Category Manager / Commodity Manager

Hitachi Energy is seeking a Category Manager for its Grid Automation business based in Raleigh, North Carolina supporting the North American Region. This is an individual contributor role reporting directly to the HUB Supply Chain Manager, North America. This role is strategic in nature with dynamic day-to-day tactical requirements to ensure business success. This will be a hybrid position with 2 - 3 days in the local Raleigh office.

Hitachi Energy is a global technology company engaged in meaningful changes in our society. This position is expected to deliver high direct impacts to the business and has significant growth potential.

Responsibilities

• Identify and develop material and equipment suppliers with reliability, quality, and competitive costs to support growth and profitability of PGGA North America. Develop frame agreements where suitable. Organize pipeline review meetings with major suppliers.
• Work closely with proposal and execution teams to prepare RFQs, evaluate supplier quotations, and formulate project budgets.
• Solicit quotes from both Hitachi Energy internal and external suppliers. Negotiate with suppliers on terms and prices.
• Work with operational buyers on PO placements. Support project supply chain coordinators and supplier quality engineers on expediting, issue resolution, and claims.
• Collaborate with global category leads and category managers in other regions to leverage Hitachi Energy purchasing power and maximize cost saving.
• Contribute to global business line objectives in supplier quality, cost saving, and cash management.
• Participate in, and when needed, lead continuous improvement initiatives such as DtV.
• Own, drive category strategy including CIPs development
• Drive cost reduction during tender and execution stages
• Supplier development and improvement for responsible categories

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent work experience) in supply chain, or related business fields.
• Must be fluent in both writing and speaking in English, Spanish is a plus
• Relevant experience in procurement of industrial and capital goods.
• Experience with capital project business, transactional process, and SAP Project Systems.
• Experience working with multi-national companies like is highly preferable.
• Must be authorized to work in United States
• Must be willing to travel as required including but not limited to any business specific requirements for training or last-minute mitigations items
• 5+ years of experience