Location:Monselice, Padova, ItalyJob ID: R0109196Date Posted:2025-11-06Company Name:HITACHI ENERGY ITALY S.P.A.Profession (Job Category):Customer Service &amp; Contact Center OperationsJob Schedule: Full timeRemote:NoJob Description:The OpportunityWe’re looking for a Category Manager who thrives on building long-term strategies, leading negotiations, and fostering supplier relationships.In this role, you’ll shape the future of key material categories, ensuring our operations run smoothly with the right materials, at the right time, and at the best value — all while promoting quality, compliance, and inclusion.How you will have an impact:<ul><li>Analytics and Market Intelligence: analyze commodity spend, analyze market dynamics and price developments; compare spend cost development vs market development on total cost of ownership base.</li><li>Sourcing Activities: as a spend owner assess, define, adjust and improve a HUB category strategy and plan (using CIPS methodology) in line with business needs and the PG procedures and regulations; align on the strategy with key stakeholders and communicate on a regular base; execute and deliver on agreed strategy deployment actions and follow-up on responsible functions and other stakeholders; align and deliver on the HUB category targets for KPIs with focus on cost, quality and timelydelivery; regularly report on financial performance and supply performance; regularly review the balance of demand vs supply for critical materials. Take measures to secure supply vs demand and anticipate related to changes or non-repetitive/new requirements; promote emerging market sourcing activities where it brings additional value; mandate Supply Quality &amp; Development team in their undertaking for supplier issue resolution/hot topics.</li><li>Negotiation and Contracting: collect detailed factory requirements; run tender/order specific RFx and negotiations where applicable; negotiate spend for selected suppliers; allocate volume. Sign and monitor Contracts, Frameagreements and Service Level Agreements (SLA).</li><li>Cost Control Processes: provide input on price trend to BU Commodity Managers for the commodity guideline and toHUB sales bidding processes; distribute market allocation, pricing, lead times, MOQ (If applicable) and Terms &amp; Conditions information to Factory SCM and/or relevant responsible person and control its usagein the local ERP systems; improve on tender and project material costing on demand or where appropriate; promote cost breakdown analysis, should costing and run regular benchmarks; have contracts approved and approve PO as per applicable CAT/LAT.</li><li>Supply Base Management: oversee the supplier relationship with regular review contract execution, supply performance, improvement activities and future; for suppliers in the HUB assign supplier account owner for the majority of the spend; lead supplier qualification for the ones in scope, perform risk assessment. Plan and assign audits to Supply Quality &amp; Development Engineer; based on performance data, evaluate, define and monitor improvement measures for selected suppliers; organize or ask for resources accordingly; research and scouting of new supplier with other function (i.e. SQ, Engineering).</li><li>Projects: work closely with other functions to initiate, promote and support projects execution in order to bring value on total cost of ownership, risk mitigation, quality, cash, lead time, material availability; implementation of material cost cutting and risk mitigation projects, preferably using Dynamic Evolution methodology; execute on forward sourcing. Namely activities for R&amp;D, DTV, New Product Introduction, product cost improvement project. Support technology transfer projects, footprint changes andother agreed improvement measures. Propose and perform make vs buy studies and run SCM implementation</li></ul>Your Background<ul><li>Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Administration / Engineering or relevant experience managing E2E complex projects and process development, in the field of chemical/oil&amp;gas industry.</li><li>5-7 years of experience in Supply Chain Management/Sales/Project Management and strategic sourcing knowledge, possibly early expertise in category management.</li><li>Ability to lead in a matrixed, multicultural environment; proven ability to define and execute sourcing strategies; strong analytical and communication skills</li><li>Knowledge of international industrial supply chain and logistics challenges; commercial skills to facilitate negotiations and agreements with main suppliers.</li><li>Fluent English (spoken and written); other languages are a plus</li><li>Willingness to travel (20–30%)</li></ul>More about us We offer a holistic range of competitive benefits to support your financial, physical, and mental wellbeing, as well as your personal development. We want you to truly thrive with us – in work and out.Depending on your experience and role level, our benefits include: Annual Incentive Plan, flexible working, meal allowance, life insurance, medical check-up, psychological assistance, language trainings, coaching &amp; assessments.<h2>Qualified individuals with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access the Hitachi Energy career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by completing a <a href="https://www.hitachienergy.com/contact-us/general-inquiry?type=I+have+a+General+question">general inquiry form</a> on our website. Please include your contact information and specific details about your required accommodation to support you during the job application process.</h2><h2>This is solely for job seekers with disabilities requiring accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Messages left for other purposes will not receive a response. </h2>

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HUB Europe Oil, Gas, Chemicals & Plastic Category Manager (m/f/d)

