Supply Chain Procurement Manager (12-Months Contract)

Hitachi Rail Limited; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Rail Singapore is recruiting a Supply Chain Procurement Manager for a 12-month contract. You will lead procurement and production activities, manage stakeholder communications, and drive cost, quality and schedule performance on complex rail projects.

The role focuses on defining industrial strategy, risk management, and the development of initial project plans during bids and demand phases, with strong emphasis on supplier coordination and dashboards.

Responsibilities

• Participates in the definition of the industrial strategy plan and budget for industrial activities, including procurement and production.
• Monitors and maintains the EAC / ETC file; reports variations; prepares dashboards.
• Identify risks and opportunities of the project; define mitigation plans to improve offers and profitability.
• Bring innovation and value to the business and proposed technical solutions to meet customer requirements.
• Coordinate a network of Category Managers and suppliers to ensure best response in cost, quality and schedule.
• Create the initial Project Plan during bid/demand phase including milestones, activities, resources and features to deliver.
• Manage all project stakeholders; ensure strong communications and adherence to internal processes.
• Plan and forecast the project.

Job description

About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into. And that’s where you come in.

About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into. And that’s where you come in.

Job Description:

As Hitachi Rail Singapore, we are advancing rail signalling and safety solutions to ensure safe and efficient railway operations worldwide.

Our technologies help to bring billions of people reliably to their destinations by rail every year – making sustainable mobility a reality.

Supply Chain Procurement Manager (12-Months Contract) (Ref.No. R0144910)

at our location in Singapore

You will enjoy having these responsibilities:

• Participates to the definition of the industrial strategy plan and elaborates the budget of the industrial activities and is accountable for of all activities to do with the management of the physical and related information flows. That includes the preparation, planning and execution of procurement and production activities.
• Monitors and maintains the EAC / ETC file on regular basis. Report to all stakeholders when variations are observed. Prepare dashboards.
• Identify associated Risks and Opportunities of the project defining possible mitigation plans, improving competitiveness in our Offers and profitability in our Projects.
• Bring innovation / added value to the business and to the proposed technical solutions to comply with customer requirements.
• Coordinate a network of Category Managers and the suppliers involved to give the best possible response from Procurement standpoint (focusing on cost, quality and compliance with Project schedule) according to the business needs.
• Creation of the initial Project Plan during the bid or “Demand” phase of the lifecycle through requirement capture, work definition, estimating and scheduling that will include all Milestones, activities, resources and any other feature that will require to be delivered.
• Manage all project stakeholders; ensuring strong communications are established, maintained and they comply with the relevant internal processes.
• Plan and forecast the project