Procurement Specialist Para-Professional

The role of a Material Purchaser at Hitachi Energy involves executing material purchase requests in accordance with technical specifications, price, delivery schedule, and terms while ensuring compliance with corporate purchasing policies and procedures. You will play a key role in identifying new suppliers, coordinating with relevant category teams, and qualifying new suppliers in collaboration with Supplier Quality and Engineering specialists. Additionally, you will support in negotiating agreements with main suppliers, renewing pricelists periodically, and recommending appropriate actions based on feedback. You will adapt the corporate contractual framework to local business needs, recommend frame agreements to management, and ensure approved contractual terms are executed. By analyzing and evaluating bids, you will determine the optimal value and provide relevant market information to bid and proposal teams. Monitoring goods received, verifying delivery, and ensuring invoice processing in line with guidelines will also be part of your responsibilities. In this role, you will oversee supplier performance, recommend solutions to performance issues, and initiate supply orders in the system. Aligning supplier orders with customer requirements, conducting all Supply Chain activities, and ensuring compliance with regulations and guidelines are crucial aspects of the position. Upholding Hitachi Energy's core values of safety and integrity is essential while carrying out your duties. To be successful in this role, you should have a graduate or postgraduate degree in any field, along with 1 to 3 years of experience. Basic knowledge of SAP, Ariba, and Microsoft Package is required, while experience with JAGGAER tool is preferred. Strong computer skills, analytical thinking, creativity, presentation skills, business acumen, decision-making abilities, problem-solving skills, time management, and organization skills are also necessary. This is a one-year contractual role with a fixed shift from 10:30 AM to 7:30 PM IST. Proficiency in both spoken and written English language is a requirement for this position. Qualified individuals with disabilities may request reasonable accommodations by completing a general inquiry form on the Hitachi Energy website. Please note that this job description is intended for job seekers with disabilities requiring accessibility assistance or accommodation during the job application process. Requests left for other purposes will not receive a response.,