Strategic Rail Procurement Manager (Hybrid)

Hitachi, Ltd.; København; Hybrid; DKK 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Pension

6 weeks holidays

Canteen

Job summary

Hitachi Rail is seeking a Procurement Manager to lead procurement strategy and supplier coordination for rail and infrastructure projects. You will work within a four-level governance model, managing tenders, supplier onboarding, and award decisions while ensuring compliance with HSE, quality, cybersecurity, and contractual obligations.

Success requires more than 5 years in procurement/subcontract management in industrial projects, with strong negotiation and governance capabilities.

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement for rail, infrastructure, IT/OT, telecoms, electrical or construction packages.
• Strong negotiation and supplier evaluation capabilities.
• Ability to translate technical needs into purchase obligations.

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

Negotiation

Supplier evaluation

Procurement governance

Industrial procurement

Job description

Hitachi Rail is seeking a Procurement Manager to lead procurement strategy and supplier coordination for rail and infrastructure projects. You will work within a four-level governance model, managing tenders, supplier onboarding, and award decisions while ensuring compliance with HSE, quality, cybersecurity, and contractual obligations.

Success requires more than 5 years in procurement/subcontract management in industrial projects, with strong negotiation and governance capabilities.