Category Manager | Atlanta,

We are looking for a strategic and results-oriented professional with extensive experience in CAPEX Construction and Facility area.

If you are flexible and enthusiastic about adapting to various work environments, and have a keen interest in exploring the inner workings of our client's most significant projects, you will be a great fit for our team

How You'll Make an Impact:

• Lead local category strategies for CAPEX Construction and Facility Management.
• Manage end-to-end strategic sourcing processes: RFP, technical and commercial evaluation, negotiation and contracting.
• Dialogue with technical teams to understand scopes, specifications and risks.
• Negotiate with specialized suppliers (contractors, technical services, FM).
• Manage contracts, terms and conditions, SLAs and KPIs.
• Adapt corporate contractual framework to the local business needs.
• Evaluate and mitigate technical, contractual, financial and HSE risks.

Your Background:

Basic Qualifications:

• BA / BS in Supply Chain/Business Administration/Real Estate/Finance or related discipline.
• +5 years of experience in large scale CAPEX Construction projects and Strategic Sourcing in a company.
• Good understanding about technical categories present within all capital projects: building services and process equipment, construction, and technical contractors.
• Sense of ownership, pride, and ability to see projects through to completion.
• Outstanding organizational skills to manage multiple moving parts simultaneously and optimally in a matrix organization and with very little oversight and direction.
• Project management and execution skills.
• Strong knowledge of MS office tools including MS Project, MS Excel etc., SAP Ariba.
• Good mastery of English.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Hitachi Energy experience strongly preferred.
• Solid knowledge of Hitachi Energy's different supply chains and logistics structures.
• Multi-Lingual (English + Spanish + other foreign language nice to have, Portuguese or French very strong assets)
• Superior negotiation skills in a highly challenging, intercultural multi-business environment and be able to negotiate terms and conditions as well as prices that align with business objectives.
• High understanding and knowledge of Hitachi Energy internal needs and goals and Company Sustainability Goals
• Could have ISM Certification.

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About Us:

We pride ourselves on offering a holistic range of competitive benefits to support your financial, physical and mental wellbeing and personal development. We want you to truly thrive with us, in work and out.

• Work on innovative energy technologies
• Collaboration with experienced professionals

Location Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Job type Full time

Work arrangement Hybrid

Experience Experienced

Job function Supply Chain

Contract Regular

We are a global leader in electrification, powering the electricity era to meet the energy demands of today, and the next 25 years. As the energy arm of Hitachi Group, over three billion people depend on our pioneering, mission-critical technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century of innovation, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time: driving the evolution of the world’s energy system to ensure abundant, secure, affordable, and sustainable power for today’s generation and the next.

With an unparalleled installed base in over 140 countries, we are the grid ecosystem partner across the utility, industry, data center, and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 56,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $20 billion USD.

Hitachi Energy is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer committed to encouraging inclusion in the workplace.

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