The opportunity:
Hitachi Energy uses a very high-end system for its control, protection and monitoring. This system is called as MACH. This computerized system is built with the state-of-the-art electronics, microprocessors and digital signal processors, connected by high performance industry standard busses and fiber optic communication links. They operate on very high standard application software designed by the control design team for which there is a need for experienced control system engineers. The system being continuously evolving, becoming more complex and customized, great deal of test verification are required.
How you'll make an impact:
Align the strategy with key stakeholders and communicate regularly.
- Analyze commodity spend, market dynamics, and price developments.
- Compare spend cost development versus market development on a total cost of ownership basis.
- As a spend owner, assess, define, adjust, and improve the HBU category strategy and plan using CIPS methodology, aligning with business needs and Hitachi Energy procedures and regulations.




- Execute and deliver on agreed strategy deployment actions, following up with responsible functions and other stakeholders.
- Align and deliver on HBU category targets for KPIs, focusing on cost, quality, and timely delivery.
- Regularly report on financial and supply performance.
- Regularly review the balance of demand versus supply for critical materials, taking measures to secure supply and anticipate changes or new requirements.
- Promote emerging market sourcing activities where they bring additional value.
- Mandate the Supply Quality Development team in resolving supplier issues and hot topics.
- Collect detailed factory requirements.
- Run tender/order-specific RFx and negotiations as applicable.
- Negotiate spend for selected suppliers, allocate volume, and sign and monitor contracts, frame agreements, and service level agreements (SLAs).
- Provide input on price trends to BU Commodity Managers f

📌 Category Manager (León)
🏢 Hitachi Energy
📍 León