the senior procurement escalation point for exceptional and business-critical material shortages after the standard Supply Chain Management escalation process has been exhausted.
- Work together with the responsible Category Management team and relevant cross-functional stakeholders to set up recovery planning including commercial decision-making, and drive commercial commitments and senior-level supplier actions.
- Lead or support supplier negotiations requiring engagement with supplier or manufacturer executive leadership.
- Manage procurement cases requiring senior internal communication with Procurement VP, SVP, or higher leadership.
- Apply executive procurement escalation to situations involving imminent production line stoppage, potential OEM impact, unresolved supply crisis, or significant commercial or financial exposure.
Supplier Resiliency and Commercial Risk Management
- Ensure that identified supplier risks are considered in category strategies, sourcing decisions, supplier nominations, and contract negotiations, including defining commercial mitigation measures together with Category Management and relevant stakeholders.
- Extensive experience in direct material procurement, Category Management, supplier management, or supply chain within a complex global manufacturing environment, preferably automotive or electronics.
- Strong commercial negotiation capability covering capacity, volume commitments, contractual conditions, safety stock, MOQ, SPQ, lead time, NCNR, tooling, business continuity, liability, and cost recovery.
- Proven experience in supplier risk management, shortage escalation, recovery planning, and executive-level supplier engagement.
- Strong understanding of Category Management and Supply Chain Management responsibilities and interfaces.
- Ability to convert operational supply requirements into commercially documented supplier commitments.
- Solid knowledge of sourcing governance, supplier contracts, capacity management, lifecycle management, and procurement master data.
- Strong cross-functional stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
- Structured project management and problem-solving capability.
- Ability to operate effectively in urgent supply, commercial, and supplier escalation situations.
- Experience working across global organizations, suppliers, and time zones.
- Familiarity with relevant procurement and supply-chain systems, including SAP IBP, SupplyOn, Ivalua, Xonar, and WebEDI, is beneficial.
- Willingness to travel domestically and internationally to support supplier negotiations, executive escalations, audits, sourcing activities, and critical recovery situations.
- Willingness to work from a company office or supplier/customer location when business needs require on-site engagement.
- Ability to collaborate across global time zones and multicultural teams.
- Ability to engage directly with senior internal stakeholders and supplier executive management.
- Ability to manage commercially sensitive and time-critical supplier situations.
What We Offer
You Belong Here
HARMAN is committed to making every employee feel welcomed, valued, and empowered. No matter what role you play, we encourage you to share your ideas, voice your distinct perspective, and bring your whole self with you – all within a support-minded culture that celebrates what makes each of us unique. We also recognize that learning is a lifelong pursuit and want you to flourish. We proudly offer added opportunities for training, development, and continuing education, further empowering you to live the career you want.
About HARMAN: Where Innovation Unleashes Next-Level Technology
Ever since the 1920s, we’ve been amplifying the sense of sound. Today, that legacy endures, with integrated technology platforms that make the world smarter, safer, and more connected.
Across automotive, lifestyle, and digital transformation solutions, we create innovative technologies that turn ordinary moments into extraordinary experiences. Our renowned automotive and lifestyle solutions can be found everywhere, from the music we play in our cars and homes to venues that feature today’s most sought-after performers, while our digital transformation solutions serve humanity by addressing the world’s ever-evolving needs and demands. Marketing our award-winning portfolio under 16 iconic brands, such as JBL, Mark Levinson, and Revel, we set ourselves apart by exceeding the highest engineering and design standards for our customers, our partners and each other.
If you’re ready to innovate and do work that makes a lasting impact, join our talent community today!
Important Notice: Recruitment Scams
Please be aware that HARMAN recruiters will always communicate with you from an '@harman.com', ‘@careers.harman.com’ or ‘harmanglobal.avature.net’ email address. We will never ask for payments, banking, credit card, personal financial information or access to your LinkedIn/email account during the screening, interview, or recruitment process. If you are asked for such information or receive communication from an email address not ending in one of the above email domains about a job with HARMAN, please cease communication immediately and report the incident to us through: harmancareers@harman.com.
HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. HARMAN strives to hire the best qualified candidates and is committed to building a workforce representative of the diverse marketplaces and communities of our global colleagues and customers. 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. HARMAN attracts, hires, and develops employees based on merit, qualifications and job-related performance.(www.harman.com)
- Flexible work environment, allowing hybrid work approach
- 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
You Belong Here
HARMAN is committed to making every employee feel welcomed, valued, and empowered. No matter what role you play, we encourage you to share your ideas, voice your distinct perspective, and bring your whole self with you – all within a support-minded culture that celebrates what makes each of us unique. We also recognize that learning is a lifelong pursuit and want you to flourish. We proudly offer added opportunities for training, development, and continuing education, further empowering you to live the career you want.
About HARMAN: Where Innovation Unleashes Next-Level Technology
Ever since the 1920s, we’ve been amplifying the sense of sound. Today, that legacy endures, with integrated technology platforms that make the world smarter, safer, and more connected.
Across automotive, lifestyle, and digital transformation solutions, we create innovative technologies that turn ordinary moments into extraordinary experiences. Our renowned automotive and lifestyle solutions can be found everywhere, from the music we play in our cars and homes to venues that feature today’s most sought-after performers, while our digital transformation solutions serve humanity by addressing the world’s ever-evolving needs and demands. Marketing our award-winning portfolio under 16 iconic brands, such as JBL, Mark Levinson, and Revel, we set ourselves apart by exceeding the highest engineering and design standards for our customers, our partners and each other.
If you’re ready to innovate and do work that makes a lasting impact, join our talent community today!
Important Notice: Recruitment Scams
Please be aware that HARMAN recruiters will always communicate with you from an '@harman.com', ‘@careers.harman.com’ or ‘harmanglobal.avature.net’ email address. We will never ask for payments, banking, credit card, personal financial information or access to your LinkedIn/email account during the screening, interview, or recruitment process. If you are asked for such information or receive communication from an email address not ending in one of the above email domains about a job with HARMAN, please cease communication immediately and report the incident to us through: harmancareers@harman.com.
HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. HARMAN strives to hire the best qualified candidates and is committed to building a workforce representative of the diverse marketplaces and communities of our global colleagues and customers. 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. HARMAN attracts, hires, and develops employees based on merit, qualifications and job-related performance.(www.harman.com)
