Category Specialist - HVDC ST

hitachi; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

HITACHI ENERGY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India seeks a Category Specialist to support global sourcing initiatives and translate category strategies into actionable plans. You will collaborate with project teams and internal stakeholders to ensure procurement aligns with business strategies and policies.

The role emphasizes engaging in Tendering-phase strategies, supplier management, and maintaining contracts in SAP Ariba, with a focus on driving savings and

Responsibilities

• Support strategic sourcing activities, in close alignment with the category manager; drive RFQs, RFPs for BRM and project execution, aiming to meet budget, quality and lead time defined in the strategy.
• Input information Pro-procure, update costs for project execution, against budget targets, in BRM (Bidding Review Protocol).
• Foster collaboration as ONE Hitachi Energy team and work with global SCM team to ensure goods and materials are procured on budget, on time and with quality.

Job description

Location

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Job ID

R0145461

Date Posted

2026-09-23

Company Name

HITACHI ENERGY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED

Profession (Job Category)

Customer Service & Contact Center Operations

Job Schedule

Full time

Remote

No

The opportunity

HVDC is looking for a Category Specialist to support the global sourcing initiatives, under collaboration with global category manager. Handle activities that require agility to transform category strategies into actions. Work collaboratively with Project team and other internal stakeholders, to ensure optimal business outcomes. Ensure that procurement activities are in accordance with the HVDC Business Strategies and with corporate purchasing policies and procedures. Category Specialists are expected to engage in projects and execute strategies defined during the Tendering phase. You are welcome into a growing team where you have a great opportunity to develop your own role in the company. Everyone has different skills and competencies, and we are interested to learn more about you and with what you can contribute.

How you'll make an impact

Support strategic sourcing activities, in close alignment with the category manager; drive RFQs, RFPs for BRM and project execution, aiming to meet budget, quality and lead time defined in the strategy. Control appropriate time response from suppliers and meet internal demands and schedules. Run benchmark studies, whenever required for specific sourcing initiatives.Support the implementation and management of a category strategy, delivering savings and efficiencies to the business, ensure that results of negotiations, quotations and proposals are aligned with strategy / project requirements - meet budget targets. Pursue saving targets.Issue proper quotation comparison / equalization map to support purchasing decision. Input information Pro-procure, update costs for project execution, against budget targets, in BRM (Bidding Review Protocol).Support on the development and maintenance of the category supply base, with focus on total cost, quality, lead time and capacity, to meet supply planning towards project deliveries. Care for the relationships with suppliers to ensure HVDC receives best value for money and continuous improvement over the life of contracts in specific categories of spend.Upload and maintain valid standard agreements / frame agreements and contracts in SAP Ariba, monitor expiration dates and inform CMs to engage in contracts updates and amendments.Ensure that our suppliers comply with the laws, regulations, standards, certificates, and directives that Hi-tachi Energy requires from their suppliers, support category related actions on qualification and audits process, as well as re-cover of supplier caused claim values, matching claims with reported OPQs related to Supplier Quality.Run regular supplier evaluations after deliveries, share supplier scorecards and reports to Category Man-agers and SCM leaders; initiate improvement projects when required. Issue the Purchase Request (RFP), Initiate Purchase Order (PO) process to CSS (Shared Service), according to the BRM (Bidding Review Protocol).Support, when needed, collecting Order Acknowledgments from suppliers. Foster collaboration as ONE Hitachi Energy team. Work together with global SCM team of category man-agers, transactional buyers, logistic planners, and supplier quality engineers and to ensure that the goods and material are procured, produced, and delivered on budget, on time and with quality to our project sites worldwide.Key role interacting with stakeholders in project execution, i.e., Engineering, project management and global SCM organization, coordinate, collaborate and support the Business in SCM related topics. Request, seek, elevate and communicate in a timely manner, establish clear and transparent communication internally, externally, and between different divisions, business units and functions and supports the implementation of SCM activities and initiatives.You will support Category Managers to develop Supplier base within your Categories, with focus on total cost, quality, lead-time and capacity to support for HVDC Yard Equipments in India and support around the world. You will design and implement supplier strategies in both the short and the long-term using market, cost and risk analyses, ensure that our suppliers comply with the laws, regulations, standards, certificates and directives that Hitachi Energy requires from their suppliers. We adhere towards project timelines so you will also be responsible to secure material procurement.You will support the development and implementation of regional/global sourcing strategies in close alignment with the regional/global Category leader, which involves Localization, Supplier development, Frame Agreement & Commercial Negotiation, PPAP, Dy