Business Information: The Hitachi Energy Indian Operations Center (INOPC) is a competence center with around 2600+ skilled engineers who focus on tendering, engineering, planning, procurement, functional system testing, installation supervision and commissioning. However, over the last decade, it has evolved to become the largest engineering hub. The India Operations Centre is a key aspect of the Power Grids business Power Up transformation program. The Hitachi Energy Indian Operations Center team at Chennai supports Hitachi Energy’s units in more than 40 countries across a wide portfolio of all the four business units in Power Grid business. To date, the team has executed engineering and commissioning for projects in more than 80 countries. Mission Statement: You as a Tender Supply Chain Manager for Power Grid – Project Business Unit you will directly report to the HBU (GPG) Supply Chain Manager of Hitachi Energy – Business Unit and functionally to Local Operating Unit Manager. In close cooperation with the local Tender and Project Team, you shall be responsible for establishing the Tender Sourcing Plan (TSP) based on the sourcing related conditions of the client´s tender specification and PG global/ territory sourcing strategy and for facilitating its adoption by all parties during tender process. Deploy the Tender Sourcing Plan (TSP) into a Project Procurement Plan (PPP) and ensure SCM related deliverables are achieved in relation to price, quality and delivery in line with Project requirements. Your Responsibilities: Pro-active participate in Tender-/ Capture Team during the kick-off and tender progress meetings for selected target projects. Identification of sourcing related opportunities and critical commercial, fiscal and legal conditions of the client´s tender specification and ensure flow over to the bidding documentation to suppliers / contractors. You will develop schedule, estimate, forecast, and budget to support all procurement requirements under the tender and project. You will issue the project related Tender Sourcing Plan (TSP) based on the overall tender strategy, identified sourcing related opportunities and critical project conditions under consideration of the overall PG global/ territory sourcing strategies. You will collaborate with tender teams to identify new suppliers and supplier changes and ensures customer approval for tender/project supplier list. You will document the TSP in the Business Unit standard “TSP Template”, if not retrieved from Project Procure and you will communicate the TSP to the local tender team and involve Global, Division, BU, Territory Category Leaders, and Lead Strategic Sourcing Manager for affected commodities. 1 | HBU Tender SCM You will receive approval of the TSP from Tender Engineer and LPG Manager and Local SCM and will ensure that RFQ’s are issued in compliance to the TSP (incl. tender specific terms & conditions). You will define, together with relevant Category Lead, the target price for main equipment and will support tender responsible in issuing the project budget and time schedule by providing timely and accurately input from suppliers´ quotations incl and provision/ commitment of anticipated qualified improvement potentials. You will ensure that suppliers/ subcontractors considered in tender to the client are qualified according to Hitachi Energy and Supplier Qualification Process (SQP) and Sub-Contractor Qualification Process (CQPQ). If necessary, you will ensure adequate qualification measures and You will issue together with tender responsible the tender specific list of vendors (subcontractors) to be used in our bid to the client. You will ensure that supplier quotations remain valid until final placement of Purchase Order or until confirmation of tender project has been lost. You will provide required sourcing related information for Risk Reviews and will participate in won-/ lost-order analysis and communicate sourcing relevant information to local-, Territory-, Global Strategic Sourcing Manager and you will ensure cost reduction targets (cost reduction, cost avoidance, TCI, etc.) are met and timely reported in and compliance to tender/project specific targets. You will ensure a TSP is available and updated for all tenders worked on; including all schedules, estimates, forecasts and budgets to support all procurement requirements. You will coordinate and issue all sourcing review data for inclusion into the risk reviews and will provide all data (e.g. savings data, OTD performance, quality data, etc.) to the LPG/PG SCM Manager on a monthly basis for inclusion into the monthly report matrix to be submitted to the BU SCM Manager. You will ensure a PPP is available and updated for all projects worked on; including all schedules, estimates, forecasts, and budgets to support all procurement requirements. This should include all expediting data as well as spend data as a minimum. You will provide all data (e.g., savings data, OTD performance, quality data, etc.) to the LPG/PG SCM Manager on a monthly basis for inclusion into the monthly report matrix to be submitted to the BU SCM Manager You will ensure purchase order generation and invoice reconciliation complies with the requirements of the local unit and will ensure an accurate and up to date claims and opportunities register is available for review as required by the project team and/or management for all purchased items (where applicable). Living core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues, and the business. Your Background: A master’s or bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline or business administration or any other qualification that is deemed suitable for the role. Good English both written and spoken. Minimum 10 years of professional experience in a project environment and in supply chain function. Minimum 5 years of experience in procurement of tailored equipment. Good knowledge of processes in industrial large and complex or turnkey contracts. Strength in commercial/legal aspects of purchasing. Drive to continuously create results and innovative solutions. Skilled communicator who can interface with numerous external and internal parties at different levels in a project environment. Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams. Attention to detail and a commitment to delivering high-quality digital solutions