Category Manager

Are you a supply chain professional with some years of working experience, ready to take on a new challenge? Then this might be the right opportunity for you! We are now looking for an experienced person to join the Supply Chain Management team in HVDC as a Category Manager.

As a Category Manager, you will be responsible for developing and driving the category strategy in your area of assigned categories. You will be responsible to manage stakeholder relations and to build strong international contacts both internally within HVDC and with our suppliers. Your stakeholders include both domestic and international interfaces. For example, you will cooperate with a team of Buyers and Category Specialists which are located in Estonia, India, and Sweden.

For this role, it is essential that you are unpretentious, since the job requires that you do everything from strategies work to material follow-up to working with your material in our ERP system (SAP). To be successful in this role, you should always bring a “hands-on”- and customer-oriented mindset to work. You also live by Hitachi Energy core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your Responsibilities

• Develop and execute Category Strategies on short and long terms that align with the HVDC Business Strategies and leverage the Continuous Improvement Process (CIPS) for assigned categories.
• Actively take part of the daily operational work with suppliers and other functions within HVDC.
• Develop our Supplier base within your Categories with focus on total cost, quality, lead time and capacity to support our factories around the world.
• Work together with supply chain functions to drive and ensure that the goods and material are procured, produced, and delivered on budget, on time and with quality to our production and project sites worldwide.
• Play a key role interacting with stakeholders in tender, production and project execution, i.e. Engineering, R&D, service, tender management, project management, general management levels at HVDC and the global SCM organization.
• Ensure that our suppliers comply with the laws, regulations, standards, certificates, and directives that Hitachi Energy requires of its suppliers.

Your Background

• You have an academic degree in a relevant field: Supply Chain Management, Business & Administration, or Engineering (or equivalent work experience).
• Work experience in Procurement/Supply Chain/Category Management is required, experience in ERP systems (SAP) is an advantage.
• Interest in technical components and systems.
• You are a team player with strong communicative and collaborative skills who likes to interact with other people.
• You have good organizational skills, can handle several tasks in parallel, and manage problems that may occur with an energetic and self-confident approach.
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken. Knowledge of Swedish or any other language is considered an additional asset.

What We Offer

• Collective agreement
• Flexible working time
• Health care and wellness allowance
• Fantastic career possibilities within Hitachi Energy both within Sweden and globally
• Mentor to support you throughout onboard phase
• Various trainings and education supporting employee development​
• Diversified company with over 70+ nationalities working in Sweden
• Supplementary compensation for parental leave
• Employee Benefit Portal with thousands of discounts and perks

Additional Information

The placement for this role is Ludvika or Västerås, Sweden, with possibilities of some remote work. Business travel both within Sweden and abroad will be required for this role.

If you think the description sounds interesting, we hope that you will apply even if you do not fulfill all requirements. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis so we encourage you to apply already today!

Recruiting manager Alex Ydersten, alex.ydersten@hitachienergy.com will answer your questions about the position. Union representatives – Sveriges Ingenjörer: Mikael Hjort, +46 107-38 29 86; Ledarna: Frank Hollstedt, +46 107-38 70 43; Unionen: Fredrik Holmgren, +46 107-38 21 85. Any other questions can be directed to Talent Partner Nicole Bergman, nicole.bergman@hitachienergy.com.