SCM TT&L Transport & Logistics Specialist

Hitachi Energy; Chennai District; On-site; INR 2,200,000 - 3,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy India Operations Center (INOPC) seeks an Inventory Management Lead to drive data accuracy and stock optimisation across global operations. You will standardise processes, partner with GA Hubs and GPGs to forecast, validate budgets and lead_TT&L cost-reduction initiatives ensuring governance and compliance.

Requirements include a bachelor’s degree in engineering and a minimum of five years in supply chain management, with strong cross‑functional collaboration and SAP knowledge.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, supply chain management, logistics, business administration or related field.
• Minimum five years’ experience in supply chain, transport, logistics or related operational environment.
• Experience in cross-functional or global organizations and ability to collaborate across geographies.
• Knowledge of SAP or similar enterprise systems desirable.
• Fluent English with strong written and verbal skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation of GA SCM TT&L strategy with internal stakeholders and align with global policies and governance.
• Partner with GA Hubs and Global Product Groups to consolidate volume data and validate budgets and planning assumptions.
• Act as liaison with TT&L Center of Expertise and coordinate initiatives across GA.
• Monitor TT&L CoE performance and drive corrective actions and improvements.
• Drive standardisation, process harmonisation and supplier consolidation across hubs and GPGs.
• Identify opportunities to support TT&L cost reduction and ensure alignment with KPIs.
• Communicate regulatory changes and compliance requirements; address escalation gaps.
• Collaborate with other Business Units to exchange knowledge and best practices.

Skills

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or相关

Five years in supply chain management

Cross-functional collaboration

SAP or enterprise systems knowledge

Fluent English

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

SAP

Job description

The Hitachi Energy Indian Operations Center (INOPC) is a competence centre with around 2600+ skilled engineers who focus on tendering, engineering, planning, procurement, project Management, functional system testing, installation supervision, documentation and commissioning. However, over the last decade, it has evolved to become the largest Operations hub. The India Operations Centre team at Chennai, Bangalore and Gurugram supports Hitachi Energy’s units in more than 40 countries across a wide portfolio of all the four business units in Hitachi Energy To date, the team has executed engineering and commissioning for projects in more than 80 countries.The Inventory Management Lead will play a vital role in ensuring effective inventory control and data accuracy across global operations. By collaborating with internal teams and stakeholders, this role will focus on minimizing excess inventory, standardising processes and improving data integrity within the organisation. The Inventory Management Lead will provide actionable insights optimise stock utilisation and drive alignment across plants worldwide contributing to operational efficiency and strategic business objectives.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• Lead the implementation of the GA SCM TT&L strategy in collaboration with internal stakeholders, ensuring alignment with global policies, processes, systems and the defined governance model.
• Partner with GA Hubs and Global Product Groups (GPGs) to consolidate volume data and validate GA TT&L budget forecasts, targets and planning assumptions.
• Act as the key liaison with the TT&L Center of Expertise (CoE), reviewing centrally managed initiatives and coordinating their effective implementation within GA.
• Monitor TT&L CoE service-level performance and drive corrective actions or improvement initiatives where required.
• Track GA SCM TT&L initiatives in close alignment with the TT&L CoE, ensuring progress, risks and dependencies are clearly visible.
• Drive standardisation, process harmonisation and supplier consolidation across GA Hubs and GPGs.
• Engage GA Hubs and GPGs to identify develop and consolidate a pipeline of opportunities supporting delivery of the GA TT&L cost reduction (CR) and cost avoidance (CA) plan; conduct regular reviews to monitor progress against targets.
• Act as a change agent by building awareness supporting stakeholder engagement and enabling the successful rollout of new TT&L projects, tools and processes.
• Provide regular and ad hoc updates on TT&L topics, regulatory changes and compliance requirements; identify address or escalation gaps to ensure GA remains compliant.
• Collaborate with counterparts across other Business Units to exchange knowledge benchmark performance and implement relevant best practices.
• Represent GA in relevant workshops and provide input on GA forecasts performance and annual TT&L budget planning.
• Support best-in-class delivery against Hitachi Energy KPIs, including maintaining accurate purchasing information records (PIRs), such as material weights and country of origin data.
• Undertake additional responsibilities as required to support the team and evolving business priorities.

Your Background

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, supply chain management, logistics, business administration or a related discipline.
• Minimum of five years’ relevant experience in supply chain management transport trade logistics procurement or a related operational environment.
• Experience working in cross-functional matrixed or global organisations with the ability to collaborate effectively across business units functions and geographies.
• Knowledge of SAP or similar enterprise systems is desirable.
• Fluent English, with strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong commercial awareness, with an understanding of regulatory and compliance requirements or a willingness to develop this expertise.
• Excellent communication stakeholder management negotiation and influencing skills.
• Proactive and accountable with a strong sense of ownership and the ability to drive topics forward independently.
• Structured collaborative and results-oriented with the ability to manage priorities and deliver outcomes in a dynamic environment.
• Analytical and solutions-focused with strong problem-solving capability and attention to detail.
• Comfortable working across cultures and countries with a mindset that supports collaboration continuous improvement and change adoption.

Publication date : 2026-09-18