Strategic Rail Procurement Manager

Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc.; København; Hybrid; DKK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid work

Pension

6 weeks holidays

Job summary

Hitachi Rail Denmark A/S is seeking a Procurement Manager to lead procurement strategy for rail and infrastructure projects, coordinating with engineering, legal, and finance to ensure supplier onboarding, technical compliance and timely delivery.

The role emphasizes ethical procurement, robust negotiation, and documentation discipline, with a flexible hybrid work setup (40/60 mix of home and office) in Denmark and a strong focus on governance and supplier performance.

Qualifications

• Procurement experience for rail, infrastructure, IT/OT, telecoms, electrical or construction packages.
• Strong negotiation, supplier evaluation, contract formation and procurement governance capability.
• Ability to translate technical and assurance needs into purchase obligations.
• Resilience and resistance to stress during urgent sourcing, supplier negotiations and delivery-critical awards.
• Ethical procurement discipline and transparency.
• More than 5 years in procurement/subcontract management on industrial or infrastructure delivery.

Responsibilities

• Prepare procurement strategy, bidder lists, RFQ/RFP packages, evaluation models, negotiation plans and award recommendations.
• Ensure procurement packages include technical requirements, documentation deliverables, acceptance criteria, HSE, quality, safety, cybersecurity, warranties, spares and support obligations.
• Coordinate procurement timing with engineering maturity, customer approvals, Project schedule and site readiness.
• Manage commercial clarifications, deviations, purchase orders/subcontracts and supplier onboarding with Supply Chain and Contract Management.
• Support supplier claims, changes, back charges and performance escalations with evidence and commercial records.
• Apply the Hitachi Code of Conduct in role-specific decisions, including ethical escalation, anti-bribery discipline, confidentiality, data protection, fair supplier/customer conduct and transparent records.
• Procurement strategy execution, subcontract management, vendor coordination and procurement compliance.
• Manages purchase and subcontract actions within approved procurement plan and delegation.
• Escalates vendor-performance issues.

Skills

Procurement

Negotiation

Supplier evaluation

Contract formation

Governance

Job description

Hitachi Rail Denmark A/S is seeking a Procurement Manager to lead procurement strategy for rail and infrastructure projects, coordinating with engineering, legal, and finance to ensure supplier onboarding, technical compliance and timely delivery.

The role emphasizes ethical procurement, robust negotiation, and documentation discipline, with a flexible hybrid work setup (40/60 mix of home and office) in Denmark and a strong focus on governance and supplier performance.