Junior Buyer

hitachi; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

HITACHI ENERGY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED in Bengaluru seeks a Procurement Specialist to manage material purchase requests, ensuring alignment with specs, price, and delivery while following policy standards.

You will identify suppliers, support negotiations, monitor deliveries, and track supplier performance to meet project requirements. Fluency in English and 1–3 years of experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Graduate or postgraduate degree required.
• 1 to 3 years of experience in procurement or sourcing.
• Basic knowledge of SAP, Ariba, and ERP systems.
• Strong analytical, communication and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Executes material purchase requests according to specs, price, delivery and terms.
• Identifies new suppliers and coordinates qualification with Supplier Quality and Engineering.
• Negotiates supplier agreements and updates price lists and terms.
• Tracks deliveries and ensures invoice processing per guidelines.
• Monitors supplier performance and resolves issues.
• Aligns orders with customer requirements in ERP/SOP contexts.
• Complies with external and internal regulations and Hitachi policies.

Skills

Presentation skills

Business acumen

Time management

Organization skills

English proficiency

Education

Graduate or Postgraduate degree

Tools

SAP

Ariba

JAGGAER

MS Office

Job description

Location:

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Job ID:

R0101710

Date Posted:

2025-07-29

Company Name:

HITACHI ENERGY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED

Profession (Job Category):

Customer Service & Contact Center Operations

Job Schedule:

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

The opportunity:

Executes material purchase requests, according to required technical specification, price, delivery schedule and terms. Ensure purchasing activities align with corporate purchasing policies and procedures under supervision.

How you’ll make an impact:

• Recommends / supports in Identifying new suppliers and coordinates with relevant category team. Follows the process to qualify new suppliers in cooperation with Supplier Quality and Engineering specialists.

• Supports in negotiating agreements with main suppliers, and periodically renews pricelists, terms and conditions and feeds back recommendations for appropriate actions.

• Adapts corporate contractual framework to the local business needs. Recommends frame agreements to management, ensures approved contractual terms in execution.

• Analyses and evaluates bids within the scope, in order to determine the optimal value.

• Supports bid and proposal teams by providing relevant market information within the area of responsibility.

• Tracks goods received to verify appropriate delivery and ensure invoice processing as per available guidelines.

• Oversees supplier performance (on time delivery, quality, lead time), and recommends solutions / resolves performance issues within the scope.

• Initiates supply orders in the system, confirms delivery with suppliers, monitors and tracks supplier performance to purchase order requirements.

• Aligns supplier orders with customer requirements (based on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)/project requirements) in terms of content, quality, delivery, sustainability and price.

• Conducts all Supply Chain activities for all goods and services in accordance with policies and procedures. Ensures Pro-Supply global supplier relationship management platform is kept updated as defined in Pro-Supply procedure within the scope of activities.

• Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.

• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background:

• Graduate or postgraduate degree in any fields.

• 1 to 3 years of experience.

• Basic Knowledge of SAP, Ariba, and Microsoft Package.

• JAGGAER tool experience preferred.

• Computer skills, analytical & creative mind.

• Presentation skills with attention to details.

• Business skills, decision-making and problem-solving skills.

• Time management and organization skills.

• This role has day shift from Sunday to Thursday for supporting MEA Cluster.

• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.