Tender & Quotation Specialist | Chennai, India

Hitachi ABB Power Grids; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi ABB Power Grids is seeking a Senior Tendering specialist in Chennai to lead end-to-end tender lifecycles from RFQ to submission. You will coordinate with engineering, project management, SCM, legal, and contracts teams to develop cost-effective solutions aligned with customer requirements.

You will analyze risks, prepare competitive pricing, review technical data sheets, and ensure compliance with tender procedures while driving value for the organization in a dynamic energy market.

Qualifications

• Experience in preparing bids/estimations/quotations based on customer specifications/budget.
• Understanding of tender lifecycle from RFQ to submission and risk assessment.
• Knowledge of substation tenders, technical and commercial evaluation, and vendor offers.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end tender lifecycle with input from stakeholders.
• Collaborate with OU Tendering, engineering leads, project managers, SCM, and legal teams.
• Develop and review tender solutions, target pricing, and cost optimization.
• Ensure compliance with commercial terms and tender execution plans.

Skills

Tendering

Stakeholder management

Costing analysis

Negotiation skills

Electrical engineering

Education

Bachelor’s in Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Tools

Bid management tools

Job description

Tendering authority for all tenders with medium to high complexity. Create and complete bids/estimations/quotations based on end customer specification or customer requirements/budget in liaising with the Operating Unit’s Tendering team, having close collaboration with all the tendering stakeholders and taking full tender responsibility.

Coordinate with all the tendering stakeholders, OU Tendering team, Engineering Leads, Project managers, SCM, end customers, consultants, Contracts & legal team, HSE & Quality, etc. and provide required support in each Tender

How you’ll make an impact:

• Taking complete responsibility for the tenders prepared from IN Operation Center with appropriate input from the different stakeholders of the team in-line with organization tendering process seeking necessary inputs from the Operating Units tendering team.
• Understanding of Sales process, Sales tools & techniques, Market & Business Intelligence, Sales drive. Supporting sales strategy & facilitating capture team selling.
• Independently manages and handles end-to-end tender lifecycle (RFQ to submission). Leads complex tenders with winning strategy; Adhere to tender execution plan, risk/opportunity management, stakeholder alignment and negotiation.
• Knowledge in assessing the pre-qualification requirements and supporting the Sales team for Bid/No Bid decision
• Able to perform the complete tender costing and drive cost optimization
• Create and review Tender Solution Strategy. Target Pricing in discussion with Operating units
• Complete Understanding of Single line diagrams & Equipment arrangement layouts. Reviewing the proposals towards optimized and customized solutions for various substation tenders (AIS, GIS, Hybrid). Innovative ideas to prepare a cost-effective solution.
• Understanding of Power Conversion system, Static Frequency Converter, Medium Power STATCOM
• Technical data sheets verification of primary equipment. Knowledge of primary equipment, such as circuit breakers, disconnectors, earthing switches, instrument transformers, power transformers, etc with minimal support from Engineering team
• Collaborate with SCM having good understanding about strategic sourcing and do Vendor Offer evaluations. Finalize the tender sourcing plan appropriately.
• Understanding & its impact of all the commercial terms and conditions and able to mitigate the identified risks during tender stage.
• Analyze the risk probability & severity of the tenders from technical, commercial, contractual perspectives & drive the mitigation strategy liaising with the different disciplines. Should be handling the risk review process and getting approval from different management levels based on the tender volume & the risks involved
• Able to perform cash flow analysis for the tender and provide mitigations on the exposure if reqd.
• Review Cash flow documents and the inputs from Contracts & legal teams and take conclusive decisions during submissions.
• Directly responsible for the complete documentation for respective tenders as per the client requirement
• Handing over the awarded projects to the respective project managers.
• You will be 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 business.

Your background:

• Bachelor’s in electrical & Electronics Engineering, 8-12 years’ experiencein Tendering
• Knowledge of Hitachi Energy Products & System offerings
• Experience and skill to prepare and support Bid Process
• Knowledge in substation tendering and project engineering activities (technical & commercial)
• Individual contributors using in-depth knowledge in a specific area to execute complex or specialized tenders / challenges often thinking independently to challenge traditional solutions.
• Comprehensive knowledge of related disciplines in the organization.
• Works independently, applying established standards
• Dynamic and Proactive, willing to grow in the organization. High level of ownership
• Team player, ready to play the role across the different countries.

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.