
Category Specialist, HVDC Control and Protection Team Leader
6 days ago
About the Role
Hitachi Energy is seeking an experienced Category Specialist to join our HVDC Control and Protection team. This role involves driving strategic sourcing activities, collaborating with project teams, and implementing agile strategies to transform category ideas into actionable plans.
Your Responsibilities
- Collaborate with the category manager to drive strategic sourcing activities, including RFQs and RFPs for project execution.
- Analyze quotation comparisons and update costs for project execution against budget targets.
- Negotiate timely responses from suppliers and meet internal demands and schedules.
- Maintain good relationships with suppliers and ensure compliance with laws, regulations, standards, certificates, and directives required by Hitachi Energy.
- Support supplier qualification and audits processes, recover supplier-caused claim values, and match claims with reported non-conformities related to Supplier Quality.
- Collaborate with the global SCM team to procure goods and materials on budget, on time, and with quality to our project sites worldwide.
About You
- You will be part of an organization undergoing transformation and growth. We need a curious and mature individual who can challenge themselves and the organization for continuous improvement.
- A team player with strong communicative and collaborative skills who can interact with people from diverse backgrounds in a challenging global business environment.
- A relevant academic degree: BE (Electrical / Electronics / Mechanical), Supply Chain Management, or equivalent experience.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
- You are described as energetic, motivated, and self-confident, able to manage problems that may occur.
- Fluency in English, both written and spoken.
What We Offer
- A collective agreement.
- Flexible working hours.
- A health care and wellness allowance.
- Career opportunities within Hitachi Energy, both in Sweden and globally.
- A mentor to support you during the onboarding phase.
- Versatile training and education to support employee development.
- A diversified company with over 70+ nationalities working in Sweden.
- Supplementary compensation for parental leave.
- An Employee Benefit Portal with thousands of discounts and perks.
- Additional benefits specific to this role.
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