- Global responsible for the customer experience of Harman Automotive, directly reporting to the President Harman Automotive Division
- Leading the team of the global customer group leads NA, CN/APAC, EU, JP) as primus inter pares.
- Heading the customer group Europe team in personal union
- Leading the horizontals of sales/program excellence and business development
- As face to the customers managing customer relationship, customer strategy and account business performance
- Accountable on new business award and project deliverables to customers. Includes all Harman Automotive portfolio
- Collaborate with SBUs and support functions, directly managing CBU and CPM teams on business development, account management, customer project management, application & resident engineering to achieve both regional and divisional targets
- Taking responsibility as Managing Director for the Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH in Germany
- Acting as the deputy for the Divisional President the ideal candidate will clearly be considered as the potential successor for this C-level function on mid-term perspective.
- Maintain and enhance customer relationship to Customer Senior Management team in European OEMs.
- Develop and implement the global customer portfolio strategy
- Define customer strategy for each customer account and drive implementation of the strategy
- Develop and win new business
- Product delivery through customer program management for entire customer portfolio, be accountable for program flawless execution
- Drive and improve customer account profitability, driving lifetime OEM sales
- Budget management both on program execution and overall cost control
- Target setting and assurance of operational excellence of CPM&CBU teams
- Define and implement go to market approach for $B1.5 growth with a new innovative set of products
- Active support of SBUs on product strategies and road maps of existing business
- Leading multi-national global team with multi-culture awareness
- Acts as a role model in terms of leadership and code of business conduct
- Develop the global talent pool of sales and program management
- Ensure equal treatment of employees within the scope of corporate policies and practices
- Proved proficiency of Harman Competencies (Results driven, Team Player, Change Orientation, Customer Focus and Self Awareness) on an excellent level
- Master of Engineering or business management, good understanding on cutting edge technology particularly on software and product background in electronics
- Successful international business leader with 15+ years of experience with strong track record of transformational leadership
- Proven track record of building high performance organizations
- Proven experience in creating and executing customer & technology strategy
- 10+ years experiences and track record of successfully complex OEM automotive projects execution and delivery (More than 50+ team members)
- Successfully negotiated high value, complex or strategically important deals or achieving technical solution, product development agreements
- Solid understanding of Cloud, Digital Cockpit, Telematics, ADAS & Audio products
- Track record of general management of business in automotive domain focus on operations, product management and sales
- Strong problem solving skills, good ability on operation excellence, track record on engineering management
- Ability to integrate people, to resolve conflicts
- Broad intercultural experience and excellent communication skills
SVP Global Customer Groups - Böblingen, Deutschland - HARMAN International
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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 every day.
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