Buyer

Role overview

Buyer at Hitachi Energy

Responsibilities

• Ensure purchasing activities align with corporate purchasing policies and procedures under supervision.

Required qualifications

• Must have 3 to 5 years of experience.

Preferred qualifications and skills

• JAGGAER tool experience preferred.

Employment details

• Location: Bengaluru [Karnataka] [India]

Additional role details

• The opportunity: Executes material purchase requests, according to required technical specification, price, delivery schedule and terms.
• How you’ll make an impact: Recommends / supports in Identifying new suppliers and coordinates with relevant category team.
• Follows the process to qualify new suppliers in cooperation with supplier Quality and Engineering specialists.
• Supports in negotiating agreements with main suppliers, and periodically renews pricelists, terms and conditions and feeds back recommendations for appropriate actions.
• Adapts corporate contractual framework to the local business needs.
• Recommends frame agreements to management, ensures approved contractual terms in execution.
• Analyses and evaluates bids within the scope, in order to determine the optimal value.
• Supports bid and proposal teams by providing relevant market information within the area of responsibility.
• Tracks goods received to verify appropriate delivery and ensure invoice processing as per available guidelines.
• Oversee supplier performance (on time delivery, quality, lead time), and recommends solutions / resolves performance issues within the scope.
• Initiates supply orders in the system, confirms delivery with suppliers, monitors and tracks supplier performance to purchase order requirements.
• Aligns supplier orders with customer requirements (based on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)/project requirements) in terms of content, quality, delivery, sustainability and price.
• Conducts all Supply Chain activities for all goods and services in accordance with policies and procedures.
• Ensures Pro-Supply global supplier relationship management platform is kept updated as defined in Pro-Supply procedure within the scope of activities.
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.
• Your background: Should have Graduate or postgraduate degree in any field.
• Basic Knowledge of SAP, Ariba, and Microsoft Package.
• Computer skills, analytical & creative mind.
• Presentation skills with attention to details.
• Business skills, decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Time management and organization skills.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.