SCM Tender Specialist - Grid Automation

Hitachi ABB Power Grids; India; On-site; INR 1,600,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy in India is seeking a Tender SCM professional to lead supply chain activities during tender and bid phases. You will develop sourcing strategies, prepare cost estimates, issue RFQs, evaluate offers, and finalize supplier selection to enable project wins.

With 8–10 years of experience in tender SCM or bid management, you will partner with Sales, Engineering and Category Management, ensuring compliant inputs and timely tender delivery across complex product projects.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of experience in Tender SCM, Strategic Sourcing or Bid Management.
• Experience in project-based businesses with complex products.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365.
• Tender and bid SCM knowledge.
• Strategic sourcing and supplier negotiation.
• Cost analysis and commercial evaluation.
• Strong cross-functional communication.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with attention to detail.
• Additional languages are an advantage.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain cost databases for repetitive spend, standard products, and services.
• Conduct monthly tender list reviews with Sales and SCM to determine tender support requirements.
• Participate in tender kick-off meetings and review SCM-related critical inputs such as scope of work, competition overview, contractual conditions, and work package structures.
• Develop tender budgets, target prices, and timelines.
• Align tender sourcing strategy with Category Management.
• Prepare preliminary tender sourcing plans and review with the Bid Manager.
• Coordinate with Engineering, Quality, and Category Management to ensure complete scope coverage.
• Issue RFQs, evaluate supplier offers, and conduct commercial and lead-time analysis.
• Negotiate pricing and terms based on tender budgets, procurement data, and cost analysis.
• Finalize supplier selection and pricing for tender submission.
• Review Final Cost Models (FCM) for completeness and accuracy.
• Provide SCM inputs to tender risk reviews and management presentations.
• Maintain MIS reports and track tender-related KPIs including TCI.
• Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.

Skills

Tender SCM knowledge

Strategic sourcing

Bid management

Cost analysis

Supplier negotiation

Cross-functional communication

Multi-priority management

English proficiency

Tools

Microsoft Office 365

Job description

The Tender SCM professional is responsible for leading and executing supply chain activities during the tender and bid phase. The role supports Sales and Bid Management by developing sourcing strategies, preparing cost estimates, managing RFQs, negotiating with suppliers, and ensuring competitive, accurate, and compliant commercial inputs to enable successful project wins.

How you’ll make an impact

• Prepare and maintain cost databases for repetitive spend, standard products, and services
• Conduct monthly tender list reviews with Sales and SCM to determine tender support requirements
• Participate in tender kick-off meetings and review SCM-related critical inputs such as scope of work, competition overview, contractual conditions, and work package structures
• Develop tender budgets, target prices, and timelines
• Align tender sourcing strategy with Category Management
• Prepare preliminary tender sourcing plans and review with the Bid Manager
• Coordinate with Engineering, Quality, and Category Management to ensure complete scope coverage
• Issue RFQs, evaluate supplier offers, and conduct commercial and lead-time analysis
• Negotiate pricing and terms based on tender budgets, procurement data, and cost analysis
• Finalize supplier selection and pricing for tender submission
• Review Final Cost Models (FCM) for completeness and accuracy
• Provide SCM inputs to tender risk reviews and management presentations
• Maintain MIS reports and track tender-related KPIs including TCI
• 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

• Minimum 8-10 years of experience in Tender SCM, Strategic Sourcing, or Bid Management
• Experience in project-based businesses with complex products
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365
• Tender and bid SCM knowledge
• Strategic sourcing and supplier negotiation
• Cost analysis and commercial evaluation
• Strong cross-functional communication
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with attention to detail
• Additional languages are an advantage
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required

We are a global leader in electrification, powering the electricity era to meet the energy demands of today, and the next 25 years. As the energy arm of Hitachi Group, over three billion people depend on our pioneering, mission-critical technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century of innovation, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time: driving the evolution of the world’s energy system to ensure abundant, secure, affordable, and sustainable power for today’s generation and the next.

With an unparalleled installed base in over 140 countries, we are the grid ecosystem partner across the utility, industry, data center, and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 56,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $20 billion USD.