Procurement Sourcing Manager

About Us

We're Hitachi Digital, the fastest growing division of Hitachi Group and a leader in digital transformation. Our group companies—including GlobalLogic, Hitachi Digital Services, and Hitachi Vantara—offer comprehensive services spanning the entire digital lifecycle, from initial idea to full-scale operation and infrastructure. Hitachi Digital integrates domain knowledge and digital capabilities to accelerate synergy and create real-world impact for customers and society.

We value life experience, character, perspective, and passion for achieving great things as much as technical qualifications. As a global, 1,000-strong team of diverse professionals, we promote Social Innovation through our One Hitachi initiative (OT x IT x Product) and work on projects with tangible real-world impact. We blend 110 years of innovation with a forward-looking approach, fostering an inclusive culture where everyone feels valued, heard, and empowered.

The Team

This team provides sourcing and procurement services to clients, managing the entire procurement cycle from sourcing and purchasing to settlement. Responsibilities include sourcing competitive raw materials, utilities, and services; ensuring material availability in the supply chain; monitoring inventory and production schedules; collecting supplier quotations; selecting suppliers based on price, quality, and delivery; negotiating terms; and managing supplier relationships.

A Manager (M3) leads experienced professionals who exercise latitude and independence in their assignments, implementing short-term policies and strategies (1 year or less) and influencing practices outside their immediate job area.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted business advisor to stakeholders, providing best-in-class technical consulting from a sourcing and external benchmark/industry perspective.
• Lead a team of category managers responsible for procuring services in HR, Marketing, consulting, professional services, and Finance.
• Strategic Thinking & Market Insight: Analyze complex procurement scenarios and align negotiation strategies with long-term business goals.
• Negotiation Expertise: Manage sourcing projects, reverse auctions, and initiatives aligned with Hitachi Digital’s priorities. Negotiate high-value, complex service contracts to generate significant savings and non-monetary benefits. Structure contracts to optimize cost, mitigate risk, maximize cash flow, and ensure performance and compliance.
• Analytical Acumen: Evaluate financial implications, total cost of ownership (TCO), and ROI of IT solutions. Use procurement analytics to identify cost-saving opportunities and assess vendor risk.
• Vendor Relationship Management: Enforce post-contract terms and monitor vendor performance. Develop and maintain a best-in-class global preferred supply base. Foster long-term partnerships with strategic vendors. Manage vendor scorecards, SLAs, and escalation processes.
• Communication & Emotional Intelligence: Demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills to articulate needs and negotiate effectively. Navigate high-stakes discussions with emotional intelligence to build trust. Influence IT Executives and Senior Leaders to adopt Procurement best practices.
• Ethical & Regulatory Awareness: Commit to ethical sourcing and compliance with data privacy, security, and regulatory standards.

Requirements

• 5 years of experience in Procurement sourcing and category management.
• Experience managing people.
• Understanding of basic procurement law with the ability to negotiate/oversee master supply agreements, professional services agreements, statements of work, change requests, and amendments.
• Experience in some of the following Procurement categories: Marketing, Human Resources, Professional Services, and Financial Services.
• Demonstrated track record of leading the sourcing process across businesses and geographies.
• Proven ability to communicate, influence, and build relationships at all organizational levels.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a collaborative team player.
• Strong negotiation skills with the ability to independently handle large-volume, high-risk deals.
• Strong supplier management skills.
• Experience working in an eSourcing tool environment is a plus.
• Able to navigate a fast-paced, multinational environment and foster excellent working relationships.
• Well-organized, confident in managing stakeholder demands, and a natural self-starter with a willingness to learn and embrace new methodologies.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and interpersonal skills.
• Bachelor’s degree.

Benefits

We offer industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We champion work-life balance with flexible arrangements (role and location dependent) and foster a sense of belonging, autonomy, and ownership. As part of our team, you’ll experience collaboration with talented colleagues and the freedom to explore unexpected ideas.