HUB Europe Oil, Gas, Chemicals & Plastic Category Manager (m/f/d)
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The Opportunity
We’re looking for a Category Manager who thrives on building long‑term strategies, leading negotiations, and fostering supplier relationships. In this role, you’ll shape the future of key material categories, ensuring our operations run smoothly with the right materials, at the right time, and at the best value—all while promoting quality, compliance, and inclusion.
How You Will Have An Impact
* Analytics and Market Intelligence: analyze commodity spend, market dynamics, and price developments; compare spend cost development versus market development on a total cost of ownership basis.
* Sourcing Activities: as spend owner assess, define, adjust and improve a HUB category strategy and plan (using CIPS methodology) in line with business needs and the PG procedures and regulations; align on the strategy with key stakeholders and communicate on a regular basis; execute and deliver on agreed strategy deployment actions and follow‑up on responsible functions and other stakeholders; align and deliver on the HUB category targets for KPIs with focus on cost, quality and timeliness; regularly report on financial performance and supply performance; review the balance of demand versus supply for critical materials; take measures to secure supply versus demand and anticipate related changes or new requirements; promote emerging market sourcing activities; mandate Supply Quality & Development team in their undertaking for supplier issue resolution and hot topics.
* Negotiation and Contracting: collect detailed factory requirements; run tender/order‑specific RFx and negotiations where applicable; negotiate spend for selected suppliers; allocate volume; sign and monitor Contracts, Frame agreements, and Service Level Agreements (SLA).
* Cost Control Processes: provide input on price trends to BU Commodity Managers for the commodity guideline and to HUB sales bidding processes; distribute market allocation, pricing, lead times, MOQ (if applicable) and Terms & Conditions information to Factory SCM or relevant responsible person and control its usage in the local ERP systems; improve tender and project material costing on demand or where appropriate; promote cost breakdown analysis and run regular benchmarks; have contracts approved and approve POs as per applicable CAT/LAT.
* Supply Base Management: oversee supplier relationships with regular review of contract execution, supply performance, improvement activities and future; assign supplier account owners for the majority of spend; lead supplier qualification and risk assessment; plan and assign audits to Supply Quality & Development Engineers; evaluate, define and monitor improvement measures for selected suppliers; organize or request resources accordingly; research and scout new suppliers with other functions (e.g., SQ, Engineering).
* Projects: work closely with other functions to initiate, promote and support projects that bring value on total cost of ownership, risk mitigation, quality, cash, lead time and material availability; implement material cost cutting and risk mitigation projects, preferably using Dynamic Evolution methodology; execute on forward sourcing; support R&D, DTV, New Product Introduction and product cost improvement projects; support technology transfer projects, footprint changes and other agreed improvement measures; propose and perform make‑vs‑buy studies and run SCM implementations.
Your Background
* Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering or relevant experience managing end‑to‑end complex projects and process development in the chemical/oil & gas industry.
* 5–7 years of experience in Supply Chain Management, Sales, Project Management and strategic sourcing knowledge, preferably with early expertise in category management.
* Ability to lead in a matrixed, multicultural environment; proven ability to define and execute sourcing strategies; strong analytical and communication skills.
* Knowledge of international industrial supply chain and logistics challenges; commercial skills to facilitate negotiations and agreements with main suppliers.
* Fluent English (spoken and written); other languages are a plus.
* Willingness to travel (20–30%).
More About Us
We offer a holistic range of competitive benefits to support your financial, physical and mental wellbeing, as well as your personal development. Depending on your experience and role level, our benefits include an Annual Incentive Plan, flexible working, meal allowance, life insurance, medical check‑up, psychological assistance, language trainings, coaching and assessments.
Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over a century of pioneering mission‑critical technologies such as high‑voltage transformers, automation and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge: balancing soaring electricity demand while decarbonising the power system. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD.
We welcome you to apply today.
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