Procurement & Logistics Team Lead

Location: Dammam, Eastern Region, Saudi Arabia

Job ID: R0085319

Date Posted: 2025-04-08

Company Name: HITACHI ENERGY LTD

Profession (Job Category): Customer Service & Contact Center Operations

Job Schedule: Full time

Remote: No

Job Description:

The opportunity: Implementing and adhering to Procurement & Logistics Team Lead to lead a functional work team of Buyers, Procurement Specialists, or Analysts to deliver accurate and timely Procurement activities like transactional purchasing, e-Sourcing, data management, and reporting. Ensure execution in accordance with Company and Procurement & Logistics (PL) instructions and procedures.

How you’ll make an impact:

• PL delivery and procurement: Manages execution and tracking of procurement activities within the team, ensuring quality of delivery service at improved transactional cost. Ensures buyers minimize risk regarding quality and financial exposure by buying in accordance with quality and commercial procedures and Company guidelines.
• Process: Ensures the accurate application of Group PL guidelines and local Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to drive improvement in cost, quality, delivery, and working capital (payment terms, lead times, order quantities, and purchased material inventory). Proposes improvements to Standard Operating Procedures wherever opportunities for optimization are detected.
• Coaching and mentoring: Coaches and mentors the functional work team. Ensures that the team has appropriate skills and competencies to coordinate the PL activities.
• PL technology (systems and tools): Executes the implementation, operation, maintenance, and performance of Supply Chain systems in coordination with CSS and Procurement Center. Secures full utilization of SAP Ariba global supplier relationship management platform according to relevant procedure, both related to sharing of supplier information and finding existing high-performing suppliers to Hitachi Energy.
• Problem solving: Investigates problems, finds root causes, and recommends improvement to existing and planned PL processes.
• People leadership and development: Ensures (with HRBP support) that the area of responsibility is properly organized, staffed, skilled, and directed. Guides, motivates, and develops direct and indirect subordinates within HR policies and Group Procurement & Logistics excellence guidelines (knowledge management, functional training, etc.). Responsible for coordinating PL talent management and succession planning within the assigned area.
• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background:

• A bachelor’s degree in electrical/mechanical engineering.
• Minimum of 10+ years of experience in managing procurement activities in the power/energy/manufacturing industry with a collaborative, solutions-oriented approach and strong communication skills.
• Proven knowledge in P2P process and system and results orientation with proven implementation skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to influence and persuade, manage multiple tasks efficiently daily, and compliance and ethics-oriented.
• Fluent in English, with other languages being an advantage.
• CPSM or PMP certifications, SAP Experience, Documentation Management Systems, Power BI, and proficiency with Microsoft Office is preferred.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.