Strategic Sourcing Experienced Professional

**Description**

**The opportunity**:
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 purchasing policies and

**How you'll make an impact**:

- You will 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.
- You will 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.
- You will 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.
- You will 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 Hitachi Energy requires from their suppliers. You will 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.
- You will run regular supplier evaluations after deliveries, share supplier scorecards and reports to Category Managers and SCM leaders; initiate improvement projects when required.
- You will issue the Purchase Request (RFP), initiate Purchase Order (PO) process to CSS (Shared Service), according to the BRM (Bidding Review Protocol). You will support, when needed, collecting Order Acknowledgments from suppliers.
- You will 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. Key role interacting with stakeholders in project execution, i.e., Engineering, project management and global SCM organization, you will coordinate, collaborate and support the Business in SCM related topics.
- You will request, seek, escalate, and communicate in a timely manner, establish clear and transparent communication internally, externally, and between different divisions, business units and functions and support the implementation of SCM activities and initiatives.
- You will be responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
- 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**:

- You hold a degree in BE (Electrical / Electronics / Mechanical), Supply Chain Management or equivalent experience.
- Professional experience in a supply chain functions, category management, strategic sourcing, project management or procurement.
- Experience in HVDC projects will be an added advantage.
- 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.
- 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.