SCM TT&L Transport & Logistics Specialist

Hitachi, Ltd.; Chennai District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy’s India Operations Center seeks an Inventory Management Lead to optimize stock, standardize processes, and improve data integrity across global operations. You will collaborate with internal teams, drive data-driven insights, and focus on minimizing excess inventory while aligning with strategic business objectives.

The role requires experience in supply chain management, cross-functional collaboration, and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, supply chain management, logistics, or related field.
• Minimum of five years’ experience in supply chain, logistics, procurement or related operational environments.
• Experience working in cross-functional, global organizations across geographies.
• Fluent English with strong written and verbal communication.
• Strong commercial awareness with regulatory and compliance understanding.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, negotiation and influencing skills.
• Proactive, accountable with ownership and ability to drive topics forward independently.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation of the GA SCM TT&L strategy with internal stakeholders, ensuring alignment with global policies and governance.
• Consolidate volume data with GA Hubs and Global Product Groups (GPGs) and validate budget forecasts and planning assumptions.
• Act as liaison with TT&L CoE, coordinating initiatives and ensuring effective implementation within GA.
• Monitor TT&L CoE service levels and drive corrective actions or improvements as needed.
• Track TT&L initiatives with clear visibility of progress, risks and dependencies.
• Drive standardization, process harmonization and supplier consolidation across GA Hubs and GPGs.
• Identify and develop a pipeline of opportunities supporting TT&L cost reduction and avoidance; review progress regularly.
• Act as change agent by building awareness and enabling rollout of TT&L projects, tools and processes.
• Provide updates on TT&L topics, regulatory changes and compliance requirements; address gaps to ensure compliance.
• Collaborate with other Business Units to exchange knowledge and apply best practices.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

SAP knowledge

Fluent English

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Change management

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Project management

Commercial awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Tools

SAP

Job description

The opportunity:

The Hitachi Energy Indian Operations Center (INOPC) is a competence center 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, standardizing processes, and improving data integrity within the organization. The Inventory Management Lead will provide actionable insights, optimize stock utilization, 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 standardi zation, process harmoni zation 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 organizations, 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.