Country Facility Manager, Japan
Summary
Oversee facility operations, maintenance, and real estate for HARMAN’s Japan site, managing budgets, vendors, compliance, and cross-functional projects to ensure safe and efficient business operations.
Introduction: A Career at HARMAN Corporate
We’re a global, multi-disciplinary team that’s putting the innovative power of technology to work and transforming tomorrow. At HARMAN Corporate, you are integral to our company’s award-winning success.
Enrich your managerial and organizational talents – from finance, quality, and supply chain to human resources, IT, sales, and strategy
Augment your comprehensive skillset with expert training across decision-making, change management, leadership, and business development
Obtain 360-degree support throughout your career life cycle, from early-stage to seasoned leader
What You Will Do
- Manage day-to-day facility operations, maintenance, workplace services, and site infrastructure to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient business operations.
- Coordinate facility projects, office modifications, infrastructure adaptations, relocations, and workspace optimization initiatives.
- Support regional real estate activities including space planning, occupancy management, lease-related coordination, and site-level real estate support.
- Prepare and manage facility budgets including CAPEX and OPEX, monitor costs, approve service-related expenditures, and identify savings opportunities.
- Manage vendors, contractors, service agreements, procurement activities, RFQ/RFP processes, and service performance reviews.
- Ensure compliance with corporate policies, legal requirements, health & safety, fire protection, security, and audit standards.
- Coordinate audits, certifications, and compliance activities including TISAX and ISO standards, including documentation and follow-up actions.
- Coordinate cross-functional alignment between site leadership, Global FM&RE, Procurement, EHS, Security, Finance, HR, vendors, and auditors to support effective facility operations and compliance.
- Drive continuous improvement, process documentation, service harmonization, and support business continuity, logistics, and operational events.
What You Need
- Bachelor’s degree in Facility Management, Engineering, Real Estate, Business Administration, or related discipline.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in Facility Management, Corporate Real Estate, or technical operations within an international environment.
- Proven experience managing facility operations, infrastructure services, vendors, service contracts, budgets, and facility-related projects.
- Experience with CAPEX/OPEX planning, procurement, contract management, invoice review, and cost control processes.
- Experience supporting compliance, audits, health & safety, fire protection, security, and business continuity activities.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, operational incidents, and cross-functional requirements in a dynamic environment.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.
- Fluent in English, both written and spoken.
- Experience with TISAX, ISO standards, prototype security, automotive, engineering, R&D, or manufacturing environments is considered an advantage.
What We Offer
- We offer an authentic, diverse, equal, and inclusive work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development in a truly global organization.
- You will work on products and services that touch people’s lives and will change the industrial standards, being a part of the transformations in our industry.
- Our work environments are fast paced, challenging, empowering, collaborative, flexible and exciting.
- We offer our own HARMAN University with regular updates on the new technologies and trends by utilizing various sessions organized by Self Learning and Development Trainings to help grow and advance talent.
- We offer competitive compensation/benefit programs and recognition programs.
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