Apply Now: SCM Team Lead Power Transformers

Job Description The Opportunity Organize and lead the APMEA HUB SCM team for the four factories belonging to the Power Transformers Group in APMEA HUB includes the following regions and countries: Asia, Pacific, Middle East, Africa, India & Turkey. This position will be based in India, Thailand, Turkey or Vietnam. Deliver financial and operational targets. Collaborate with BU/HUB stakeholders, engineering and operations to ensure safety, compliance, quality, timely delivery and lowest total cost from partners and suppliers. Drive Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) and sustainability to ensure business continuity and long-term stability in our value chain. How You'll Make An Impact - Ensure adequate staffing, succession planning and talent management in your area of responsibility. - Ensure that your team is properly trained, skilled and directed. Establish factory budgets, KPI targets and adjust resources accordingly. - Mentor, coach and develop your team and team members. Set spend and cost reduction budget for your factories in coordination with HUB SCM and category managers. - Plan and implement sourcing strategies in your factories in coordination with category managers. - Set conditions for your Factory Supply Chain Managers in terms of implementation and execution of the strategies to help them deliver their targets. - Ensure defined SCM processes are implemented and followed throughout the value chain. - Define material assumptions during sales bid and approve costing in must win opportunities. - Accountable for prices and terms & conditions definition and control throughout the value - chain (from sales bid to ERP master data and oversees invoices control rules (tolerances, etc.). Monitor accuracy and drive corrective actions. - Report on KPIs for business and processes performance. Enforce compliance to company rules. Support your team on escalation when necessary. - Promote improvements using benchmark, Design to Value (DtV), cost breakdown, should costing and problem-solving techniques. - Oversee HUB Supplier Quality & Development activities connected to your factories. Act as third level escalation of recurring/critical non-conformity and claims resolution. - Living Hitachi Energy's core values safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business. - Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines. Your background - Degree in Electrical / Mechanical Engineering - 12+ years of relevant experience in supply chain management or operation management. - Experience from transformer or automotive industry is a plus. - Proven skills in negotiation and contract management. - Knowledge in manufacturing electrical steel, cores, insulation kits, insulation boards, bushings, tap changers and other transformer accessories. - Bachelor's degree or higher in one of the disciplines: finance, supply chain, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, production management or similar. - Good understanding in ISO standards, UNs 17 Sustainable Development Goals, EcoVadis, REACH, RoHS, FMEA, PPAP and Conflict Minerals. 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.