Category Specialist

1 month ago

Chennai, India Hitachi Careers Full time

Description

Business Information:

Hitachi Energy is a pioneering technology leader that is helping to increase access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all. We help to power your home, keep the factories running, and our hospitals and schools open. Come as you are and prepare to get better as you learn from others. Bring your passion, bring your energy, and plug into a team that appreciates a simple truth: Diversity + Collaboration = Great Innovation. Visit us - www.hitachienergy.com

Our Indian Operations Centre (INOPC) is a competence center with around 2000+ skilled engineers who focus on tendering, engineering, planning, procurement, functional system testing, installation supervision, and commissioning. Over the last decade, INOPC has evolved to become the largest engineering hub serving more than 40 countries across different energy sectors. The team caters to the four business units—Transformers, Grid Integration, Grid Automation, High Voltage and has successfully executed engineering and commissioning for projects in more than 80 countries.

HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) and HVDC Light are highly efficient alternatives for transmitting bulk power and for special purpose applications. The classic HVDC technology is used to transmit electric power over long distances by overhead transmission lines or submarine cables. It is also used to interconnect separate power systems, where traditional alternating current (AC) connections cannot be used. HVDC Light® is a power transmission technology developed by Hitachi Energy that offers additional benefits compared to HVDC Classic.

Mission Statement:

HVDC is looking for a Category Specialist to support the global sourcing initiatives, under collaboration with global category manager. Handle activities that require agility to transform category strategies into actions. 
Work collaboratively with Project team and other internal stakeholders, to ensure optimal business outcomes.Ensure that procurement activities are in accordance with the HVDC Business Strategies and with corporate pur-chasing policies and procedures. Category Specialists are expected to engage in projects and execute strategies defined during the Tendering phase.
You are welcome into a growing team where you have a great opportunity to develop your own role in the company. Everyone has different skills and competencies, and we are interested to learn more about you and with what you can contribute. So, if you are interested do not hesitate to apply even though you do not meet all requirements.

Your Responsibilities:

  • Support strategic sourcing activities, in close alignment with the category manager; drive RFQs, RFPs for BRM and project execution, aiming to meet budget, quality and lead time defined in the strategy. Control appropriate time response from suppliers and meet internal demands and schedules, run benchmark studies, whenever required for specific sourcing initiatives.

  • Support the implementation and management of a category strategy, delivering savings and efficiencies to the business.

  • Ensure that results of negotiations, quotations and proposals are aligned with strategy / project requirements - meet budget targets & pursue saving targets.

  • Issue proper quotation comparison / equalization map to support purchasing decision. Input information Pro-procure.

  • Update costs for project execution, against budget targets, in BRM (Bidding Review Protocol).

  • Support on the development and maintenance of the category supply base, with focus on total cost, quality, lead time and capacity, to meet supply planning towards project deliveries.

  • Care for the relationships with suppliers to ensure HVDC receives best value for money and continuous improvement over the life of contracts in specific categories of spend.

  • Upload and maintain valid standard agreements / frame agreements and contracts in SAP Ariba.

  • Monitor expiration dates and inform CMs to engage in contracts updates and amendments.

  • Ensure that our suppliers comply with the laws, regulations, standards, certificates, and directives that Hi-tachi Energy requires from their suppliers.

  • Support category related actions on qualification and audits process, as well as re-cover of supplier caused claim values, matching claims with reported OPQs related to Supplier Quality.

  • Run regular supplier evaluations after deliveries, share supplier scorecards and reports to Category Man-agers and SCM leaders; initiate improvement projects when required.

  • Issue the Purchase Request (RFP), Initiate Purchase Order (PO) process to CSS (Shared Service), according to the BRM (Bidding Review Protocol).

  • Support, when needed, collecting Order Acknowledgments from suppliers.

  • Foster collaboration as ONE Hitachi Energy team. Work together with global SCM team of category managers, transactional buyers, logistic planners, and supplier quality engineers and to ensure that the goods and material are procured, produced, and delivered on budget, on time and with quality to our project sites worldwide.

  • Interacting with stakeholders in project execution, i.e., Engineering, project management and global SCM organization. Coordinate, collaborate and support the Business in SCM related topics.

  • Request, seek, escalate, and communicate in a timely manner. Establishes clear and transparent communication internally, externally, and between different divisions, business units and functions and supports the implementation of SCM activities and initiatives.

  • Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.


Your Background

  • Academic degree in a relevant field: BE (Electrical / Electronics / Mechanical), Supply Chain Management or equivalent experience.

  • Organization is under transformation and growth. We need curious person, with strong sense of ownership to challenge self and the organization for continuous improvement and changes.

  • A team player with strong communicative and collaborative skills who likes to interact with other people, used to a multicultural and challenging global business environment.

  • Professional experience in a supply chain functions, category management, strategic sourcing, project management or procurement.

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, able to handle several tasks in parallel. Described as energetic, motivated, and self-confident person who can handle both ups and downs and manage problem that may occur.

  • Fluency in English, both written and spoken.

  • Experience in HVDC projects will be an added advantage.

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