Global FM Category Manager: Strategic Sourcing

Hitachi; Piemonte; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and incentives

Well-being and care

Paid and unpaid leave

Flexible work options

Benefits supporting financial security

Job summary

Hitachi is seeking a Senior Global FM Sourcing Manager to shape the strategy for hard and soft facility management services across a multinational footprint. You will drive cost optimization, supplier performance, and innovative FM technologies while aligning with Real Estate, HSE, Finance and Legal to deliver value and resilience.

This strategic, cross-functional role anchors our facilities capability on a data-driven foundation and requires collaboration across multiple countries and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• At least 8 years of strategic sourcing or category management experience.
• Proven experience with facility service categories across multiple sites/countries.
• Strong commercial, analytical, project management and stakeholder leadership skills.
• Fluent English (written and spoken); additional languages a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the global category strategy for hard and soft FM categories.
• Lead procurement for Integrated Facility Management (IFM) services across multiple countries.
• Analyze spend, demand, markets, costs, risks, and FM/IFM technologies.
• Manage complex multi-country sourcing from market engagement through contracting and implementation.
• Drive cost optimization, supplier consolidation, and total cost of ownership improvements.
• Oversee supplier performance with scorecards, QBRs, and improvement plans.
• Establish commercial models, scopes of work, KPIs, SLAs and continuous-improvement commitments.
• Ensure supplier compliance with HSE, regulatory, and contractual requirements.
• Promote innovation using AI, IoT, Robotics, CAFM/CMMS, energy management and analytics.
• Present strategies and results to senior stakeholders.
• Apply Continuous Improvement Process Sourcing (CIPS) to align supplier capability with business needs.
• Ensure ongoing HSE, regulatory and quality compliance in supplier relationships.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Category management

Supplier management

Stakeholder leadership

Analytical mindset

Project management

Influence across functions

Fluent English

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Job description

Hitachi is seeking a Senior Global FM Sourcing Manager to shape the strategy for hard and soft facility management services across a multinational footprint. You will drive cost optimization, supplier performance, and innovative FM technologies while aligning with Real Estate, HSE, Finance and Legal to deliver value and resilience.

This strategic, cross-functional role anchors our facilities capability on a data-driven foundation and requires collaboration across multiple countries and