Procurement Category Manager

Hitachi • Fort Worth, TX

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About The Position

Hitachi Digital is hiring a Procurement Category Manager to lead strategic sourcing of services for Marketing, Human Resources, Consulting, and Finance categories in the Americas, with some projects and categories spanning other regions. Reporting to the Senior Manager Global Procurement, the role also works with the global team on global category project execution. The position requires current US residency and US citizenship or a Green Card.

The manager develops and executes sourcing projects, reverse auctions, and other initiatives in alignment with Hitachi Digital’s priorities and the needs of individual business functions. The role calls for strategic market insight, complex contract negotiation, financial analysis, supplier relationship management, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders. The manager will build a global preferred supply base, foster strategic vendor partnerships, and manage supplier performance, scorecards, service-level agreements, and escalations. The position is described as a recognized subject matter expert who manages complex projects or processes with limited managerial oversight and may coach, review, and delegate work to lower-level professionals.

Hitachi Digital describes itself as a global digital transformation business and part of Hitachi Group. It emphasizes inclusion, diverse perspectives, mutual respect, and merit-based systems. The company says it offers benefits and support for holistic health and wellbeing, flexible arrangements depending on role and location, and autonomy and ownership at work. The expected compensation is a $130,000 base salary plus bonus, subject to applicable program conditions and restrictions.

Requirements

• At least 4 years of experience in procurement sourcing and category management.
• Understanding of basic procurement law and ability to negotiate or oversee master supply agreements, professional services agreements, statements of work, change requests, and amendments.
• Experience in one or more of the following procurement categories: Marketing, Human Resources, Professional Services, or Financial Services.
• Demonstrated ability to lead sourcing processes and work with stakeholders across businesses and geographies.
• Ability to communicate, influence, and build relationships with stakeholders at all organizational levels.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work as part of a team.
• Strong negotiation skills and ability to independently negotiate large-volume, high-risk deals.
• Strong supplier management skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced multinational environment with personnel across regions and foster effective working relationships.
• Well-organized, confident in handling stakeholder demands, self-starting, willing to learn and adopt new methodologies, and effective in communication, influencing, and interpersonal interactions.
• Current US residency and US citizenship or a Green Card.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in an eSourcing tool environment.
• Bachelor’s degree.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute strategic sourcing projects, reverse auctions, and initiatives for assigned service categories, aligning them with company and business-function priorities.
• Source services for Marketing, Human Resources, Consulting, and Finance categories in the Americas, and contribute to projects or categories in other regions.
• Work with the global procurement team on global category project execution.
• Negotiate complex, high-value service contracts to achieve savings and non-monetary benefits.
• Structure contracts to optimize costs, mitigate risk, maximize cash flow, and support performance and compliance.
• Analyze financial implications, total cost of ownership, and return on investment, and use procurement analytics to find savings opportunities and assess vendor risk.
• Develop and maintain a global preferred supply base for assigned categories and foster long-term partnerships with strategic suppliers.
• Manage post-contract supplier relationships, including vendor scorecards, service-level agreements, performance monitoring, and escalations.
• Influence IT executives and senior IT leaders to adopt procurement best practices in negotiations with large software and hardware suppliers.
• Manage complex projects or processes with limited oversight and coach, review, or delegate work to lower-level professionals.

Benefits

• Industry-leading benefits, support, and services for holistic health and wellbeing.
• Flexible work arrangements, depending on role and location.
• Participation in Hitachi Vantara’s bonus program where applicable, subject to program conditions and restrictions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed