CPQ Customer Portal Specialist

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; Chennai; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Technology Services Private Limited in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, seeks a CPQ Customer Portal Specialist to configure, maintain, and support CPQ portals for customers and sales teams. You will ensure accurate product views, pricing logic, and seamless quotes, working with CPQ, IT, and sales to drive efficient portal operations.

The role focuses on portal usability, data alignment with CPQ back-end systems, testing, and continuous improvement for CTO/ETO environments, with 5–8

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Digital Systems, or a related discipline.
• 5–8 years of experience in customer portal management, CPQ support, or digital sales platforms.
• Experience working with CPQ tools, customer portals, or sales configurators.
• Strong understanding of configuration flows, pricing visibility, and customer journey design.
• Experience supporting Configure-to-Order (CTO) and/or Engineer-to-Order (ETO) environments is an advantage.
• Working knowledge of CPQ integrations and data handover concepts.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional and global teams.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.

Responsibilities

• Configure and maintain CPQ customer portals, including product views, configuration flows, and user access.
• Ensure portal configurations accurately reflect CPQ products, rules, pricing logic, and availability.
• Maintain content, layouts, forms, and guided selling flows within the customer portal.
• Implement approved changes and enhancements in line with CPQ governance.
• Ensure an intuitive and consistent customer and sales user experience across portal journeys.
• Troubleshoot portal-related issues impacting configuration, pricing display, or submission flows.
• Act as a subject-matter expert for customer portal behavior and dependencies.
• Ensure seamless interaction between customer portals and CPQ backend systems.
• Validate correct data handover between portal, CPQ, and downstream systems where applicable.
• Support alignment of portal logic with Sales BOM (SBOM) and quotation outputs.
• Perform functional testing and regression testing for portal changes and releases.
• Support System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for portal enhancements.
• Ensure portal updates do not negatively impact existing CPQ configurations or order flows.
• Analyze and resolve portal-related issues raised by customers, sales, or internal stakeholders.
• Coordinate with CPQ, IT, and platform teams to ensure timely resolution.
• Perform root-cause analysis and support permanent fixes.
• Maintain portal configuration documentation, user guidance, and support notes.
• Create and update how-to guides, FAQs, and release notes related to portal functionality.
• Support knowledge transfer to internal teams and stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to improve portal usability, performance, and adoption.
• Proactively highlight gaps, risks, or enhancement opportunities in portal design or flow.
• Contribute to standardization and best practices for CPQ customer portals.

Job description

Job Description:

Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Company Name: HITACHI ENERGY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED

Profession (Job Category): Sales, Marketing & Product Management

Job Schedule: Full time

Remote: No

Job Title: CPQ Customer Portal Specialist

Role Summary

The CPQ Customer Portal Specialist is responsible for the configuration, maintenance, and operational support of CPQ customer‑facing portals that enable customers and sales teams to configure products, view quotations, and submit requests digitally.

The role ensures that the customer portal experience is stable, user‑friendly, and aligned with CPQ backend logic, pricing rules, and order processes. Working closely with sales, CPQ teams, IT, and stakeholders, this role focuses on portal setup, issue resolution, enhancements, and continuous improvement to support seamless customer interaction with CPQ solutions.

Job Responsibilities

Customer Portal Configuration & Maintenance

• Configure and maintain CPQ customer portals, including product views, configuration flows, and user access.
• Ensure portal configurations accurately reflect CPQ products, rules, pricing logic, and availability.
• Maintain content, layouts, forms, and guided selling flows within the customer portal.
• Implement approved changes and enhancements in line with CPQ governance.

User Experience & Functional Support

• Ensure an intuitive and consistent customer and sales user experience across portal journeys.
• Troubleshoot portal‑related issues impacting configuration, pricing display, or submission flows.
• Act as a subject‑matter expert for customer portal behavior and dependencies.

Integration & Data Alignment

• Ensure seamless interaction between customer portals and CPQ backend systems.
• Validate correct data handover between portal, CPQ, and downstream systems where applicable.
• Support alignment of portal logic with Sales BOM (SBOM) and quotation outputs.

Testing, Validation & Quality Assurance

• Perform functional testing and regression testing for portal changes and releases.
• Support System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for portal enhancements.
• Ensure portal updates do not negatively impact existing CPQ configurations or order flows.

Issue Resolution & Operational Support

• Analyze and resolve portal‑related issues raised by customers, sales, or internal stakeholders.
• Coordinate with CPQ, IT, and platform teams to ensure timely resolution.
• Perform root‑cause analysis and support permanent fixes.

Documentation & Knowledge Management

• Maintain portal configuration documentation, user guidance, and support notes.
• Create and update how‑to guides, FAQs, and release notes related to portal functionality.
• Support knowledge transfer to internal teams and stakeholders.

Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve portal usability, performance, and adoption.
• Proactively highlight gaps, risks, or enhancement opportunities in portal design or flow.
• Contribute to standardization and best practices for CPQ customer portals.

Your Background

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Digital Systems, or a related discipline.
• 5–8 years of experience in customer portal management, CPQ support, or digital sales platforms.
• Experience working with CPQ tools, customer portals, or sales configurators.
• Strong understanding of configuration flows, pricing visibility, and customer journey design.
• Experience supporting Configure‑to‑Order (CTO) and/or Engineer‑to‑Order (ETO) environments is an advantage.
• Working knowledge of CPQ integrations and data handover concepts.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across cross‑functional and global teams.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.

Accessibility and reasonable accommodation

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Background Screening and Security Checks

As part of the hiring process, Hitachi Energy conducts pre-employment background checks that may include verification of employment history, education, criminal records, and other relevant information, in accordance with applicable laws.

For certain roles—particularly those involving access to sensitive information, financial responsibilities, client data, regulated environments, or security-sensitive functions—additional or more comprehensive background or security screenings may be required. These may include, but are not limited to, enhanced criminal history checks, credit history reviews (where legally permissible), sanctions screening, or other due diligence measures aligned with the responsibilities of the position.

The scope and depth of any background or security review will be determined based on the nature of the role and business necessity, and will always be conducted in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Candidates will be notified and, where required, asked to provide consent prior to the initiation of any such checks.