Supply Chain Manager managing international suppliers and procurement strategies in Germany. Leading optimization projects and strategic supplier evaluations within a multicultural context.
About the role
- Digital Automotive Supply Chain Leader defining global strategy and driving digital transformation for HARMAN's supply chain. Collaborating with operations leaders to enhance growth and innovation.
Responsibilities
- Define and drive the global digital strategy for HARMAN Automotive’s end-to-end supply chain—spanning procurement, planning, manufacturing, logistics, and supplier collaboration.
- Ensure our supply chain remains a driver of growth, resilience, profit and innovation as HARMAN doubles in scale and accelerates its digital transformation.
- Accelerate HARMAN’s supply chain transformation by scaling systems, automation, analytics, and AI to deliver measurable improvements in agility, cost, and resilience.
- Act as an executive partner to Supply chain and Ops leaders in shaping Digital Supply Chain thought leadership.
- Define and communicate the long-term digital vision for Supplier to Customer dock to dock Supply Chain value chain, aligned with enterprise architecture and Automotive business priorities.
- Champion a growth mindset and digital culture that empowers teams to innovate and deliver value at scale.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Supply Chain, or related field (Master’s preferred).
- 15+ years of progressive IT and digital leadership experience, including 5+ years in senior global roles.
- Proven success leading complex digital transformations across procurement, manufacturing, logistics, and fulfillment.
- Deep understanding of ERP/MES environments, Procurement, Costing, Demand and Supply Planning platforms, Data exchange with partners, Analytics, and Industry 4.0 technologies.
- Demonstrated leadership of multi-region, director-level teams with a focus on capability building.
- Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Financial and vendor governance expertise with strong business acumen.
Benefits
- Exciting career opportunity - shape the digital backbone of HARMAN’s global automotive supply chain as we double in scale.
- Partner with senior executives and global operations leaders to influence enterprise strategy
- Flexible work environment
- Access to employee discounts on world-class products (JBL, HARMAN Kardon, AKG, and more)
- Extensive training opportunities through our own HARMAN University
- Competitive wellness benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- “Be Brilliant” employee recognition and rewards program
- An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development.
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