The Opportunity
The primary responsibility of the Global Configurator Governance & Data Specialist is to define and implement governance practices around product configurators and oversee the maintenance and accuracy of configuration data, including product specifications, costing, and pricing. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring the smooth operation of our product customization processes. Your responsibilities encompass both configuration governance and master data management.
How You’ll Make An Impact
- Define and Implement Governance: Develop and enforce robust governance practices around product configurators.
- Configuration Management: Oversee the maintenance and accuracy of configuration data, including product specifications, costing, and pricing.
- Ensure the global templates: You are responsible for the rigorous implementation of global guidelines, particularly in the areas of pricing, costing/controlling, and risk management.
- Testing and Validation: Rigorously test and validate configuration models and scenarios.
- Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, and sales, to maintain consistency and accuracy in product configurations.
- Performance Monitoring: Continuously monitor and analyze configuration performance, incorporating customer feedback for improvements.
- Core Data Elements: Manage critical master data objects, such as products, business partners, technical assets, and enterprise structures.
- Data Compliance: Ensure compliance with data standards and policies.
- Data Quality: Perform data cleansing, validation, and enrichment to maintain high-quality master data.
- Data Integration: Support data migration, integration, and synchronization efforts.
- Issue Resolution: Address data-related issues promptly and provide data support to stakeholders.
- Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
- Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business
Your Background
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Business, IT, Engineering).
- Strong analytical skills to navigate complex data structures.
- Extensive experience in costing for Configure to Order and Engineer to Order products, encompassing comprehensive Full Cost Modeling
- Proven excellence in project management.
- Technical proficiency in configuration and master data management tools.
- Effective communication skills to collaborate across teams
- Background in sales and marketing
- Prior experience in pricing will be considered an asset.
- Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.
Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives.
With over a century in pioneering mission-critical technologies like high-voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time – balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system.Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.