The Product Sourcing Manager will manage and execute the category sourcing strategy and savings objectives. The successful candidate will manage all activities relating to global supply base including contracts, commercial/pricing, supply assurance, innovation and conflict resolution. The successful candidate will oversee and implement category strategies through alignment with HARMAN business units, engineering, quality and manufacturing activities.
· Oversee, conduct, and actively manage the end-to-end strategic sourcing and procurement process.
· Provide thoughtful 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 RFQs
· Oversee roll-out of new vendor contracts and processes to all users.
· Track and report on performance metrics.