PGTR HUB Heavy Lift Sourcing Specialist

Job Description

At Hitachi Energy our purpose is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We bring power to our homes, schools, hospitals, and factories. Join us and work with fantastic people while learning and developing yourself on projects that have a real impact on our communities and society.

Bring your passion, bring your energy, and be part of a global team that appreciates a simple truth.

Diversity, Collaboration, Great Innovation.

• The heavy lift sourcing specialist is responsible for procuring day-to-day heavy lift transportation services for allotted factories and sales units within APMEA.
• Heavy lift sourcing execution: RFI, RFP, RFQ – Prepare scope of work with all operational details for heavy lift projects in line with factory sales unit requirements.
• Transport budgeting for heavy lift including the transport requirements analysis, existing frame agreements check, preparation of the transport budget or launching the RFI RFP process.
• End-to-end RFP/Request for Proposal and RFQ/Request for Quotation for heavy lift: RFP and RFQ preparation and launch, bid collection, proposals and technical and commercial concept evaluation, scenario preparation, risk and opportunities calculation, awarding and contract finalization, SAP TM update.
• Responsible for the end-to-end HL sourcing escalation process including evaluating requests, reasons, and options, negotiating with contracted Logistics Service Provider, documenting potential logistic concept changes and reasons, launching RFx, canceling potential contract with existing LSP and assigning new provider, updating supplier non-conformities and escalating as needed within the defined threshold.
• Ensure that all costs are aligned with the tariffs and agreements negotiated with suppliers with forwarders.
• Responsible for heavy lift transportation cost reduction, vendor compliance and cost-out initiatives.
• Establish and maintain productive relationships with service providers and forwarders.
• Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures and guidelines.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply chain management, Logistics or equivalent.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in supply chain management, heavy lift and project logistics or other strategic positions containing a large part of negotiation and supplier base management.
• Strong negotiation skills and deep knowledge in transportation terms and conditions as part of agreement writing.
• Capable of managing and prioritizing multiple time-sensitive tasks in a dynamic environment.
• Familiarity with heavy lift transport cost structures, terms and conditions within the transport industry such as Incoterms, surcharges, weight and volume conversion factors etc with the knowledge of international logistics.
• Fluent high-level English is a must. Other languages are desirable.
• Advanced skills in Excel and PowerPoint, good understanding of SAP.