Purchasing Specialist

Hitachi Energy offers a complete range of power and distribution transformers designed to grant the reliability, durability, and efficiency required in utility, industrial, and commercial applications. Our company is a major transformer manufacturer throughout the world and offers both liquid-filled and dry-type transformers as well as services for complete life-cycle support, including replacement parts and components. Our portfolio allows utilities and industrials to maximize the return on transformer assets by ensuring a high reliability, reducing life cycle costs and ensuring optimized performance while lowering environmental impact.

We are now looking for a Purchasing Specialist for our Transformers business in Vaasa. In this role your focus will be on executing the procurement of the materials and services that support the business by optimizing availability, inventory and reliability of the suppliers and supplied products. You will ensure execution in accordance with company and Procurement and Logistics sourcing strategy, instructions and procedures.

We are looking for a variety of people to join our team so don't hesitate to apply even though you don't meet all requirements. A team with great cooperation and with diverse backgrounds is waiting for you to join!

How you'll make an impact

• Review the ERP demand plan regularly and act accordingly to initiate or change the PO to Pay Process.
• Manage claims with suppliers.
• Secure material availability to production lines. Proactively communicates with suppliers and logistics to avoid material shortages and delays from suppliers.
• Monitor supplier performance level on agreed KPI's and provide regular feedback to suppliers. Implement improvement measures with the suppliers in alignment with other functions.
• Support in or manages new supplier introduction process and supplier ramp-ups.
• Provide reports and share with other colleagues and functions as needed.

Your background

• B.Sc. or M.Sc. in engineering or business administration or another relevant field
• Experience in purchasing or supply chain management is seen as an advantage
• Independent, proactive, development-minded and goal focused attitude to work
• Good communication skills and ability to run successful negotiations
• SAP experience in MM module is seen as an advantage  
• Fluent written and spoken Finnish and English

Interested in joining the team? We look forward to receiving your application. Apply for the position by 15 December 2024. Please note that we will initiate interviews as candidates apply and the position will be filled and closed as soon as a suitable candidate is found.

If you want to further discuss around the position or have questions, please contact Jarmo Rintala, Planning & Fulfillment Manager, tel. +358 50 334 4510.