HARMAN International

Recruitment

• Serve as a trusted Talent Acquisition partner supporting multiple client groups across a wide range of functions, including technical and business roles such as engineering, sales, marketing, IT, finance, and operations
• Partner closely with hiring managers and People Team and TA COE to understand organizational goals, workforce needs, and long-term talent strategies
• Advise leaders on talent market trends, candidate availability, compensation insights, and competitive hiring strategies
• Develop creative and proactive sourcing strategies tailored to diverse talent markets and business needs
• Lead end-to-end recruitment activities including sourcing, screening, interviewing, candidate assessment, offer negotiation, and onboarding coordination
• Build and maintain strong candidate pipelines through networking, referrals, social platforms, market mapping, and other innovative sourcing channels
• Deliver a consultative and highly responsive recruiting experience for both candidates and hiring teams
• Maintain accurate recruiting data, interview documentation, and candidate activity within Workday, Avature, and related systems
• Champion an exceptional candidate and hiring manager experience that reflects HARMAN’s culture, innovation, and people-first mindset
• Create thoughtful and engaging candidate interactions that leave a lasting and positive impression of the HARMAN brand
• Bring creativity and intentionality to every stage of the hiring journey to ensure a seamless, personalized, and high-touch experience
• Serve as a brand ambassador by crafting compelling and authentic talent messaging across all candidate touchpoints
• Support and help evolve HARMAN Lifestyle’s internship and early talent programs
• Help create engaging intern experiences that foster development, connection, and long-term interest in HARMAN careers
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve recruiting workflows, operational efficiency, and candidate engagement strategies
• Leverage recruiting technologies, AI tools, automation, and data insights to improve hiring effectiveness and streamline processes
• Stay informed on industry trends, emerging recruiting technologies, and innovative talent acquisition practices
• Recommend and implement enhancements to recruiting processes, tools, reporting, and stakeholder communication
• Participate in recruiting projects and talent initiatives that support broader organizational goals

Talent Acquisition Specialist

General Counsel

• Managing Legal and Business Risk Across the functions for the division and its CAMs and SBUs
• Sales: strategic business partner reviewing, drafting, and negotiating a wide variety of commercial agreements and amendments
• Advise business team members on HARMAN’s automotive RFQ process
• Support resolution of commercial disputes with customers and suppliers, including management of automotive-related litigation, arbitration and mediation proceedings and guidance of external counsel
• Prepare and conduct trainings for managers and employees on relevant legal topics
• Compliance: Identifying legal and regulatory issues in product initiatives and customer agreements
• Engage with legal procurement, and supply chain management to address global supply chain issues
• Advise the Automotive warranty and quality teams on recall campaigns, customer disputes, claims, and settlements.

Business Commercial Counsel

Project Manager

• Serve as the primary point of contact for Validation Test planning across all SBUs
• Serve as the primary point of contact for initiatives for the Product Trust Center of Excellence
• Coordinate with project team members to schedule and monitor Validation Test plans
• Maintain a master Validation Test Plan to ensure alignment with the project maturity gates
• Ensure Validation Tests are correctly scoped and resourced for Maturity Gate readiness
• Track Validation Test requests, execution status, and mitigation plans using Harman-approved tools
• Support the Compliance Managers with the preparation of Validation Test Reports and follow-up actions
• Collaborate with relevant departments to continuously improve validation processes
• Facilitate requests through the PCSM (Project Cybersecurity Manager) when initial validation test results are in FAIL
• Ensure readiness for Validation Test by ensuring that all findings from the previous Validation Test have been addressed, and the related work products have been updated and closed
• Contribute to the development of the knowledge base to support internal training
• Plan, coordinate, and track Validation Tests with committed start and end dates
• Delivery of the Validation Test Report to all relevant internal stakeholders according to the Maturity Gate declaration timeline
• Update the relevant processes applicable to the Validation Test based on the lessons learned
• Maintain dashboards and scorecards for Validation Test throughput, Maturity Gate outcomes (Green/Yellow/Red logic), and cycle times
• Maintain and regularly update a repository of lessons learned to capture best practices, recurring issues, and improvement opportunities

