Factory Supply Chain Manager | Guarulhos, Brazil

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; Guarulhos; On-site; BRL 150,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Ltd. seeks a senior SCM leader in Guarulhos, Brazil, to drive strategic sourcing, supplier negotiations, and cost reduction across direct and indirect spends. You will manage local/category spend, develop short- and mid-term sourcing strategies, and ensure timely material availability while meeting quality, cost, and reliability targets.

Fluent English required; Portuguese native preferred. The role requires collaboration with factory teams, SAP S/4HANA experience, and leadership

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and minimum 5 years leading teams.
• Advanced English required; Spanish a plus.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA and Lean Manufacturing or CPIM/CSCM is a plus.
• Proven leadership experience with at least 5 years managing teams.
• Full availability to work in Guarulhos, Brazil.
• Proficient in MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint).

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic sourcing to ensure material availability, delivery performance and cost competitiveness.
• Develop short- and mid-term sourcing strategies within the HUB to meet TCO, quality and reliability targets.
• Negotiate with suppliers and participate in fast-track RFQ processes.
• Translate local planning into SLAs with suppliers and monitor performance.
• Manage indirect spend and transportation; track cost savings and risk mitigation.
• Collaborate with factory/HUB teams and ensure compliance with Hitachi Energy standards.

Skills

Advanced English

Spanish

Leadership

Team management

Excel

PowerPoint

Microsoft Office

Lean Manufacturing

CPIM/CSCM

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration / Engineering / related field

MBA / Postgraduate degree

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

Job description

Be the primary factory responsible for strategic sourcing activities by ensuring material availability, de- livery performance and cost competitiveness. Review regularly the demand and supply balance to an- ticipate changes. Manage assigned spend with a short term and medium-term sourcing strategy to meet targets on total cost of ownership, quality, and reliability of supplies. Focus on materials as- signed data management control end to end from the sales bidding process to invoice payments. Col- laborate with factory and HUB stakeholders to support the undertakings, project implementation. Take the ultimate accountability and approval authority, and review and assure the quality of the team’s op- eration in accordance with PG, BU, and HUB regulations and procedures.

How you will make an impact:

Manage local or HUB allocated other direct spend (none categorized spend) in accordance to PG/BU instructions and guideline.

Support and Implement the HUB sourcing strategy in the factory by providing input (comple- menting P&F) to factory requirements to the RFx and margin improvement processes. Partici- pate by delegation in supplier negotiation if required.

Lead on fast track RFQ in line with factory requirements and category management input.

Translate local material planning and logistics requirements (MOQ, packaging, communication processes) into Service Level Agreement (SLA) with suppliers.

Engage actively in spend management for Indirect spend &services and transportation.

Accountable for material price and Terms & Conditions control throughout the value chain (from tender, ERP master data and oversees invoices control rules (tolerances, etc.)

Measure gaps tender/actuals jointly with Controlling, further investigate on root causes and take adequate corrective/preventive measures.

Improve on tender material costing and run tender specific negotiations where applicable.

Lead SCM activities related to order (sales order) execution by planning, assigning and exe- cuting tasks to secure availability and optimum costs.

For the SEOP cycle actively engage in providing input on critical material definition phase and material supply capabilities.

Lead/support the commodity hedging process in line with factory Controller.

Act promptly on issues escalated according to escalation matrix.

Own factory cost savings, cost avoidance, claim recovery reporting and SCM performance tracking according to PG/BU requirements.

Qualify all local assigned contractor's qualification (CCQP) according to procedures and regu- lation.

Conduct Supplier Performance Evaluations (SPE) for the HUB identified suppliers and for none categorized spend selected suppliers.

In agreement with the factory quality function and HUB Category Manager / SQE act as

2nd level supplier performance improvement owner. Recommend improvement measures to HUB and improve on non-category managed suppliers. Lead and escalat ...

Lead on assigned and all local managed suppliers for claim management to maximize com- pensation to Hitachi Energy and elevate as necessary.

Initiate, promote and support implementation of material cost cutting and risk mitigation pro- jects, preferably using Dynamic Evolution methodology.

Execute on SCM related local activities for R&D, DTV, New Product Introduction, and product cost improvement project. Support technology transfer projects and other agreed improvement measures. Propose and perform vs buy studies and run the SCM implementation of the related project.

Ensure that the area of responsibility is properly organized, staffed, skilled, and directed (with HRBP support).

Guide, motivate, and develop direct and indirect subordinates following HR policies, and coor- dinate talent management and succession planning within assigned area.

Responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable internal and external standards, procedures, and guideline.

Your background:

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Engineering, or a related field

Postgraduate degree or MBA is a plus

Advanced English (mandatory)

Spanish is a plus.

Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint

Experience with SAP S/4HANA

Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing or Supply Chain certifications (e.g., CPIM or CSCM) is a plus.

Proven experience of at least 5 years in team management and leadership.

Full availability to work in Guarulhos.

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.