Procurement Specialist

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The opportunity

Join Hitachi Energy and play a critical role in powering progress through smart ethical and valuedriven procurement. As a Procurement Specialist you will help ensure our operations run smoothly by sourcing negotiating and purchasing the goods and services that drive our manufacturing and project success.

This role offers the opportunity to work at the intersection of strategy and executionpartnering closely with engineering production supply chain and project teams to translate business needs into effective procurement solutions. You will navigate a dynamic fastpaced environment where data collaboration and relationshipbuilding are key to success.

At Hitachi Energy procurement is more than buyingits about strengthening partnerships managing risk enabling innovation and continuously improving how we work. If you enjoy problemsolving negotiating and making a measurable business impact while upholding strong ethical standards this role offers meaningful challenges and longterm growth.

How youll make an impact

• Procure direct materials components and manufacturing services to support production plans and MRP signals

• Prepare and issue RFQs RFPs contracts and purchase orders in accordance with production schedules and BOMs

• Partner with production planning engineering and quality teams to resolve supply quality or delivery issues

• Manage supplier performance related to ontime delivery (OTD) quality and responsiveness

• Analyze purchasing inventory and price variance data to identify cost risk and efficiency opportunities

• Support inventory optimization safety stock management and lead time reduction initiatives

• Participate in supplier development and dualsourcing strategies to reduce manufacturing risk

• Ensure compliance with internal procurement policies ethical standards and external regulatory requirements

• Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations procedures and guidelines.

Your background

• Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Management Business Administration or related field

• 35 years of experience in procurement purchasing or supply chain roles

• Proven negotiation skills with demonstrated value or costsaving outcomes

• Strong analytical and problemsolving skills including data analysis capabilities

• Experience with procurement systems such as SAP Ariba Oracle ERP or similar

• Ability to thrive in a fastpaced collaborative manufacturing environment

More about us

• Hitachi Energy is advancing a more sustainable flexible and secure energy system worldwide

• A collaborative culture encourages learning innovation and shared success

• Team members benefit from continuous development and global career opportunities

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