The Opportunity
Responsible for planning, executing and continuously optimizing the business operations by effectively managing daily transport. Drive continuous improvement of T&L processes, tools and services. Ensure that the KPI targets are met and improved. Supports Business Function and/or Business Excellence Centers to ensure goods are shipped. Develop, maintain, and improve transport / logistics processes to optimize inbound and / or outbound transportation events to external customers and internal factories.
How You'll Make An Impact
- Develop and oversee CoE strategies to ensure a competitive advantage in Transport Operations.
- Define and drive the implementation of the TTL strategy in the country, ensuring strong alignment and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
- Collaborate effectively with various internal and external partners to support operational objectives.
- Work closely with factories, ensuring clarity in roles and responsibilities.
- Drive sustainable and cost-efficient (TCO) transport solutions across the country.
- Ensure adherence to TTL regulations related to sourcing processes, including preferred Incoterms for inbound and outbound goods, packaging instructions, and related requirements.
- Ensure company health and safety policies are always implemented and adhered to.
- Demonstrate versatilityable to work independently or as part of a team, and communicate effectively with authorities and government officials.
- Proactively address potential transport challenges, make timely decisions, and derive effective solutions.
- Possess strong negotiation and reasoning skills to prepare project funding bids and manage work within time and budget constraints.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key service providers.
- Ensure the area of responsibility is well-organized, properly staffed, skilled, trained, and efficiently directed.
- Guide, motivate, and develop direct and indirect team members in alignment with HR policies, including talent management and succession planning.
- Demonstrate core values of safety and integrity by taking responsibility for personal actions and promoting a safe, ethical work environment.
- Ensure safe transportation operations by engaging qualified and compliant service providers across the supply chain.
- Ensure operational excellence for general cargo and heavylift operations.
- Promote and ensure proper implementation and rollout of the CoE for General Cargo & HeavyLift transports across Business Units.
- Initiate, drive, and/or support strategic costsaving initiatives and riskmitigation projects.
- Address and escalate project activities that are noncompliant with processes or procedures, or those not meeting savings targets.
- Act as the liaison with the Exim & Trade Compliance organization.
- Ensure all operations are executed by approved providers and align with the global TTL strategy.
- Responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
- Living Hitachi Energy's core values safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.
Your Background
- Should have bachelor's degree in supply chain, Science, Management, Engineering.
- Must have 10 years of experience in Supply Chain Management, preferably in Transport, Trade, Logistics.
- Hands on experience on various Microsoft tools & SAP Applications.
- Strong Planning, Sourcing & Project management Skills.
- Good influencing skills and stakeholder management.
- Ability to work independently and under pressure.
- Excellent analytical skills with the capability to transform data into actionable plans.
- Flexibility to travel 20%.
- Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.
Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives.
With over a century in pioneering mission-critical technologies like high-voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system.
Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.
