Category Manager Indirect Material

The Opportunity
Develop, plan and implement Supply Chain Management (SCM) strategy focused on optimizing costs, spend, delivery and reliability of suppliers and supplied products/Services for an assigned category or group of categories and country. Perform active spend and budget management. Ensure execution in accordance with Hitachi Energy, SCM and Supply Base Management instructions and procedures.

How You'll Make An Impact

• Leveraging the Continuous Improvement Process Sourcing (CIPS) process where decided, implements effective sourcing strategies in line with business strategy ensuring that the supply base/suppliers have the capability to meet current and future business requirements.
• Ensure S2O productivity is achieved wherever possible
• Ensures all relevant parties understand strategies and execute processes accordingly.
• Minimizes risk regarding quality and financial exposure by buying in accordance with quality and commercial procedures and in accordance with Hitachi Energy guidelines.
• Negotiates agreements with main suppliers, and periodically renews price lists, terms and conditions.
• Adapts corporate contractual framework to the local business needs.
• Recommends frame agreements to management and executes upon approval.
• Contract risk management
• Ensures identification, investigation, and selection of appropriate suppliers (focusing on quality, delivery, cost and sustainability) in accordance with Hitachi Energy policies.
• Defines and establishes local standard agreements wherever needed.
• Provides and maintains standard terms in purchase contracts/terms and conditions in line with Hitachi Energy directives and guidelines.
• Designs and implements cost-out programs and/or processes to reach financial targets.
• Applies and implements SCM standards, tools, and processes focused on business continuity for the assigned commodity or group of commodities.
• Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures and guidelines.

Your Background

• Supply Chain Certification nice to have
• 5+ years of work experience of which minimum 3 years in a Supply Chain Role around Services and Strategic Sourcing in a company.
• Bi-Lingual (Spanish and English mandatory)
• Ability to work as a team in the functional areas, business units and countries of the respective HUB.
• Strong knowledge to use of MS office tools, MS Teams, Power BI and SAP Ariba applications
• Strong knowledge of: Technology trends in the area, Business process standards and associated applications, Driving vendor consolidation and vendor sourcing for related functions.
• Strong knowledge of the Supply Chain Process related to Indirect Categories such as: legal, consulting, marketing, HR, temporary labor or financial services, facilities, workwear, MRO
• Strong project management and execution skills.
• Ability to lead initiatives and promote acceptance across units and product lines management.
• Solid knowledge of different supply chains and logistics structures in large corporates.
• Outstanding organizational skills to manage multiple moving parts simultaneously and optimally in a matrix organization and with very little oversight and direction.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to interact with C-level executives as well as rank and file in the SCM organization.

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century in pioneering mission-critical technologies like high-voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time – balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system.

Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.