Procurement Specialist Para-Professional

Mission Statement:

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.

As a Procurement & Logistics specialist, you will be based in Bangalore (India). In your role you are responsible to execute material purchase requests, according to required technical specification, price, delivery schedule and terms. Ensure purchasing activities align with corporate purchasing policies and procedures under supervision.

Your Responsibilities:

• Supplier identification: Recommends / supports in Identifying new suppliers and coordinates with relevant category team. Follows the process to qualify new suppliers in cooperation with Supplier Quality and Engineering specialists.

• Negotiations: Supports in negotiating agreements with main suppliers, and periodically renews pricelists, terms and conditions and feeds back recommendations for appropriate actions.

• Contracts: Adapts corporate contractual framework to the local business needs. Recommends frame agreements to management, ensures approved contractual terms in execution.

• Bid analysis: Analyses and evaluates bids within the scope, in order to determine the optimal value.

• Sales support: Supports bid and proposal teams by providing relevant market information within the area of responsibility.

• Goods received: Tracks goods received to verify appropriate delivery and ensure invoice processing as per available guidelines.

• Supplier performance: Oversees supplier performance (on time delivery, quality, lead time), and recommends solutions / resolves performance issues within the scope.

• Orders: Initiates supply orders in the system, confirms delivery with suppliers, monitors and tracks supplier performance to purchase order requirements.

• Customer alignment: Aligns supplier orders with customer requirements (based on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)/project requirements) in terms of content, quality, delivery, sustainability, and price.

• Process alignment: Conducts all Supply Chain activities for all goods and services in accordance with policies and procedures. Ensures Pro-Supply global supplier relationship management platform is kept updated as defined in Pro-Supply procedure within the scope of activities.

• Vendor Invoice Management: Processes and troubleshoots vendor Invoices. Assists Internal Stakeholders with invoicing questions and payment inquiries.

• Need to have knowledge in P2P: Procure to pay, Reporting & KPI.

• Handle Governance call with BU’s.

• 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:

• Graduate or postgraduate degree in any fields.

• 1 to 3 years of experience.

• Basic Knowledge of SAP, Ariba, and Microsoft Package.

• Dedicated to show a high service orientation and high-quality performance.

• Attention to details.

• Decision-making and problem-solving skills.

• Time management and organization skills

• Good Presentation Skills, Analytical & creative mind.

• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.