Strategic Local Procurement Buyer — Flextime & Growth

Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc.; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Pay

Medical Insurance

Dental and Vision Insurance

Short & Long Term Disability

Life & Accident Insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts

Retirement Savings Plan

Paid Vacation

Work/Life Programs (Flextime)

Training and Development opportunities

Job summary

Hitachi Rail is seeking a Local Procurement Buyer to support a fast-paced environment in Pittsburgh, PA or Honolulu, HI. The role covers administrative to strategic procurement tasks onsite and requires strong negotiation, contract management skills and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.

The candidate should have at least a Bachelor's Degree and 5 years of procurement experience, along with excellent English communication. Expect competitive pay and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of Procurement experience.
• Strong experience with contract terms and conditions negotiation.
• Strong skill, knowledge and experience in complex negotiations, including claims.
• Strategic/critical thinking skills, including risk mitigation.
• Attention to details skills.
• Strong and effective collaboration skills, with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, ability to work within a team environment.
• Education: Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree

Responsibilities

• Participate in large complex negotiations, across multiple sourcing requirements.
• Ensure timely and effective support to the business, including compliance with regulatory and legislative obligations.
• Ensure proactive identification of commercial and contractual related risks and issues to develop and propose appropriate mitigation strategies in consideration of key project milestones.
• Provide inputs and recommendations for the definition and implementation of the Procurement contract management strategy for various Projects across the Americas at bid and delivery phase.
• Ensure handling and resolution of contract and commercial issues during contract negotiations with preferred suppliers at bid phase and at project delivery where commercial changes are negotiated to optimize the company's position.
• Ensure the maintenance of the Procurement generic suite of contract templates for the Americas business unit including version maintenance and distribution.
• Ensure that the company compliance policies are included in the Procurement suite of templates and that any updates are managed efficiently.
• Ensure provided upstream flow-down terms are incorporated to the specific Procurement Project contract templates for the engagement of subcontractors.
• Ensure regular and appropriate contract reviews are effectively conducted with relevant internal stakeholders.
• Lead the training and development initiates for the local and global Procurement team in relation to the Procurement contract suite of templates and negotiations tactics.

Skills

Procurement

Negotiation

Contract management

Strategic thinking

Attention to detail

Collaboration

Communication

MS Word/Excel/PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Hitachi Rail is seeking a Local Procurement Buyer to support a fast-paced environment in Pittsburgh, PA or Honolulu, HI. The role covers administrative to strategic procurement tasks onsite and requires strong negotiation, contract management skills and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.

The candidate should have at least a Bachelor's Degree and 5 years of procurement experience, along with excellent English communication. Expect competitive pay and comprehensive benefits.