Global FM Category Manager - Strategic Sourcing & Innovation

Hitachi; Pistoia; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary & incentives

Well-being programs

Leave options

Flexible work options

Financial security benefits

Job summary

Hitachi is seeking a senior procurement leader to shape global sourcing for facility services across a multinational footprint. You will collaborate with Real Estate, Facility Management, HSE, Finance and Legal to optimize service delivery and supplier performance.

You’ll lead multi-country sourcing, drive value through standardization and continuous improvement, and champion innovative FM technologies in a data-driven foundation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field is required.
• 8+ years of strategic sourcing or category management experience across multiple sites/countries.
• Strong understanding of hard and soft FM services and supplier delivery structures.
• Proven track record in global category strategy, tendering, contract negotiation and supplier performance management.
• Experience in industrial/manufacturing/energy environments; commercial/analytical/project management skills; able to influence across functions and levels.

Responsibilities

• 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

Fluent English

Stakeholder leadership

Analytical mindset

Strategic sourcing

Category management

Influence across functions

Project management

Cross-country procurement

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

CAFM/CMMS

Job description

Hitachi is seeking a senior procurement leader to shape global sourcing for facility services across a multinational footprint. You will collaborate with Real Estate, Facility Management, HSE, Finance and Legal to optimize service delivery and supplier performance.

You’ll lead multi-country sourcing, drive value through standardization and continuous improvement, and champion innovative FM technologies in a data-driven foundation.