Category Manager - Global Procurement

Hitachi Digital LLC; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Birmingham seeks a sourcing professional responsible for strategic sourcing and category management. The ideal candidate will have 2-5 years of indirect procurement experience and strong negotiation skills. Join a diverse team empowering digital transformation and contribute to impactful projects with a focus on work-life balance and inclusion.

Benefits

Industry-leading benefits

Flexible arrangements

Qualifications

• 2 - 5 years’ experience in Indirect Procurement sourcing and category management.
• Solid understanding of basic procurement law with ability to oversee agreements.
• Demonstrated track record of leading the sourcing process.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted business advisor providing technical consulting.
• Manage sourcing projects ensuring alignment with Hitachi Vantara priorities.
• Lead negotiations with suppliers to maximize value and minimize risk.

Skills

Indirect Procurement sourcing

Data analytics

Negotiation skills

Project management

Communication

Tools

eSourcing tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

We’re Hitachi Digital, a company at the forefront of digital transformation and the fastest growing division of Hitachi Group. We’re crucial to the company’s strategy and ambition to become a premier global player in the massive and fast-moving digital transformation market.

Our group companies, including GlobalLogic, Hitachi Digital Services, Hitachi Vantara and more, offer comprehensive services that span the entire digital lifecycle, from initial idea to full-scale operation and the infrastructure to run it on. Hitachi Digital represents One Hitachi, integrating domain knowledge and digital capabilities, and harnessing the power of the entire portfolio of services, technologies, and partnerships, to accelerate synergy creation and make real-world impact for our customers and society as a whole.

Imagine the sheer breadth of talent it takes to unleash a digital future. We don’t expect you to ‘fit’ every requirement – your life experience, character, perspective, and passion for achieving great things in the world are equally as important to us.

In order to be considered, you must submit your resume in English.

The Team

Reporting to the Head of Services Category, Global Procurement, this sourcing professional will be responsible for the strategic sourcing of services and goods for the Facilities, Marketing, Human Resources, and Finance categories in the AMER region. Category Managers are expert practitioners in creating competitive environments and decision making rooted in data analysis. We collaborate as a team and cross-functionally to ensure success that is celebrated and shared. Our contributions bring value to the business and we need people like you to drive results and to passionately articulate our value proposition.

The Role

• Serve as a trusted business advisor to stakeholders, providing best-in-class technical consulting from a sourcing and external benchmark/industry perspective.
• Use data analytics, industry benchmarking and strategic sourcing methodologies to provide guidance in the development and execution of sourcing and category strategies, contributing to improved profits and cash flows.
• Manage the development and execution of sourcing projects and initiatives ensuring alignment with the overall priorities and objectives of Hitachi Vantara as well as the specific business function.
• Review contractual terms and conditions, negotiate and draft language to reflect favorable terms and mitigate risk.
• Develop and maintain a best in class global preferred supply base for respective area of responsibility.
• Lead Sourcing events (RFI, RFP, RFQ), collaborating with stakeholders to define scope, identify suppliers and develop internal recommendations.
• Lead negotiations with suppliers on a variety of contracts, to ensure maximum value and minimum risk.
• Manage strategic supplier relationships with cross functional/cross business impact covering multiple geographies within the Americas.
• Lead or assist with the development of process documentation associated with key process improvement leveraging diverse ideas and expertise for category progression.

What You’ll Bring

• 2 - 5 years’ experience in Indirect Procurement sourcing and category management.
• Solid understanding of basic procurement law with correlating ability to author/negotiate/oversee master supply agreements, professional services agreements, statements of work, change requests, amendments.
• Subject matter expertise in one of the following categories: Facilities, Marketing, Human Resources, or Finance.
• Demonstrated track record of leading the sourcing process, working with stakeholders across businesses and geographies.
• Proven ability to communicate, influence and build relationships with stakeholders at all levels of an organization.
• Strong business acumen, including good strategy, financial and operational skills.
• Solid project management skills with the ability to drive and close multiple complex, high risk projects across business functions and geographies.
• Excellent negotiations skills with the ability to negotiate large volume, high risk deals independently.
• Strong computer literacy (Microsoft Office Suite), specially Excel.
• Experience working in eSourcing tool environment a plus.

About Us

We’re a global, 1000-strong, diverse team of professional experts, promoting and delivering Social Innovation through our One Hitachi initiative (OT x IT x Product) and working on projects that have a real-world impact. We’re curious, passionate and empowered, blending our legacy of 110 years of innovation with our shaping our future. Here you’re not just another employee; you’re part of a tradition of excellence and a community working towards creating a digital future.

Fostering innovation through diverse perspectives

Hitachi is a global company operating across a wide range of industries and regions. One of the things that sets Hitachi apart is the diversity of our business and people, which drives our innovation and growth.

We are committed to building an inclusive culture based on mutual respect and merit-based systems. We believe that when people feel valued, heard, and safe to express themselves, they do their best work.

How we look after you

We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.

We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.