Supplier Quality Management Experienced Professional | Bengaluru, India

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Ltd. Bengaluru is seeking an experienced Supplier Quality Management Professional to lead material purchase requests, align with purchasing policies, and aid in supplier qualification alongside engineering specialists.

The role involves negotiating frame agreements, evaluating bids, and monitoring supplier performance to ensure on-time delivery and quality while complying with corporate procedures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or postgraduate degree in any field.
• 2–3 years of experience in Procurement, Buyer, or Supply Chain.
• Basic knowledge of SAP, Ariba and Microsoft Office.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English.

Responsibilities

• Executes material purchase requests according to technical specs, price, delivery and terms.
• Identifies new suppliers and supports supplier qualification with QA and Eng teams.
• Negotiates agreements and updates price lists and terms as needed.
• Analyzes bids to determine optimal value and supports bid/proposal teams with market data.
• Tracks deliveries, processes invoices, and ensures supplier performance.
• Ensures compliance with internal/external regulations and Hitachi Energy policies.

Skills

Procurement

Supply Chain

Buyer

English language proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree or postgraduate degree in any field

Tools

SAP

Ariba

Microsoft Office

Job description

Supplier Quality Management Experienced Professional

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.

Support bid and proposal teams by providing relevant market information within the area of responsibility.

Tracks goods received to verify appropriate delivery and ensure invoice processing as per available guidelines.

Oversees supplier performance (on time delivery, quality, lead time), and recommends solutions / resolves performance issues within the scope.

Initiates supply orders in the system, confirms delivery with suppliers, monitors and tracks supplier performance to purchase order requirements.

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.

Conduct 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 your colleagues and the busines.

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.

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. We welcome you to apply today.