Category Manager

What You Will Do

- Develop, drive and own the global strategy for complex categories and align with business objectives and support growth and profitability

- Build and own appropriate supplier relationships with category supply base and present a single unified HARMAN International interface to the supply base.

- Works with Best Cost Analytics & HW & Component Engineering on technology roadmap plans and ensure long-term competitive cost of components.

- Manage difficult supplier negotiations and event driven cost reductions to meet annual cost reduction goals and Should Cost targets,

- Conduct consistent cornmercial terms/ conditions including a long-term capacity outlook commitment for high priority suppliers.

- Drive supply base optimization and new supplier development to maximize category leverage.

- Lead the source board preparation and create sourcing proposal for management declsion

- Oversee the execution of RFx efforts into the supply base, prepare the response evaluation and proposal for sourcing decisions,

- Coordinate the suppler performance management, including quarterly business reviews and escalation support High Potential as successor for category directors.

- Acting as backup for category directors.

- Support category directors to coordinate cross-category initiative/strategies.

- Coaching and providing guidance to category managers.

- Coordinate quarterly and annual pricing roll activities at EMS providers

- Track and report on performance metrics and related KPI's

- Manage communications and ongoing negotiations related to engineering change notifications, significant fluctuations in demand, E&O material, reconciliation and inventory revaluations

What You Need

- Minimum 10 years of procurement experience.

- Proven ability to lead and achieve cost. quality, and time-to-market commitments.

- Strong negotiation and relationship-building skills

- Success in collaborating with key work partners and able to maintain relationships at the working level

- An effective team player committed to organizational goals; fostering collaboration among team members

- Fluency in English

What is Nice to Have

• Chinese skills highly preferred
• Semiconductors or Electronics product sourcing background
• Global mindset

What Makes You Eligible

• Willingness to travel internationally 10-20%

What We Offer

• Be part of an international team working with the world's largest automotive manufacturers
• Attractive salary package
• Employer contribution to company pension plan
• Extensive technical trainings
• Career development opportunities
• A great package of additional benefits

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