Tender Specialist 80-100% (f/m/d)

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; Schweiz; Hybrid; EUR 95,000 - 137,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Ltd. seeks an experienced Tender Specialist to strengthen the Global Competence Center Power Conversion. You will craft competitive bids, estimates, and quotations, coordinating with an interdisciplinary team and external partners to meet global customer needs.

Fluency in English and German is required, with travel about 15%. The role supports Power Conversion Solutions within Grid Integration, contributing to sustainable energy and grid performance worldwide.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a relevant subject.
• Experience in bid management or sales support.
• Fluency in English and German; other languages a plus.
• Willingness to travel approximately 15% of working time.

Responsibilities

• Understand and empathize with Customer requirements and needs during the acquisition phase.
• Shape innovative sales strategies, selecting winning solutions both commercially and technically.
• Collaborate and coordinate internal and external stakeholders internationally to ensure timely and accurate tender documents. Your attention to detail will be crucial in presenting compelling proposals.
• Prepare comprehensive, timely, and technically sound commercial offers.
• Ensure seamless integration of Supplier offers risk assessment, mitigation strategies, and tender completeness.
• Bid presentation and technical support during customer meetings.
• Successfully transition negotiated projects to the project execution and engineering departments.

Skills

Bid management

Sales support

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree

Tools

MS Office

ERP systems

Job description

Are you ready to take your career to the next level? We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic, and highly motivated self-driven tender specialist to strengthen the Global Competence Center Power Conversion team part of Power Grids Grid Integration Business Unit.

In this position you are responsible for tendering the Grid Integration portfolio with focus on Power Conversion (Static Frequency System Applications) Solutions. Your role is to create competitive bids, estimates, and quotations for our innovative solutions. You'll work closely with an interdisciplinary team and external partners to ensure that we offer the best solutions to meet our customers' needs around the globe.

With a pioneering technology-leading offering, Hitachi Energy’s Power Conversion Solutions support the green energy transition with solutions that bring resilience, stability and increased capacity to the power grid and consumers. As a result, more renewable energy sources can be integrated, environmental impacts minimized and lower the risk of disruption in the grid.

At Hitachi Energy, we value our people as our greatest asset, as we leverage diverse thoughts, backgrounds, and experiences to foster a culture of innovation and collaboration. With our skilled and global project teams, we are there to support our customers worldwide to meet their sustainable goals, paving the way for a more sustainable, flexible, and secure energy system. Join our team!

We offer an exciting opportunity for a passionate person in a dynamic environment who also likes to work hands on.

How you´ll make an impact

• Understand and empathize with Customer requirements and needs during the acquisition phase
• Shape innovative sales strategies, selecting winning solutions both commercially and technically
• Collaborate and coordinate internal and external stakeholders internationally to ensure timely and accurate tender documents. Your attention to detail will be crucial in presenting compelling proposals.
• Prepare comprehensive, timely, and technically sound commercial offers
• Ensure seamless integration of Supplier offers risk assessment, mitigation strategies, and tender completeness
• Bid presentation and technical support during customer meetings.
• Successfully transition negotiated projects to the project execution and engineering departments

Your background

• You have previous experience in bid management, sales support, project management or similar.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a relevant subject
• Fluency in English and German. Proficiency in other languages would be an advantage
• You have great communication skills and the wish to collaborate in a dynamic and multicultural environment
• Experience in Power Electronics, MC Frequency Converters, Power Quality applications, or Grid Integration is desirable
• Skilled in collaborating within cross-functional, cross-border teams, while embracing flexible working arrangements
• Openness to travel approximately 15% of your working time

More about us

Join us on this exciting journey as a Tender specialist and contribute to shaping the future of power electronics solutions. We look forward to receiving applications from a diverse range of candidates who share our commitment to innovation and excellence.

We are a global leader in electrification, powering the electricity era to meet the energy demands of today, and the next 25 years. As the energy arm of Hitachi Group, over three billion people depend on our pioneering, mission-critical technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century of innovation, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time: driving the evolution of the world’s energy system to ensure abundant, secure, affordable, and sustainable power for today’s generation and the next.

With an unparalleled installed base in over 140 countries, we are the grid ecosystem partner across the utility, industry, data center, and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 56,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $20 billion USD.