SCM Specialist

Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc.; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc. is seeking an SCM Specialist to support global sourcing initiatives in Gurugram, Haryana. The role involves collaborating with project teams and ensuring procurement activities align with HVDC Business Strategies.

Key responsibilities include managing supplier relationships, driving RFQs and RFPs, and ensuring compliance with project budgets. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree related to Supply Chain Management and relevant experience in strategic sourcing and supplier evaluation.

Qualifications

• Experience in strategic sourcing activities with a focus on project execution.
• Ability to manage supplier relationships effectively and drive cost savings.
• Strong negotiation skills to align procurement activities with project strategies.

Responsibilities

• Support global sourcing initiatives and drive RFQs and RFPs.
• Control timely responses from suppliers and ensure compliance with budget targets.
• Run supplier evaluations and initiate improvement projects when necessary.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Supplier relationship management

Negotiation skills

Project coordination

Agility in procurement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management or related field

Tools

SAP Ariba

Job description

## SCM SpecialistApplyremote type: Onsitelocations: Gurugram, Haryana, Indiatime type: Full timeposted on: Posted 16 Days Agojob requisition id: R0093451**Location:**Gurugram, Haryana, India**Job ID:**R0093451**Date Posted:**2026-04-29**Company Name:**HITACHI ENERGY INDIA LIMITED**Profession (Job Category):**Customer Service & Contact Center Operations**Job Schedule:**Full time**Remote:**No**Job Description:****The opportunity**Support 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**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 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 Hitachi 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 Managers and SCM leaders; initiate improvement projects when required.* Issues the Purchase Request (RFP), Initiate purchase orders (PO) process to CSS, according to the BRM Protocol. Support, when needed, collecting Order Acknowledgments from suppliers* Foster collaboration as ONE Hitachi Energy team. Work together with global SCM team of category managers, 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, escalate and communicate in a timely manner. Establishes clear and transparent communication internally, externally, and between different divisions, business units and functions and supports the implementation of SCM activities and initiative.* 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.