Strategic Sourcing Experience Professional

Location:

Bangkok, Thailand

Job ID:

R0141619

Date Posted:

2026-08-14

Company Name:

HITACHI ENERGY (THAILAND) LIMITED

Profession (Job Category):

Customer Service & Contact Center Operations

Job Schedule: 

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

The opportunity:

Strategic and Tactical Procurement Specialists to deliver accurate and timely Procurement activities of Hub Asia Pacific, in collaboration with local & global suppliers, data management and reporting. Ensure execution in accordance with Company Procurement policies. As the Supply Chain Specialist, you will report to the Head of Supply Chain HUB Asia Pacific.

You will be responsible for Tender support, planning, executing, and reporting project sourcing performance, defining Project Procurement Rules, establishing Project Procurement Plan, and oversee Order Placement Deliveries for timely execution and costs.

You will be involved in projects of varying size and scope. Our customers perform their businesses in various fields, which means that the technology used also varies.

Other tasks include Supplier base development and risk management, Supplier Quality Issues, Claim Management and Supplier Performance Evaluation, monitoring and forecasting of cost reduction and spending.

How you’ll make an impact:

1) Strategy: Contributes to implementation and execution of Thailand and Vietnam Commodity sourcing strategies for direct materials of the projects.

2) Performance Targets: Tender Support (TCI), Commodity Management, Suppliers delivery performance (On-Time Delivery (SOTD)), Cost Reduction (CR), Supplier forecast accuracy & non-financial  SCM related KPI’s etc. Ensure long-term planning as well as monthly monitoring of results and encourage continuous improvement.

3) Tender Stage Support: Support All CRP & SAS (AC Business) Project at Tender Stage for your assigned commodity

• Supporting tender in issuing the project budget and time schedule by providing timely and accurate input from suppliers´ quotations incl. provision/ commitment of anticipated qualified improvement potentials.
• Actively lead the negotiation with selected suppliers with prime focus on cost and quality improvement / apply digital sourcing solutions (E-auction) where applicable.
• Actively participate in the kick-off and tender progress meetings for selected target projects
• Identification of sourcing related opportunities and critical conditions of the client´s tender specification
• Issue the project related Sourcing Strategy on the overall tender strategy, identified sourcing related opportunities and critical project conditions.
• Communicate the sourcing strategy to the local tender team and involve HUB SCM Manager if required.
• Ensure that RFQ’s are issued in compliance with tender specific terms & conditions.
• Define the target price for main equipment – supported by local Tender Team and HUB SCM Manager
• Ensure that suppliers/ subcontractors considered in HE´s tender to the client are qualified. If necessary, ensure adequate qualification measures.  Issue and maintain the tender specific list of vendors (subcontractors) to be used in our bid to the client.
• Ensuring that supplier quotations remain valid until final placement of Purchase Order or until confirmation of tender project has been lost.
• Provide required support for Risk Reviews

4) Procurement & Delivery: Manages execution and tracking of Thailand and Vietnam Commodity Procurement activities through CSS SCM & TT&L teams.

• Actively participate in project kick-off- and -progress meetings during execution phase of the project
• Ensures buying in accordance with quality and commercial procedures and in accordance with Company guidelines.
• Collaborate with cross functions and timely updating product delivery details to stakeholders in the organization. 
• First point of contact for overall sourcing-/ supplier related topics towards the project execution team and coordination with the Strategic Sourcing-/ Purchasing team during entire execution period of the project
• Work for Alternative source in your respective country in collaboration with Engg for approvals.
• Identification of sourcing related opportunities and critical conditions of the client´s contract
• Continuously identify improvement opportunities and ensure the implementation within respective countries including proper reflection in ERP systems.
• Develop the Project Procurement Plan based on the deliverables from tender phase (such Sourcing Strategy, suppliers’ quotations), overall project strategy, identified sourcing related opportunities and critical project conditions.
• Ensure that purchase orders are placed in compliance with the specification of the respective project to accepted suppliers only.
• Establish the project specific terms & conditions and ensure its application during negotiation and purchase order award.
• Involve HUB SCM Manager for critical execution problems with regional-/ global preferred suppliers.

5) SAP Master Data Governance:  Contract Management / Outline Agreements / Master data: Material/MDF/Delivery-/Payment Terms)

6) Health, Safety & Integrity: To follow HSE & Integrity practices as part of work culture and set SOT/Hazards targets are achieved within timelines.

Your background

• Candidate must have Technical or bachelor’s degree in engineering.
• Candidate must have minimum 8 to Maximum of 12 years of relevant SCM experience.
• Min 5 Years’ Knowledge on Switchgear, IT Hardware & IT Software Commodities along with Communication Products is MUST
• Familiar with Supply Chain Tactical procurement process.
• Good knowledge of processes in industrial turnkey contracts
• Familiar with materials Export & Import process.
• Familiar with SAP ERP system
• Supplier Claim Handling
• Drive Long Term Frame Agreements/Price Contract
• Medium to long-term supply capability
• Overdue / Order Management / Cash Management
• MIS Reporting – Expert in MS Office (Excel/PPT/data analysis)
• Good English and Thai both written and spoken.
• Familiar with Contracts Management (Commercial/legal aspects of purchasing)
• Excellent communication & proven negotiation skills
• 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.

More about us:

We offer, at Hitachi Energy Thailand, we offer a suite of employee benefits to complement our pay offering, supporting employees’ financial, physical and mental wellbeing:

•  1 month of guaranteed bonus (Fix bonus) plus Performance Bonus. (Depending on employee’s performance result and Business performance).
•  10 days annual leave (Service year 0-5), 15 days annual leave (Service year 6-10), flexible working policy, Flexibility working time.
•  Benefit according to local standards: Heath-care insurance benefits to employees and their dependents, annual health checkup, Provident Funds (employees can contribute up to 15%).
•  Growth possibility: Learning and development platform, career movement opportunity within organization.
•  Possibility to gain experience in international environment.

Please be advised that the benefits provided may differ depending on the employee’s country of hire.

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