Sales & Operations Planning Manager

Job Description The Opportunity At Hitachi Energy, our purpose is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We bring power to our homes, schools, hospitals, and factories. Join us and work with fantastic people, while learning and developing yourself on projects that have a real impact to our communities and society. Bring your passion, bring your energy, and be part of a global team that appreciates a simple truth: Diversity + Collaboration = Great Innovation. Responsible for leading and engaging units within the scope (Global/HUB) to ensure the S&OP process remains on track with continuous participation from all contributors, factory and HUB-wise. Foster collaboration and understanding across all organizational levels, ensuring each functional area recognizes its impact on the S&OP process. Drive operational excellence and sustainability in compliance with business guidelines while providing training to enhance performance and standardization. How You'll Make An Impact - Facilitate S&OP meetings to ensure stakeholder engagement, decision-making, and execution plan articulation. - Standardize HUB Strategic planning and S&OP processes across factories, ensuring compliance with best practices and BU guidelines. - Review forecast accuracy in demand, capacity, and supply to drive continuous improvement. - Create and evaluate scenarios for demand and supply, assessing risks and proposing mitigation strategies. - Monitor execution of S&OP decisions, escalating issues when necessary. - Develop and monitor Load and Capacity charts and other dashboards to track KPIs and report performance to factory, HUB, and BU levels. - Collaborate cross-functionally to align S&OP processes with organizational goals. - Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external & internal regulations, procedures & guidelines. Your Background - Bachelors Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field. - Minimum of 10 years of experience in supply chain, planning and fulfillment or a related field in the operations, Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) exp is a plus. - Proficiency in data analysis and reporting tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Excel) to track KPIs and drive decision-making. - Proactive personality with excellent communication and collaboration skills, experienced in working cross-functionally and in multinational environments to align processes and achieve organizational goals. - Knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies to enhance efficiency and operational excellence. - Advanced level of written and spoken English. More About Us We pride ourselves on offering a holistic range of competitive benefit programs to support your financial, physical and mental wellbeing and personal development. We want you to truly thrive with us in work and out. Our employee benefit programs are tailored to each country, depending on location of employment and job grade. More specific information on the employee benefit program offering in your intended country of employment/ more information will be available during the recruitment process. 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.