Validation Test Project Manager

Account Manager

• Develop and maintain the customer account strategy and be the primary contact from Harman to capture and propagate the strategic and commercial voice of customer for a select portfolio of customer projects
• Oversee commercial and legal agreements and customer negotiations for awarded business
• Closely track customer satisfaction at senior levels, and provide strategies for course corrections when needed
• Ownership of commercial targets (revenue, EBIT, Cash Flow) for your portfolio of customer programs
• Own continuity of awarded business (extensions, follow-ons, CRs) with a view on continued lifetime profitability of your portfolio
• Develop and maintain a relationship map, including status of relationship, goals and actions to get to desired state
• Execute the HR cycle activities including hiring, performance management, succession planning, coaching and development.

Executive Director, Account Management Lead

Engineer

• Manage the Harman EDM Library within Xpedition
• Create and manage cell information and symbols for different components in close cooperation with Component Engineering, Harware Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing Engineering
• Initial creation and maintenance of the Harman EDM library cells and symbols (Xpedition)
• Updating of EDM related information of components within PLM tool (Teamcenter) in close cooperation with part owners
• Working with global project teams (HW engineering, Component Engineering, Project Management, etc.) of new and existing HARMAN projects to achieve customer milestones
• Participation within problem solving meetings if EDM related data needs to be improved/corrected

ECAD Engineer

People Operations

• Own end-to-end configuration, optimization, and operational support of Workday modules (HCM, Time Tracking, Absence, Recruiting) across global regions, ensuring alignment with business and regulatory requirements.
• Lead and support Workday enhancement initiatives and large-scale cross-functional projects, improving system accuracy, auditability, compliance, and user experience.
• Drive the implementation, enhancement, and adoption of ServiceNow capabilities related to HR Service Management and Employee Center, including evaluation and enablement of AI-driven features.
• Partner with People, Places, IT, and HR leadership to gather requirements, design scalable solutions, prioritize initiatives, and ensure successful delivery.
• Identify operational inefficiencies, system interdependencies, and process gaps, recommending technical and procedural improvements to meet business objectives.
• Support multi-quarter HR technology roadmaps, contributing to best practices, documentation, onboarding, and mentoring of team members.
• Proactively identify and escalate risks, issues, dependencies, and delivery impacts to HRIS leadership and project sponsors.
• Partner with stakeholders to define test strategies, scenarios, and scripts, and execute system and end-to-end testing in preparation for UAT.
• Support and manage Workday bi-annual releases, including impact analysis, testing coordination, and communication.

Analyst, People Systems & Analytics

Procurement

• Stakeholder Collaboration: framing of supplier meetings & events (fairs like Electronica, CES, QBRs, special negotiation events, summits), up to C-level and assuring the respective preparation
• Category Strategy Management: Independently guide categories to prepare category strategy, including strategy slide deck, strategy meetings with suppliers and internal stakeholders in close alignment with global category strategy and respective Strategy Director
• Reporting: design and set up trackers for the progress of procurement initiatives & events within Global Category e.g. the annual negotiations, prepare monthly scorecards for top management
• Budgeting: perform plausibility checks on budget values on behalf of the management team of Global category, work with Controlling and ProX to improve the data quality, steer bottom-up target setting definition, establish a structured data exchange with ODM/EMS team as basis for negotiations, ensure contractual coverage (MPA) and award letters signature
• Documentation: Maintain organized records for all tasks, including trackers, meeting notes, and reporting files, ensuring accessibility for the team. Design and maintain an intuitive sharepoint structure
• Collaboration in Improvement Projects: collaborate with stakeholders within and outside procurement on improvement projects for Electronics and eMechanics, contribute to the design and implementation of initiatives that enhance procurement effectiveness and efficiency, support change management efforts to ensure successful adoption of new processes and systems, provide guidance and support to CMs on process-related matters
• Special projects: depending on complexity lead or support Electronics/eMechanicals team projects for new initiatives like supplier diversification, sustainability workshops, new logistic model introductions at suppliers, memory share changes in BOMs, activities in the context of the resilience of supply chain related to Harman’s manufacturing footprint strategy

