EM Sourcing Specialist

Location:

Chongqing, China

Job ID:

R0075568

Date Posted:

2025-02-20

Company Name:

HITACHI ENERGY (CHINA) LTD.

Profession (Job Category):

Customer Service & Contact Center Operations

Job Schedule: 

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

The opportunity

Hitachi Energy Transformer Business Unit in Greater China operates across 55 cities, employs over 1,900 staff, and manages 5 transformer manufacturing plants. More than 90% of its sales come from locally manufactured products. We offer a comprehensive portfolio of Transformers Products, Solutions and Services.  Transformers are essential in all electricity-related fields and applications, including power generation, transmission and distribution, oil, chemical and gas, industrial manufacturing, semiconductor and data centers, as well as building and transportation sectors.
 
Nearly half of our white-collar workforce comprises employees in engineering and scientific fields. Internally, we have targeted talent development programs for employees at different stages of their career development to build skills and competencies, foster training, support people to own career development, scale up organization for growth and execution.

How you’ll make an impact

• You will analyze Targeted spend, analyze Market Dynamics and Price developments for Chines Markets. You will Compare spend cost development vs market development on Total cost of ownership base.

• You will be carrying out EM sourcing activities with defined targets with BU/HUB category Managers for Targeted products. Lead the scouting, initial maturity assessment for new Potential EM suppliers (China). Lead, in cooperation with EM Supplier Quality Engineer the qualification process for New EM suppliers (China). Lead all negotiations with EM suppliers in India in accordance to set Targets by BU/Hub Category Managers

• You will align and deliver on the targets for KPIs for the BU spend with focus on cost, quality and timely delivery.

• You will regularly report on financial performance and supply performance. Regularly propose new EM sourcing opportunity to various HUBs/ Category teams

• You will promote emerging market sourcing activities where it brings additional value. Mandate Supply Quality & Development team in their undertaking for supplier issue resolution/hot topics.

• You will execute and sustain the strategic sourcing activities, run risk mitigation actions in order to meet current and future business requirements and securing availability, supply base performance and optimum total cost of ownership. You will lead in coordination with respected Hub/Category teams claim settlement (if any) with EM Suppliers.

• You will manage/Run tender/order specific RFx and negotiations where applicable. Manage/Lead spend negotiation for selected suppliers. Allocate volume.

• You will improve on tender and project material costing. Run tender/order specific RFx and negotiations where applicable. Promote cost breakdown analysis, should costing and run regular benchmarks. Cost structure analysis for main EM category, to identify the cost competitive category & negotiation.

• You will oversee the supplier relationship with regular review contract execution, supply performance, improvement activities and future. For suppliers in the Hub assign supplier account owner for the majority of the spend.

• You will lead supplier qualification for the ones in scope, perform risk assessment. Plan and assign audits to Supply Quality & Development Engineer. Based on performance data, evaluate, define and monitor improvement measures for selected suppliers. Organize or ask for resources accordingly.

• You will do assessment the development potential of supplier with EM SQE for cost, technical, and quality. Act as resolution owner on escalated topics as mapped in escalation matrix. Identify and address performance hot spots and escalate adequately with corrective and preventive measures. Manage claims in order to maximize compensation to HAPJ. Research and scouting of new supplier with other function (i.e. SQ, Engineering)

• You will work closely with other function to Initiate, promote and support projects and bring value on total cost of ownership, risk mitigation, quality, cash, lead time, material availability. Implementation of material cost cutting and risk mitigation projects, preferably using Dynamic Evolution methodology. Assessment the development potential of supplier with EM SQE for cost, technical, and quality.

• You will apply and implements SCM standards, tools and processes in the area of responsibility

• You must ensure that the area of responsibility is properly organized. A good sense of teamwork, honesty, responsibility and a strong proactive approach to task. Like identify & collect the needs of Hubs.

• 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:

• You hold bachelor’s degree or above.

• You hold 3+years of relevant experience.

• A good sense of teamwork, honesty, responsibility and a strong proactive approach to task like identify & collect the needs of Hubs.

• Willingness to travel frequently within China and fluency in English both written and spoken.

More about us

We pride ourselves on offering a holistic range of competitive benefit programs to support your financial, physical and mental wellbeing and personal development. We want you to truly thrive with us – in work and out. For this role, depending on grade and experience, we offer the following employee benefits (subject to the respective plan rules) :

• Up to 30 days full paid leaves per year

• Flexible Benefit program (Supplementary Pensions included)

• Medical Insurance(outpatient and inpatient)

• Long service awards

• Flexible Working(subject to role)

Are you ready for an exciting new challenge? Does the above description sound like you? Welcome  Our selection process is continuous, and the position may be closed before the advertisement expires. So, if you are interested – don’t delay, apply today!  All other questions can be directed to Talent Acquisition Partner Cherry Zhang (Wechat: cherryzhang2023)

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