Manager, Operational Procurement Budapest

Manager, Operational Procurement
Budapest
Budapest, HU

At HARMAN, you have more than a career. Our agile culture gives you the chance to rapidly develop your skills, learn quickly and find ways to create excellent results. We invite you to constantly challenge yourself, cultivate new ideas, work on something new and enhance your abilities. There are many great opportunities across all of our HARMAN divisions and locations. Like this one. ,

• 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,
• Responsible for more complex supplier relationships with significant impact to HARMANs ability to deliver customer product,
• Will conduct material End of Life (EOL) & New Product Introductions (NPI) status discussions with the larger, more impactful and challenging 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 input/approval for Source Board supplier award consideration.

• Advanced understanding of manufacturing processes and supply chain operations,
• 8+ years of materials and/or supply chain management experience,
• Bachelor’s or master’s Degree in related field or equivalent experience, preferably in Business Management, Supply Chain Management,
• Experience in the field of Automotive manufacturing is considered as a big plus,  
• 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,
• Proven experience in handling multiple projects/initiatives simultaneously and executing to completion,
• Excellent communication skills – written, verbal, and presentation in English,
• Large scale negotiation skills and understanding of Procurement contracts,
• 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 matrixed organization.

• 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.