Global Operations & Procurement Strategy Lead

Hitachi - Vantara; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

Hitachi Vantara seeks a senior Operations professional to own business operations, procurement, and supply chain for a global solutions team. You will manage demand, inventory, budgeting, and forecasting, while delivering ERP-driven reporting and dashboards to leadership.

Responsibilities include end-to-end purchasing, contract administration, and driving process improvements across the GSX/Operations & PMO organization. Strong ERP and BI skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in business operations, supply chain, procurement, or operations finance.
• Hands-on sourcing, supplier negotiation, purchase orders, contract administration, and inventory planning.
• Strong ERP and financial planning knowledge with KPI reporting experience.
• Experience with Oracle/NetSuite/SAP or equivalent ERP platforms.

Responsibilities

• Run purchasing end to end: requisitions, quotes, supplier selection, price/terms, orders, contracts.
• Own supply chain end to end: coordinate demand, inventory, fulfillment, and delivery.
• Plan and manage the financials: build budgets, forecast, and analyze variances/margin impact.
• Build revenue and margin dashboards; provide solution-level reporting and data quality improvements.
• Prepare data for monthly business reviews and automate recurring reports.

Skills

10+ years in business operations

Procurement & supply chain

Financial acumen

ERP proficiency

Reporting & analytics

Communication skills

CRM reporting

ERP/WMS/OMS implementations

Automation scripting

Process improvement

Tools

Oracle

NetSuite

SAP

Power BI

Tableau

Looker

Jira

Python

R

APIs

EDI

Job description

Hitachi Vantara seeks a senior Operations professional to own business operations, procurement, and supply chain for a global solutions team. You will manage demand, inventory, budgeting, and forecasting, while delivering ERP-driven reporting and dashboards to leadership.

Responsibilities include end-to-end purchasing, contract administration, and driving process improvements across the GSX/Operations & PMO organization. Strong ERP and BI skills are essential.