
Senior Engineer - Business Operations
- Bangalore, Karnataka
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Engineer audio systems and integrated technology platforms that augment the driving experience
- Combine ingenuity, in-depth research, and a spirit of collaboration with design and engineering excellence
- Advance in-vehicle infotainment, safety, efficiency, and enjoyment
- Participate in review / governance calls to close open actions and blockers for seamless execution of Business Operations. Eventually lead Business Operations Review calls with the Business Operations team tracking crucial KPIs.
- Ensuring data processing, management, and hygiene and understanding the importance of managing a multi-tool, multi-source data gathering and information extraction system.
- Understand and closely monitor Organizational, Business, and function specific goals to impact overall Operational Governance.
- Work closely with Sales, Presales, Strategy, and Partnerships teams to keep a tab on the sales pipeline, current pursuits, and demand planning for new businesses.
- Work closely with Finance, Business Leads and Engineering Delivery teams to influence profitability metrics and plan ramp-ups, ramp-downs, and workforce additions and regional expansions.
- Partner with supporting functions (Finance, HR, TA) and provides reporting data for making key decisions.
- Regular sync-ups, present data efficiently using various dashboards, with business stakeholders to help them take decisions and actions for profitable business and growth.
- Managing the overall Workforce along with other members of the team and tracking the efficiency based on business KPIs to ensure resource optimization and operational efficiency.
- Accountable for executing and owning Workforce Management processes using tools/ system adapted by Harman.
- Follow up and ensure key steps in business processes are actioned on time and within SLAs
- Manage a completion-based follow-up cadence with the functional step owners in different business processes.
- Publish weekly reports for business processes flagging progress, risks, and pending actions.
- Ensure data validation based on Harman standards for tools in the Harman Ecosystem.
- 3-7+ years of experience within Workforce Management, Bench Management, Sales Operations and Business Operations within the Software Services Industry.
- Master's degree in business administration preferably MBA.
- Knowledge of key process of Workforce Management, Cost control, and Revenue Optimization.
- Excellent and hands on experience on using PMA tools and Dashboard tools.
- Expert in data analytics and representation with the ability to create data visualizations using Microsoft Excel for multi-source and multidimensional data.
- Exceptional presentation skills and ability to create and deliver presentations to multiple business stakeholders.
- Proven experience in creating presentations related to Business and Sales Operations including resources, Cost, Sales Pipeline, and Utilization.
- Creative problem-solver with the ability to work with a blank slate and inspire others.
- Excellent organizational and cross functional skills
- Strong verbal, written and presentation skills to have effective communication at all levels in the organization.
- Experience in working within an Automotive OEM or Tier-1 supplier in the Automotive industry
- Experience in using AI tools to maximize efficiency in Business Operations and Workforce Management
- Willingness to travel.
- Willingness to work in an office.
- Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation.
- 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
- “Be Brilliant” employee recognition and rewards program.
- An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development.