Procurement Specialist

Marketing

• Develop global category and portfolio strategies, identifying “big bet” growth opportunities through robust segmentation, market analysis, and strategic frameworks.
• Guide strategic planning cycles, recommending targets, KPIs, brand roles, and budget allocations across categories, brands, and products.
• Lead the creation of long-term category strategies that are adaptable to regional market dynamics and consumer needs.
• Act as a trusted business partner to regional Sales and Marketing teams, integrating commercial strategies and market insights into a coherent global marketing strategy.
• Partner with regional marketing teams to translate global strategies into qualitative and quantitative objectives and initiatives.
• Support analyzing and drive distilling the market forces that are impacting the category today and tomorrow.
• Identify opportunities that will grow the category or enable growth in the category and manage category development through tools, processes, and templates.
• Assess the attractiveness and attainability of category growth opportunities and feed category growth story and growth opportunities into the BU roadmap.
• Collaborate with brand teams on strategic initiatives by informing about market enablers and barriers and competitive forces and brand growth plan and campaigns.

Group Category & Marketing Strategy Manager

Supply Chain

• Lead the development and execution of global inventory strategies aligned with financial and operational goals.
• Own monthly Executive SIOP reviews and drive alignment across planning, procurement, and manufacturing teams.
• Design and maintain dashboards and reports using Power BI, Qlik Sense, or similar BI tools to monitor inventory KPIs (e.g., turns, E&O, fill rate).
• Utilize predictive analytics and machine learning models to forecast inventory needs and identify reduction opportunities.
• Implement automation tools for real-time inventory tracking, replenishment, and cycle counting.
• Collaborate with IT and data science teams to integrate AI-driven forecasting and demand sensing capabilities.
• Manage inventory targets through dynamic safety stock adjustments and build-to-stock models.
• Partner with factories and suppliers to ensure supply visibility and mitigate backorders.
• Conduct root cause analysis for inventory discrepancies and leads corrective action plans.
• Supervise and mentor a team of inventory analysts and planners.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and data-driven decision-making across the supply chain.

Inventory Manager

Human Resources

• Act as the single EMEA point of contact between HARMAN Corporate HR Integration Leads and local HR delivery teams.
• Translate global integration requirements into clear, actionable local inputs across EMEA.
• Ensure clarity around ownership, timelines, dependencies, and readiness across HR integration workstreams.
• Partner with global and local HR teams to plan and coordinate people-related integration activity across key HR areas, including benefits, contracts, policies, communications, payroll, reward, Talent Acquisition, HR systems (e.g. Workday), and time & attendance.
• Ensure integration activities are properly sequenced and interconnected, with local requirements clearly understood.
• Track EMEA progress, risks, and overall readiness, escalating issues where needed to maintain momentum.
• Provide guidance on UK and EU employment-law considerations relevant to integration activity.
• Support the assessment and management of TUPE / business transfers and collective consultation requirements, including preparation of consultation and employee information materials.
• Ensure all integration decisions comply with local legislation, collective agreements, and internal governance frameworks.
• Act as the connector between Corporate HR and the EMEA Sound United HR team, ensuring clarity of roles, ownership, and accountability.
• Facilitate alignment across HR disciplines and manage escalations where decisions span multiple teams.
• Provide clear updates, risk assessments, and recommendations to the EMEA HR Director to support informed decision-making.
• Support coordinated employee communication and change activity throughout integration phases.
• Work with HR and business stakeholders to ensure a consistent and transparent employee experience across impacted populations.
• Identify employee-related risks (engagement, retention, experience) and work with HR partners to address them.

