Principal Engineer, CO2e & Cost, (e)Mechanical

at  HARMAN International

Location:
HUBudapestVaci Ut 96 13th District
Additional Location:
Budapest, Hungary
Job Family:
Supply Chain Management
Worker Type Reference:
Regular - Permanent
Pay Rate Type:
Salary

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Principal Engineer, CO2e & Cost, (e)Mechanical works to achieve the Harman sustainability objectives (focused on CO2e), profitability, and growth goals defined by the leadership strategy through a cross-functional collaborative environment with Procurement, Engineering, Customer Account Management, Manufacturing and Suppliers.

This position will play a crucial role in developing CO2e & cost assessment methods and tools within the cost engineering team.

• Creates methods
• Creates and improves frameworks, models, tools
• Creates calculations
• Builds knowledge at Harman International Corp
• Trains and mentors other cost engineering team members
• Monitors market trends, especially OEMs on CO2e assessments methods

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Develop HARMAN “best practice” CO2e neutral reference for the Harman Automotive products to a component level:
• Utilize internal and external databases to build CO2e assessment models that will establish Design-to-Cost, CO2e reduction targets for components, modules, assemblies designed into HARMAN Automotive products
• Develop CO2e tools and processes within the cost engineering infrastructure
• Lead cost engineering team upskilling with regards to sustainability-specific calculation and reporting
• Contribute to the technical definition and implementation of electronic system cost and CO2e modeling solutions, including the identification of analytics that enable trend data to be established
• Develop close technical relationships with suppliers to identify best cost solutions, including emerging technologies that provide cost and CO2e improvements
• Representing sustainability in overarching initiatives with the objective to integrate sustainability in design and sourcing processes
• Support Procurement teams during negotiating events with CO2e targets
• Identify and drive category strategy activities to meet best CO2e solution (based on: new supplier scouting, benchmarking, purchased part relocation – defined category strategy plan including CO2e roadmap), alignment with cross-functional teams
• Closely collaborating with sustainability teams in businesses and corporate departments to ensure a comprehensive implementation
• Develop CO2e tools and processes within the value management organization