Supply Chain Planning Specialist

Location:

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Job ID:

R0125449

Date Posted:

2026-05-18

Company Name:

HITACHI ENERGY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED

Profession (Job Category):

Customer Service & Contact Center Operations

Job Schedule:

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

The opportunity

We are looking for a high-performance procurement professional to join the Hitachi Energy Procurement Team, which plays a key role in ensuring material availability for Production. The Team works in close collaboration with the Procurement Team Leader (Seville, Spain), Category Managers, Manufacturing team, and suppliers to guarantee continuity of supply, proactively address deviations, and support the execution of replenishment strategies defined at category level. By contributing to effective communication, timely problemsolving, and continuous process improvement, the team plays a key part in securing service excellence and enabling smooth manufacturing operations.

How you'll make an impact

• Place and manage purchase orders based on inventory levels, planned demand in NetSuite, and the replenishment strategies established by the Team Leader and Category Managers.

• Ensure accurate and uptodate data in our ERP (NetSuite), including delivery dates, request dates, quantities, and other related fields.

• Review stock availability, maintain adequate inventory levels, and align purchase orders with changes in demand or supplier schedules.

• Follow up with suppliers on a weekly/daily basis to secure ontime deliveries, communicating changes in manufacturing planning when required.

• Resolve delivery incidents (damaged materials, quantity deviations, bumped goods) by coordinating with suppliers, warehouse, and manufacturing teams, ensuring issues are reported and closed correctly.

• Review and resolve invoice discrepancies related to quantities or pricing, updating NetSuite when applicable and escalating recurring issues for corrective action with suppliers.

• Support alignment between Procurement and Manufacturing by communicating relevant supplier information and helping mitigate delivery risks or bottlenecks.

• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives to enhance data accuracy, delivery performance, and procurement efficiency.

• Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.

• Living Hitachi Energy's core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for yourcolleagues and the business.

Your background

• Experience in Procurement or Supply Chain operations, ideally within a manufacturing or industrial environment.

• Strong attention to details and high accuracy when handling operational and ERP system data.

• Ability to work with ERP systems (NetSuite experience is a strong advantage).

• Good communication skills for collaboration with suppliers, Team Leader, Category Managers, Manufacturing team, and internal stakeholders.

• Capacity to follow defined processes, manage priorities, and deliver on deadlines.

• Proficiency in both spoken & written English is required.

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