Global Operations Strategy & Planning Architect

HITACHI ENERGY CZECH REPUBLIC S.R.O.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Vantara seeks a seasoned operations and procurement leader to join the GSX organization. You will own end-to-end purchasing, supply chain management, and financial planning, partnering with cross-functional teams and external suppliers to optimize costs and delivery.

You will build dashboards, report on P&L variances, and automate recurring reports, helping senior leaders see where we are against plan. ERP experience with Oracle/NetSuite/SAP is required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in business operations, supply chain, procurement, or operations finance.
• Procurement and supply chain: hands-on sourcing, supplier negotiation, purchase orders, contract administration, and inventory and asset planning from order to delivery.
• Financial acumen: P&L, AOP budgeting, and forecasting, including explaining variances and margin impact.
• ERP proficiency: working knowledge of Oracle (or NetSuite, SAP, or equivalent) for orders, purchasing, inventory, assets, and revenue, and reconciling it to finance reporting.
• Reporting and analytics: you build dashboards leaders actually use, with a BI tool (Power BI, Tableau, Looker, or equivalent) at a builder level.
• Communication and judgment: you explain findings to senior leaders, work with limited oversight, and build structure where the environment is still evolving.
• Salesforce CRM reporting, and solution-level (attached or drag revenue) reporting that depends on CRM tagging.
• Leading ERP, WMS, OMS, or reporting-platform implementations from requirements through go-live.
• Automating recurring reporting through integrations (API–EDI) or scripting (Python or R).
• Familiarity with Jira or other project managemen.

Responsibilities

• Run purchasing end to end with the purchasing team: requisitions, quotes, supplier selection, price and terms negotiation, order processing, and contract administration.
• Manage supplier performance on price, quality, and delivery, and build long-term agreements with strategic suppliers and partners.
• Track assets and equipment from receipt to retirement, and plan equipment needs against demand, lead times, and budget.
• Coordinate demand, inventory, fulfillment, and delivery across teams so equipment and materials are available when programs need them, and flag constraints early.
• Keep orders, shipments, and asset records accurate in the ERP (Oracle or equivalent), and reconcile them to finance and CRM data so the numbers tie.
• Own the annual operating plan (AOP) budget and forecast: build forecasting models, allocate resources, and track spend against plan.
• Understand the P&L: explain variances, cost to serve, and margin impact, and recommend changes.
• Identify and prioritize operational improvements using industry and competitive trends and internal data, then build the plan and drive it with limited oversight.
• Build revenue and margin dashboards leaders actually use: product-level performance, margin by channel and partner, and trends against plan.
• Build solution-level reporting that shows direct revenue plus attached (drag) revenue, using solution identifiers in Salesforce, and work with Sales Operations to close data quality gaps.
• Prepare the data and narrative for monthly business reviews, with KPI scorecards that show at a glance what is on plan, at risk, or needs action.
• Automate recurring reports so the monthly package needs minimal manual effort, and respond to ad hoc leadership requests within agreed service levels.
• Partner with program managers to connect program schedules to purchasing, supply, and budget decisions.

Skills

Operations leadership

Procurement & supply chain

Finance & P&L understanding

ERP systems (Oracle/NetSuite/SAP)

BI dashboards (Power BI/Tableau/Looker

Salesforce CRM reporting

Go-live and implementations

Automation & scripting (Python/R)

Jira / project management

Tools

Oracle ERP

NetSuite

SAP

Power BI

Tableau

Looker

Job description

Hitachi Vantara seeks a seasoned operations and procurement leader to join the GSX organization. You will own end-to-end purchasing, supply chain management, and financial planning, partnering with cross-functional teams and external suppliers to optimize costs and delivery.

You will build dashboards, report on P&L variances, and automate recurring reports, helping senior leaders see where we are against plan. ERP experience with Oracle/NetSuite/SAP is required.