Regional Category Manager For Europe 80 Bardi

Regional Category Manager For Europe 80
Bardi
Emilia Romagna, Bardi

Hitachi ABB Power Grids is a pioneering technology leader that is helping to increase access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.

We help to power your home, keep the factories running, and our hospitals and schools open.

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Bring your passion, bring your energy, and plug into a team that appreciates a simple truth:

Diversity + Collaboration = Great Innovation Join HITACHI Energy and work in a team that is dedicated to creating a future where innovative digital technologies allow greater access to cleaner energy.

We are looking for a Category Manager to manage a group of categories in our company.

You as a Hub Category Manager, will be part of European Supply Chain organization and reporting directly to the Supply Chain Manager of Europe.

In your area of assigned categories, you will be responsible for developing and driving the category strategy.

Ensuring that our units receive the specified material at the best price, on-time and in the right quality by utilizing supply base management, negotiations, and contract management.

You are also responsible for supplier risk management and therefore accountable for implementing a multiple sourcing strategy.

Your responsibilities Devise long-term development strategies for categories.

Coordinate and execute sourcing plan (Market and Competitor Analysis, Material Category Strategy, Category Road map and Value Chain Analysis) Cooperate with a team of buyers who are located in operational units across Europe Foster trust relationships with vendors to achieve better pricing and quality of services Meet regularly with critical suppliers for discussion on performance, planning, pricing, and future development activities Liaise with other functions to determine activities of a product category Leveraging the Continuous Improvement Process (CIPS) for assigned categories Bundling of price negotiations and managing and monitoring cost saving activities across all units Lead internal cross-functional efforts to identify and quickly implement cost-reduction activities Fulfill the guidelines of SOX, OHS, EHS and compliance Living Hitachi Energy core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business Your background You hold a Master or Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or Engineering.

Several years of working experiences in manufacturing and proven track record in International Strategic Sourcing with Strategy Definition and Execution Analytic Leader, Good Communicator and Hands on minded Understanding of data analysis and forecasting methods Ability to motivate the team members in a complex matrix environment Experienced in intercultural multi-business environment Excellent command of English at negotiating level (both written and spoken), preferably complemented by other language skills Able to travel approx.

20% - 30%