Supply Chain Manager

The Opportunity

Are you ready to lead sourcing and supply chain excellence in a fast-paced, innovative environment? At Hitachi Energy, we’re seeking a forward-thinking professional to take ownership of strategic sourcing activities, ensuring material availability, delivery performance, and cost competitiveness. This is your chance to drive impactful decisions, collaborate across global teams, and shape the future of supply chain operations.

In this role, you’ll regularly assess demand and supply dynamics, manage spend with strategic sourcing plans, and lead initiatives that enhance quality, reliability, and cost efficiency. You’ll be a key partner in factory and business unit projects, ensuring seamless execution from bidding to delivery. With full accountability and approval authority, you’ll guide operations to meet the highest standards. Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures and guidelines.

How You’ll Make an Impact

- Lead sourcing activities for direct and indirect spend across local and HBU scopes.

- Drive fast-track RFQs and supplier negotiations aligned with factory needs.

- Own material pricing and terms throughout the value chain.

- Support factory processes including SEOP cycles and commodity hedging.

- Manage supplier performance evaluations and improvement initiatives.

- Lead cost-cutting and risk mitigation projects using Dynamic Evolution methodology.

- Guide and develop your team, ensuring strong talent and succession planning.

- Collaborate on technology transfer and product cost improvement projects.

Your Background

- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Economics, Business, or Supply Chain—or equivalent experience.

- 7+ years in supply chain or purchasing within industrial manufacturing. - 3+ years of people leadership experience.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive mindset.

- Excellent communication and influencing skills in a global matrixed setting.

- Fluent in English; additional languages are a plus.

More About Us

- At Hitachi Energy, we champion innovation, sustainability, and collaboration.

- You’ll be part of a diverse, inclusive team with opportunities to grow and make a global impact.

- We offer continuous learning, career development, and the chance to shape the energy future.

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century in pioneering mission-critical technologies like high-voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time – balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system.

Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.