Procurement Specialist

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The Opportunity Are you passionate about supply chain excellence and creating impact through smart planning and procurement strategies? At Hitachi Energy, you'll play a key role in ensuring materials are available when and where they are needed, helping drive operational success while optimizing inventory, supplier performance, and customer satisfaction. In this role, you'll collaborate across a global value chain, partnering with suppliers, category managers, operations teams, and internal stakeholders to deliver reliable material flow and support business growth.

You'll have the opportunity to influence inventory strategies, drive continuous improvement initiatives, support cost-saving projects, and contribute to planning processes that keep our operations running efficiently. If you enjoy problem solving, analyzing data, building strong partnerships, and making informed decisions in a fast-paced environment, this is an exciting opportunity to grow your career with a global leader in sustainable energy solutions.

How You'll Make an Impact Manage Procure-to-Pay activities for assigned material portfolios. Ensure material availability to support forecasted demand and customer commitments. Develop and maintain inventory strategies, including safety stock, reorder points, lot sizing, and lead times in SAP. Partner with suppliers and internal teams to improve delivery performance, forecast alignment, and material planning. Analyze supplier quotations, bids, and pricing to identify optimal value opportunities.

Support Sales & Operations Planning activities and fulfillment strategies. Drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance inventory performance, packaging solutions, and supply chain efficiency. Assist with supplier negotiations, issue resolution, escalation management, and cost savings initiatives. Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines. Your Background Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Operations, Engineering, or a related field.

Up to 2 years of experience in purchasing, procurement, material planning, or supply chain operations. Experience with SAP or similar ERP systems, preferably within MM and PP modules. Strong Microsoft Excel and analytical skills with the ability to make data-driven decisions. Excellent communication and collaboration skills with a customer-focused mindset. Organized, proactive, and capable of driving projects while applying root cause analysis techniques.

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