Location:
- Queretaro - Querétaro, Mexico - ******* Avenida Indust Minera
- Job Family:
- Supply Chain
- Worker Type Reference:
- Regular - Permanent
- Pay Rate Type:
- Salary
- Career Level:
- P4
- Job ID:
- R-**********
**Description & Requirements**:
**Introduction: A Career at HARMAN Automotive**
We're a integral, multi-disciplinary team that's putting the innovative power of technology to work and transforming tomorrow.
At HARMAN Automotive, we give you the keys to fast-track your career.
- Engineer audio systems and integrated technology platforms that augment the driving experience
- Combine ingenuity, in-depth research, and a spirit of collaboration with design and engineering excellence
- Advance in-vehicle infotainment, safety, efficiency, and enjoyment
**About the Role**
The role of Operational Procurement, Supplier Performance Electronics is to manage the day-to-day supplier performance and delivery coverage at the category level, assuring a robust and resilient HARMAN supply chain, capable of meeting the dynamic demands of an Automotive electronics manufacturing industry.
**What You Will Do**
- A supplier facing role that will proactively drive material commitment gap closures with suppliers (in the *****-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.
- Negotiate Frozen Horizon Agreement with suppliers: kick off discussions, track down the status, discuss details with legal department, get final approval from leadership (Procurement Tribunal), and publish the final agreement with the cross-functional team (Operational Procurement) for implementation.
- Negotiate Consignment Implementation with suppliers: kick off discussions, track down the status, discuss details with legal, get final approval from leadership (Procurement Tribunal), and publish the final agreement with Supply Chain Management for implementation.
- Conduct Supply Chain and Logistics Evaluation with selected suppliers: plan, organize and align with the cross functional team including Category Manager and SQE teams to execute the evaluation and the follow up of the corrective action.
- Actively participate and prepare information and documentation for the supplier QBR discussions in regards of the supply chain topics.




- MPA review and provide feedback in connection with Supply Chain relevant agreements.
- Lead task force for supply chain disruptions as needed.
- Lead or participate in process improvement projects.
- Support ramp down, ramp up during an engineering change and/or supply change.
**What You Need to Be Successful**
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in related field or equivalent experience, preferably in Business Management, Supply Chain Management.
- 8+ years of materials and/or supply chain management experience.
- 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.
Can lead a cross-functional team as required to solve complex problems.
- Proven experience in handling multiple projects/initiatives simultaneously and executing to completion.
- Excellent communication skills - written, verbal, and presentation in English.
Effective, clear communicator comfortable in multiple contexts including suppliers, customers, working meetings and Executive briefings.
- Large scale negotiation skills and understanding of Procurement contracts.
- Having a proactive, goal-oriented approach to decision making.
- Demonstrated ability to solve dynamic issues with high complexity.
- High proficiency in MS Excel and MS PowerPoint.
- Excellent team player - can effectively work with all levels of a global matrixed organization.
- Advanced understanding of manufacturing processes and supply chain operations.
**Bonus Points if You Have**
- Experience in the field of Automotive manufacturing.
- Experience in Lean Six Sigma / Agile or other busines

📌 Operational Procurement, Supplier Performance Electronics (Santiago de Querétaro)
🏢 Harman International
📍 Santiago de Querétaro