SCM Cost & Quotation Specialist - Electrical (HV & Transformers)

Job description

**The opportunity:** We are seeking a Supplier Cost & Quotation Specialist within SCM to support Sales and project teams with daily quotation activities, cost validation, and early-stage sourcing strategy alignment with suppliers. This role plays a critical part in pre-sales engagement ensuring cost accuracy, data integrity, and supplier strategy alignment during the quotation phase. The position plays a critical role in connecting Sales, Engineering, Category Management, and Supply Chain, enabling competitive, realistic, and executable offers. **How youll make an impact:** - **Support sales quotations** by validating supplier costs, material master data, and market benchmarks to ensure competitive and accurate pricing. - **Review and challenge cost assumptions**, identify risks/gaps, and ensure alignment between quoted, system, and execution costs. - **Coordinate with Engineering, Sales, Category Managers, and Supply Chain** to clarify technical requirements and sourcing strategies. - **Manage cost data governance** by ensuring Material Master accuracy, completeness, and alignment with current supplier pricing and lead times. - **Drive early sourcing engagement** with Category Managers to leverage agreements, mitigate risks, and identify cost-saving opportunities. - **Act as the key interface** between Sales, Engineering, Category Management, and Supply Chain throughout the quotation process. - **Provide market intelligence** on pricing trends, supplier capabilities, risks, and key cost drivers within the energy industry. - **Monitor quotation performance** through dashboards, pipeline tracking, win/loss analysis, RFQ cycle times, and supplier responsiveness. - **Lead continuous improvement initiatives** to enhance quotation accuracy, process efficiency, cost transparency, and digitalization. - **Track and improve key KPIs**, including cost accuracy, cost savings, quotation quality, on-time submissions, data accuracy, win rates, margin performance, and stakeholder satisfaction. - 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 your colleagues and the business. **Your background:** - **Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (preferred), Supply Chain, Business, or a related field.** - **5+ years of experience** in project procurement, quotation/bid support, cost analysis, supply chain, or commercial functions. - **Strong knowledge of the energy industry**, including high-voltage equipment, transformers, and electrical components/systems. - **Expertise in cost structures and technical-commercial evaluation**, with the ability to assess quotation feasibility and profitability. - **Hands-on experience with SAP (Material Master, Costing) or similar ERP systems** for cost validation and data management. - **Advanced analytical and reporting skills**, particularly in Excel, Power BI, and data-driven decision-making. - **Strong commercial acumen, attention to detail, and ability to challenge data, assumptions, and cost discrepancies.** - **Proven ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders**, act as a trusted advisor to Sales, and bridge technical, commercial, and operational perspectives.