Factory Supply Chain Manager

Hitachi Vantara Corporation; Ludvika kommun; On-site; SEK 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy in Ludvika, Sweden seeks a Factory Supply Chain Manager to secure materials, optimize supplier partnerships, and drive performance across the supply chain for the Transformer Factory. This leadership role focuses on cost, delivery, and quality to support operations in a global energy transition.

You will lead a team, negotiate with key suppliers, ensure compliance, and collaborate with hub and category teams to align sourcing with business objectives.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as Supply Chain Leader, preferably in a heavy industry product assembly environment.
• Experience in operational procurement, transportation, and logistics as well as contract negotiations and supply performance improvement projects.
• Strong listening, communication and influencing skills to build trust with your team and stakeholders.
• Knowledge of ERP systems is advantageous.
• English required, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Be the primary factory responsible for strategic sourcing activities by ensuring material availability, delivery performance and cost competitiveness.
• Develop and lead a competent SCM team to support operations.
• Manage spend with short-term and medium-term sourcing strategies to meet targets on total cost of ownership, quality and reliability.
• Select, qualify, and classify suppliers; negotiate and sign contracts with key global and local suppliers.
• Ensure compliance with external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Apply SCM standards, tools, and processes to ensure business continuity.
• Collaborate with other functions and across similar factories on backlog execution, NPI, escalation cases and synergies.
• Implement sourcing strategy in the factory in line with PL/Hub; liaison with Hub/BU category teams to provide input to the category.

Skills

Supply chain leadership

Negotiation

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

English proficiency

Job description

Job Description

Are you a strategic supply chain leader who thrives in a fast-paced manufacturing environment? At Hitachi Energy, we're looking for a Factory Supply Chain Manager to join our Transformer Factory in Ludvika and play a key role in securing the materials, supplier partnerships, and supply chain performance that power our growing business.

This is an exciting opportunity for a collaborative and results‑driven leader who enjoys building strong relationships, leading change, and making a tangible impact in an international organization at the forefront of the energy transition. If you're passionate about people, supply chain excellence, and delivering business results, we would love to hear from you.

How you’ll make an impact

• Be the primary factory responsible for strategic sourcing activities by ensuring material availability, delivery performance and cost competitiveness.
• Develop and lead a competent, technically strong SCM team to support operations.
• Manage assigned spend with a short term and medium term sourcing strategy to meet targets on total cost of ownership, quality, and reliability of supplies.
• Select, qualify, and classify suppliers. Negotiate and sign contracts with key global suppliers and local suppliers.
• Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Apply SCM standards, tools, and processes to ensure business continuity.
• Collaborate with other functions and across similar factories on backlog execution, new product introduction, escalation cases and synergies.
• Implements the sourcing strategy in the factory in line PL/Hub. Own the factory liaison to the Hub/BU category teams in order to provide input to the category
• Control of material costs and lead times at tender stage. Measure gaps tender/actuals investigate on root causes and take adequate corrective/preventive measures.
• 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

• Proven experience as Supply Chain Leader, preferably in a heavy industry product assembly environment
• Experience in operational procurement, transportation, and logistics as well in contract negotiations and supply performance improvement projects
• As a leader you have good listening, communication & influencing skills to build trust with your team and different stakeholders
• Strong Collaborative skills and Non Silo working.
• You are inspirational, result-driven, and people-oriented, have a flair for business and like to work in a multi-cultural environment
• It is an advantage if you have knowledge of ERP systems
• English is required, both written and spoken.

More about us

Do you find this position interesting? Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, so don’t delay – apply today!

Questions regarding the position? Please contact [e-mail].