HARMAN’s engineers and designers are creative, purposeful and agile. As part of this team, you’ll combine your technical expertise with innovative ideas to help drive cutting-edge solutions in the car, enterprise and connected ecosystem. Every day, you will push the boundaries of creative design, and HARMAN is committed to providing you with the opportunities, innovative technologies and resources to build a successful career.
A Career at HARMAN
As a technology leader that is rapidly on the move, HARMAN is filled with people who are focused on making life better. Innovation, inclusivity and teamwork are a part of our DNA. When you add that to the challenges we take on and solve together, you’ll discover that at HARMAN you can grow, make a difference and be proud of the work you do everyday.
About the Role
As an integral part of CG Japan, the position owner will drive the alignment and definition of standard processes within the Business Operations, support process tailoring and the rollout within the projects, and focus on compliance of these by tracking, moderating, and reporting and driving necessary improvement actions.
Your Team
This position will be the process expert closely collaborating with several departments across CG JP and SBU’s, HR, finance as well as Quality.
What You Will Do
- Lead Transformation Initiatives and work with team members in Japan, APAC, EU & Americas
- Drive the definition and implementation of standards for processes and activities within Business Operations (BO), assessing and driving constant process improvements and adjustments in alignment with business needs and close collaboration with all stakeholders.
- Responsible for development processes to be introduced and tailored within Japan projects in close cooperation with CAM & SBU teams
- Participate in and actively drive global process alignment: Analyze existing processes, identify improvement and standardization opportunities, and drive implementation for Japan.
- Closely collaborate, act as a sparring partner for all relevant stakeholders regarding implementation and execution of BO processes within projects, such as e.g. CAM’s, Quality, SBU’s.
- Coach and guide new projects to roll out and drive projects along the tailored process.
- Ensure that tailoring complies with defined standards and respectively drive audit and compliance readiness based on defined standards (e.g. BMS, A-SPICE, IATF, VDA).
What You Need
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or comparable.
- Minimum 10+ years in sales, program management or account management.
- Experience in managing / leading transformation initiatives from ideation to completion.
- Expert knowledge of engineering processes (especially requirements management), process modelling, and process management.
- Excellent collaboration, driving initiatives to healthy conclusion and problem-solving ability.
What is Nice to Have
- Project management or equal experience 10 years in Automotive R&D
- Leadership and management competencies
- Excellent English communication and presentation skills.
- Broad intercultural experience and communication skills.
- Commitment to operational excellence.
What Makes You Eligible
- Be willing to travel, if necessary, domestic and international travel.
- Be willing to work in an office, manufacturing facility, client-site.
- This role is eligible to partially work remotely.
- Successfully complete a background investigation/Aptitude Test as a condition of employment.
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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HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
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What We Do
Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, HARMAN (harman.com) designs and engineers connected products and solutions for automakers, consumers, and enterprises worldwide, including connected car systems, audio and visual products, enterprise automation solutions; and services supporting the Internet of Things. With leading brands including AKG®, Harman Kardon®, Infinity®, JBL®, Lexicon®, Mark Levinson® and Revel®, HARMAN is admired by audiophiles, musicians and the entertainment venues where they perform around the world. More than 50 million automobiles on the road today are equipped with HARMAN audio and connected car systems. Our software services power billions of mobile devices and systems that are connected, integrated and secure across all platforms, from work and home to car and mobile. HARMAN has a workforce of approximately 30,000 people across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. In March 2017, HARMAN became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. HARMAN is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. Minorities, women, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. HARMAN offers a great work environment, challenging career opportunities, professional training and competitive compensation. Looking for a challenge where your experience is valued? Come see what you can achieve as a leader with HARMAN!
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