Team Manager - Sales & Tendering

Hitachi Energy; Chennai District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

None

Job summary

Hitachi Energy in Chennai, Tamil Nadu seeks a Lead for Sales Tendering to manage a diverse team supporting GIS AIS products and HV projects. You will drive standardization, coordinate with units, and guide performance and development for team members.

Ideal candidates have 12+ years in electrical HV contexts, with at least 5 years in tendering and 2 years in team leadership. Strong communication and stakeholder management are essential for success.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in sales tendering for GIS and HV projects.
• 2+ years leading a team or coordinating with external stakeholders.
• Excellent communication skills for cross-functional discussions.

Responsibilities

• As line Manager, lead the team and drive performance.
• Collaborate with units to align goals and develop talent.
• Coach team members and support career development.
• Monitor KPIs and ensure compliance with regulatory guidelines.
• Plan and hire resources; onboard and train new staff.
• Focus on behavioral development and knowledge sharing.
• Leverage best practices across teams and deploy learnings.
• Manage services-related financials: offers, PO follow-ups, invoicing, collections.
• Participate in continuous improvement activities and QMS.
• Uphold Hitachi Energy values of safety and integrity.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Stakeholder management

Team coaching

Education

Engineering degree (Electrical preferred)

Job description

The opportunity:

Lead a diverse group of Sales Tendering resources supporting different production operating units of GIS AIS products and HUBs. Drive standardization, best practice sharing and knowledge development for the team members to support all stakeholders.

How youll make an impact:

• As line Manager, is responsible for leading the team
• Collaborate closely with the respective units / counterparts, define and align on goals for each individual lead the Performance development discussions.
• Coach the team members and support their development to achieve business and their career goals.
• Regular connect with counterparts and responsible for monitoring maintaining the Key KPIs of INOPC for respective units.
• Proactively plan and hire the resources as required by units and also lead the efforts for onboarding and training till new resource is operational.
• Key focus on behavioral competence of the team members and further development.
• Leverage best practice learnings from other teams and support in horizontal deployment of learnings in other teams after alignment with units.
• Responsible for financials,related to services provided to various Units. (Offer submission, PO follow-up, invoice submission and payment collections)
• Active Participation in continuous improvement activities and QMS.
• Responsible for deliverableofcomplete team and able to work on complex tenders/projects (30-40%) as individual contributor. Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Living Hitachi Energys core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for yourcolleagues and the business

Your Background:

• Graduate in Engineering; Electrical engineering gets Preference with Minimum Experience of 12 years. HV Products Transformers depth technical knowledge.
• Must have 5 years of prior experience under Sales tendering in execution of GIS, Other HV products or Substation projects.
• Minimum 2 years of prior experience in working as Team Lead or Team manager and directly managing team external stakeholders is expected
• Should possess strong leadership skills and ability to align / agree and challenge decisions with stakeholders in the interest of the business and collaboration.
• Excellent communications skills and strong Ability to drive discussions to enable best collaboration with LPG.