HR Projects Partner EMEA – Integration

Software Engineer

• Champion the growth and success of the Automotive Services business by improving industry positioning, diversity in offerings, and overall development of the business.
• Refine and institutionalize the SBU’s Sales Governance Model with clear milestones which are strategically aligned to Harman Automotive’s vision.
• Catapult Growth and Partnership tenets of the Sales Organization to think beyond the conventional Automotive market and include a larger ecosystem of organizations to redefine the positioning of the Automotive Services SBU.
• Build and nurture Best-in-Class teams which embodies the key features of the Harman’s Cultural Transformation mindset to impact customer success and the overall growth of the Automotive Services business.
• Represent Automotive Services SBU and act as a partner for the larger Harman Automotive leadership teams in common pursuits and shared responsibilities of Customer Success, Customer Retention, and overall growth.
• Drive the growth of the SBU by charting strategies to acquire new customer relationships within the OEM and Automotive ecosystem.
• Develop and amplify Market Attractive offerings with Integrated approach of Harman Automotive products and Solution. (Region specific, priorities and Account specific)
• Develop new Engagement models to suit accelerated growth.
• Business Contingency Planning centered on geopolitical shifts.
• Strategic Market Control points in the evolving Automotive supplier value chain.
• Partnership led Joint Model execution.
• Technology and Business Model Adjacency Acquisition or JV.

Executive Director, Automotive Engineering

Manager

• Own the end-to-end supply planning process—balancing cost, service, capacity, and risk across the network
• Lead a team of planners, partner tightly across S&OP/IBP, interfacing with procurement, manufacturing, and logistics
• Deliver exception-driven, scenario-based plans and decision-ready dashboards that improve service and inventory
• Lead the monthly S&OP/IBP supply review; align inventory and service targets
• Drive exception-based, scenario planning—codify planning rules, alerts, and ‘what-if’ simulations for supply disruptions
• Partner with Data/IT to implement AI/ML-enabled supply planning processes
• Standardize reporting cadences and automate data refresh/pipelines from ERP/APS to BI
• Collaborate cross-functionally (Demand, Procurement, Manufacturing, Logistics, Finance, Commercial) to synchronize plan/execute

Supply Planning Manager

Technical Product Manager

• Drive technical product decisions across the music discovery backend: clarify problem statements, establish success metrics, and align technical tradeoffs (quality, latency, reliability, cost, velocity).
• Partner with Engineering and Product leadership to build alignment, influence decisions, and communicate project strategy, status, and impact.
• Own the planning and execution of large-scale projects with multiple workstreams and stakeholders.
• Build and maintain project plans: milestones, timelines, resourcing assumptions, critical paths, and launch readiness criteria.
• Identify and mitigate risks, manage dependencies, resolve blockers, and escalate when needed to protect delivery dates and quality.
• Coordinate with teams building/operating APIs and pipelines that enable music catalog, search, and recommendation experiences.

Technical Product Manager – Music Discovery Platform

• Plan, coordinate, and execute procurement source board events throughout the year, ensuring participation of cross-functional stakeholders and senior management.
• Drive pre–source board alignment with Category Management to ensure readiness, compliance, and maturity of presentations.
• Review, challenge, and approve source board presentations and closure maturity, ensuring alignment with HARMAN sourcing standards.
• Moderate source board meetings at senior management level, facilitating structured discussions, clear decisions, and aligned outcomes.
• Maintain source board protocols, documentation, and decision records in designated systems.
• Track upcoming, delayed, and completed source board presentations and actions.
• Monitor execution and closure of tasks assigned by the SVP – Procurement and BCA and other senior stakeholders.
• Drive escalation for overdue decisions or actions and coordinate resolution with responsible organizations.
• Prepare management reporting on source board progress, risks, decisions, and execution status to ensure transparency and accountability.
• Define, own, and continuously improve central standards and governance for supplier contracts across procurement categories.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies, legal requirements, and procurement best practices.
• Act as procurement subject matter expert for supplier contract management, providing guidance and support to stakeholders.
• Lead and support negotiations of supplier contracts in close collaboration with Category Management and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Align requirements, terms, and conditions to achieve balanced, compliant, and value-driven agreements.
• Foster cross-functional alignment and stakeholder acceptance at all management levels.
• Prepare decision materials, recommendations, and escalation topics for senior management where required.
• Drive continuous improvement of Source Board governance, contract standards, reporting, and execution quality.