R&D Supply Chain Management Specialist (F/M/D)

.DescriptionHitachi Energy is a pioneering technology leader whose mission is to advance the world's energy system to be more sustainable, flexible, and secure. Our transformers business unit offers liquid-filled and dry-type transformers, as well as services for complete life-cycle support. Our portfolio allows utilities, industries, and infrastructure sectors to maximize return on transformer assets by ensuring high reliability and optimized performance while lowering life-cycle costs and environmental impact.As R&D SCM Specialist, you will be part of a key function in driving and coordinating sourcing activities together with our suppliers and internal interfaces such as Engineering, Production, Quality and Marketing & Sales. You will work together with a team of category specialists, who support each other in a high paced environment with great atmosphere and with stakeholders to compare and develop the best value chain for the new product, considering total cost of ownership.To be successful in this role you need to be a team player with entrepreneurial attitude who is driven, structured and has a result-oriented mindset. You understand, discuss, and agree on CAD drawings & parts tolerance with suppliers and translate engineering requests into SCM parameters for execution.Your responsibilitiesFunction as bridge between R&D Engineering and SCM, integrating SCM insights into the development process to enhance cost, quality, and technologyAct as technical professional interface between the R&D Team and the SCM organization, ensuring that project information is adequately shared between the Project Team and the relevant SCM teamsWork according to the gate model, arranging project SCM gate meetings as required and creating and maintaining the project related SCM documentsBe responsible for initial cost and quality estimates and achieving product cost and quality targets. Work to optimize the cost and quality at all stages of the R&D projects, including investment and test costsWork with the local SCM team and Category Managers to find new potential materials or new potential suppliers for critical parts. Select, together with the SCM partners, the R&D prototype suppliers, and final production material suppliers, in line with product cost requirements, product footprint requirements and SCM strategies, ensuring sustainable quality and costManage directly with the suppliers for each project the ordering and on time delivery of the prototype parts, following project development and testing plan