Senior Manager, Performance Management

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.

About the Role:

In this role you will be responsible for providing leadership to the assigned, critical, and complex workstreams by utilizing Business Transformation or Performance Improvement practices. You will partner with Line leaders / Functional leaders to achieve transformative performance by driving improvement strategies and pushing those actions to results.

You will be leading or supporting key strategic initiatives as Program/ Project Manager - Shape aspirations, developing initiatives, and leading end-to-end execution to deliver superior results for the division.

What You Will Do:

• Champion, Implement Performance management rigor within assigned functions or businesses.
• Work collaboratively with the functions / Business / External consultants to design, execute and lead teams through organizational change to drive short, medium, and long-term value.
• Lead in-depth review focusing on identifying full potential, target setting, action/measure tracking, and gap closure to benchmark.
• Coach teams in developing rigorous and locked-down business cases, project milestones & timelines.
• Drive initiative implementation and guide each to fast and pragmatic execution.
• Infuse a sense of urgency and establish where to focus (Initiatives, deep dives)
• Hold the team accountable for the results - Bring Clarity, Transparency, and Insights to drive effective decision-making and course correction.
• Act as a sparring partner for the peer leaders to increase speed to impact by challenging the status quo, breaking down functional silos, relentless prioritization, and faster execution.
• Assist in the SAP S/4 Hana system implementation.  Requiring collaboration amongst business stake holders, global process owners and subject matter experts to ensure business requirements are met.
• Provide divisional insight to Global Process Owners to support development of end-to-end process and governance.
• Support change management efforts to drive high-performance culture and coach team members on transformation behaviors and mindset change.
• Ensures connectivity across the workstream to leverage best practices and Knowledge sharing.

What You Need:

• Undergraduate degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or other business management discipline.
• At least 8 years of experience in any of the areas – relevant Business, Finance, Accounting, System implementation or Business Project management.
• Experience managing and leading large-scale improvement efforts to completion.
• Strong analytic skills – structured thinker, problem solver which strives for continuous improvement.
• Strong financial acumen that can effectively partner with a broad range of stakeholders to drive performance, mindset, and behaviors.
• Impactful communication skills, both written and verbal, with an ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences.

What is Nice to Have:

• Knowledge in ERP systems: SAP.
• MBA or CPA a plus.
• Certification of Lean Six Sigma or any Improvement methodology.

What Makes You Eligible:

• Be willing to travel up to 10%, international travel.
• Be willing to work in an office in Northridge, CA (Hybrid).

What We Offer

• Access to employee discounts on world-class Harman and Samsung products (JBL, HARMAN Kardon, AKG, etc.)
• Extensive training opportunities through our own HARMAN University<