Location:Monselice, Padova, ItalyJob ID: R0109196Date Posted:2025-11-06Company Name:HITACHI ENERGY ITALY S.P.A.Profession (Job Category):Customer Service &amp; Contact Center OperationsJob Schedule:&nbsp;Full timeRemote:NoJob Description:The OpportunityWe’re looking for a Category Manager who thrives on building long-term strategies, leading negotiations, and fostering supplier relationships.In this role, you’ll shape the future of key material categories, ensuring our operations run smoothly with the right materials, at the right time, and at the best value — all while promoting quality, compliance, and inclusion.How you will have an impact:<ul><li>Analytics and Market Intelligence: analyze commodity spend, analyze market dynamics and price developments; compare spend cost development vs market development on total cost of ownership base.</li><li>Sourcing Activities:&nbsp;as a spend owner assess, define, adjust and improve a HUB category strategy and plan (using CIPS methodology) in line with business needs and the PG procedures and regulations; align on the strategy with key stakeholders and communicate on a regular base; execute and deliver on agreed strategy deployment actions and follow-up on responsible functions and other stakeholders; align and deliver on the HUB category targets for KPIs with focus on cost, quality and timelydelivery; regularly report on financial performance and supply performance; regularly review the balance of demand vs supply for critical materials. Take measures to secure supply vs demand and anticipate related to changes or non-repetitive/new requirements; promote emerging market sourcing activities where it brings additional value; mandate Supply Quality &amp; Development team in their undertaking for supplier issue resolution/hot topics.</li><li>Negotiation and Contracting: collect detailed factory requirements; run tender/order specific RFx and negotiations where applicable; negotiate spend for selected suppliers; allocate volume. Sign and monitor Contracts, Frameagreements and Service Level Agreements (SLA).</li><li>Cost Control Processes: provide input on price trend to BU Commodity Managers for the commodity guideline and toHUB sales bidding processes; distribute market allocation, pricing, lead times, MOQ (If applicable) and Terms &amp; Conditions information to Factory SCM and/or relevant responsible person and control its usagein the local ERP systems; improve on tender and project material costing on demand or where appropriate; promote cost breakdown analysis, should costing and run regular benchmarks; have contracts approved and approve PO as per applicable CAT/LAT.</li><li>Supply Base Management: oversee the supplier relationship with regular review contract execution, supply performance, improvement activities and future; for suppliers in the HUB assign supplier account owner for the majority of the spend; lead supplier qualification for the ones in scope, perform risk assessment. Plan and assign audits to Supply Quality &amp; Development Engineer; based on performance data, evaluate, define and monitor improvement measures for selected suppliers; organize or ask for resources accordingly; research and scouting of new supplier with other function (i.e. SQ, Engineering).</li><li>Projects: work closely with other functions to initiate, promote and support projects execution in order to bring value on total cost of ownership, risk mitigation, quality, cash, lead time, material availability; implementation of material cost cutting and risk mitigation projects, preferably using Dynamic Evolution methodology; execute on forward sourcing. Namely activities for R&amp;D, DTV, New Product Introduction, product cost improvement project. Support technology transfer projects, footprint changes andother agreed improvement measures. Propose and perform make vs buy studies and run SCM implementation</li></ul>Your Background<ul><li>Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Administration / Engineering or relevant experience managing E2E complex projects and process development, in the field of chemical/oil&amp;gas industry.</li><li>5-7 years of experience in Supply Chain Management/Sales/Project Management and strategic sourcing knowledge, possibly early expertise in category management.</li><li>Ability to lead in a matrixed, multicultural environment; proven ability to define and execute sourcing strategies; strong analytical and communication skills</li><li>Knowledge of international industrial supply chain and logistics challenges; commercial skills to facilitate negotiations and agreements with main suppliers.</li><li>Fluent English (spoken and written); other languages are a plus</li><li>Willingness to travel (20–30%)</li></ul>More about us We offer a holistic range of competitive benefits to support your financial, physical, and mental wellbeing, as well as your personal development. We want you to truly thrive with us – in work and out.Depending on your experience and role level, our benefits include: Annual Incentive Plan, flexible working, meal allowance, life insurance, medical check-up, psychological assistance, language trainings, coaching &amp; assessments.<h2>Qualified individuals with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access the Hitachi Energy career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by completing a <a href="https://www.hitachienergy.com/contact-us/general-inquiry?type=I+have+a+General+question">general inquiry form</a> on our website. Please include your contact information and specific details about your required accommodation to support you during the job application process.</h2><h2>This is solely for job seekers with disabilities requiring accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Messages left for other purposes will not receive a response.&nbsp;</h2>

HUB Europe Oil, Gas, Chemicals & Plastic Category Manager (m/f/d)

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