Procurement Specialist

About the Position

Procurement Specialist

Hitachi Energy is currently looking for a Procurement Business Partners Experienced Professional / Production & Purchase Engineer (Buyer) for the Transformers Business to join their team in Savli, Vadodara, Gujarat, India. This team seeks a skilled and motivated individual.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing the procurement process and coordinating with internal stakeholders, such as Project Management, SCM, Production, Finance, Engineering, Quality, and operations, to align procurement activities with business needs.
• Prepare and issue purchase orders and ensure material availability in line with manufacturing / project requirements.
• Monitoring and tracking orders to ensure on-time delivery of projects.
• Supplier On-Time Delivery maintains processes to evaluate supplier performance data like delivery, quality, Supplier audit coordinator, etc., to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Manage vendor relationships and monitor supplier performance to ensure compliance with contractual agreements and quality standards.
• Coordinate with the quality team and evaluate the quality of purchased items and resolve shortcomings.
• Expect unfavorable events through analysis of data and prepare control strategies.
• Ensures policies, practices, and procedures are understood and followed by direct reports, customers, and stakeholders.
• Prepare Quarterly / Monthly / Weekly production requirement – material plan & execution activities.
• Independently able to handle import & domestic procurement.
• Candidate should have core experience of purchase – P2P procurement to Payment process and logistics management of various commodities used in industry.
• Knowledge of GST, VAT, custom clearance, and other taxations is a must.
• Good analytical skills with proven experience in cost-cutting / cost-saving activities are desirable.
• Must be familiar with ERP S4 HANA / SAP environment and basic experience of tools like lean manufacturing, KANBAN, and VMI.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Sound interpersonal skills, Inventory management, and Optimization.
• 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.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree / diploma in mechanical/electrical engineering.
• Minimum 7-10 years of professional work experience in Purchase.
• Must have experience S4 HANA / SAP – MM PP Module.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.

We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Full-time employment
• On-site work arrangement
• Opportunity to work in a dynamic, fast-paced business environment
• Professional development opportunities

About the Company

Hitachi Energy

We are a global leader in electrification, powering the electricity era to meet the energy demands of today, and the next 25 years. As the energy arm of Hitachi Group, over three billion people depend on our pioneering, mission-critical technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century of innovation, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time: driving the evolution of the world’s energy system to ensure abundant, secure, affordable, and sustainable power for today’s generation and the next.

With an unparalleled installed base in over 140 countries, we are the grid ecosystem partner across the utility, industry, data center, and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 56,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $20 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.