Junior Buyer

Hitachi, Ltd.; Bengaluru; In loco; INR 700.000 - 1.100.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Hitachi, Ltd. Bengaluru invites a procurement professional to manage supplier identification, qualification, and contract alignment with policies. You will coordinate with category teams to negotiate terms, evaluate bids, and ensure ERP/SOP-aligned orders while maintaining global supplier relationships.

The role requires 2–3 years in procurement or supply chain, with basic SAP/Ariba knowledge and strong English communication skills. Bachelor's or postgraduate degree preferred.

Competenze

• Bachelor’s or postgraduate degree in any field.
• 2–3 years of experience in procurement, buying, or supply chain.
• Basic knowledge of SAP, Ariba, and Microsoft Office; good English.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English is required.

Mansioni

• Identify and qualify suppliers; coordinate with category teams.
• Negotiate agreements and renew pricelists for suppliers.
• Adapt contractual terms to local needs and support management decisions.
• Evaluate bids to determine best value within scope and policy.
• Ensure orders align with ERP/SOP and project requirements; manage supplier relationships.

Conoscenze

Procurement

Buyer

Supply Chain

English proficiency

Formazione

Bachelor's degree

Postgraduate degree

Strumenti

SAP

Ariba

Microsoft Office

Descrizione del lavoro

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.
• 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 yourcolleagues and the business.

Your Background:

• Bachelor’s degree or postgraduate degree in any field.
• Should have 2-3 of experience in Procurement, Buyer, Supply Chain.
• Basic Knowledge of SAP, Ariba, and Microsoft Package
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.