Direct Procurement Specialist Temporary

A Career at HARMAN
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About the Role
The Direct Procurement Specialist is an operational support role, responsible for supporting Harman’s procurement processes for direct materials used in the production of Harman’s finished goods. These activities include the maintenance and validation of master data consistency from the vendor master to purchase order generation.
Your Team
This role will report to the Direct Procurement Ops Director. This position has no direct reports
What You Will Do
Creation, maintenance, and validation of Procurement Master Data & transactional settings including Vendors, Material Master, Purchasing Information Records, Source Lists, Scheduling Agreement, Quota Arrangements & EDI
Contact suppliers to attain missing data needed for system updates.
Act as a liaison between Category Managers and Material Planning/Supplier Quality Engineers to help expedite the vendors set-up and SAP records needed to complete purchase orders
Issue resolution related to order management with Material Planning, specifically related to part shortage situations.
Ensure compliance to ordering from non-qualified secondary sources.
Execute critical sourcing and process management of related activities from RFQ to PO execution and follow up including monitoring and control records.
The position has a global scope of action with high requirements for analytical skills, attention to detail, ERP Materials Module expertise, global time-zone differences management, self-directing, remote working in English, Collaboration, Judgement and Results Driven focus.
What You Need
Require a degree in Procurement, Business Administration, Business Operation, Supply Chain Management, Materials management, or related field.
4+ years’ experience in supporting Procurement activities including sourcing.
English language fluency
ERP Materials Module expertise
Good understanding of the P2P (Purchase-to-Pay) Processes
What is Nice to Have
SAP MM module experience including Procurement master data set up.
Excel, PowerPoint, strong reporting and analytical skills to summarize large amounts of data.
Remote working and global scope experience
Strong initiative and ownership of their area
What Makes You Eligible
Be willing to travel up to 10%, domestic and international travel
Be willing to work in a hybrid environment with office located is Suzhou, CN
Be comfortable with remote management.
What We Offer
Flexible work environment, allowing for full-time remote work globally for positions that can be performed outside a HARMAN or customer location
Access to employee discounts on world-class Harman and Samsung products (JBL, HARMAN Kardon, AKG, etc.)
Extensive training opportunities through our own HARMAN University
Competitive wellness benefits
Tuition Reimbursement
Access to HARMAN Campus Fitness Center and Cafeteria
An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development
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