Senior Electronics Category Manager

The opportunity

As Senior Electronics Category Manager, you will be responsible for defining and executing global sourcing strategies for electronic components, with a strong focus on semiconductor spend managed via EMS partners.

You will drive cost competitiveness, supply security, and supplier sustainability across a complex, global electronics footprint supporting power electronics, control systems, and digital platforms.

This role works closely with R&D, Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, and EMS partners to ensure long-term availability and best total cost of ownership for critical semiconductor technologies.

How you'll make impact

Commodity & Strategy Leadership

• Develop and execute global category strategies for electronics and semiconductors, with emphasis on EMS-managed components

• Own global semiconductor spend visibility, leveraging EMS partnerships while maintaining strategic control

• Define multi-year roadmaps aligned with technology evolution, lifecycle management, and risk mitigation

• Lead make/buy and sourcing strategy decisions in collaboration with Engineering and Manufacturing

Supplier & EMS Management

• Establish and maintain strategic relationships with key semiconductor manufacturers, distributors, and EMS partners

• Lead supplier segmentation, preferred supplier frameworks, and long-term agreements

• Drive quarterly business reviews with EMS and critical semiconductor suppliers

• Manage dual-sourcing and second-source strategies to improve supply resilience

Cost, Risk & Performance

• Deliver cost reduction initiatives through design-to-cost, should-cost models, and commercial negotiations

• Monitor market trends, pricing dynamics, and geopolitical risks in the semiconductor supply chain

• Proactively manage obsolescence, allocation risks, and lifecycle transitions

• Ensure supplier performance across cost, quality, delivery, and sustainability metrics

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner closely with R&D and Engineering on new product introductions, component standardization, and technology selection

• Support global manufacturing sites by aligning category strategies with operational execution

• Ensure sourcing strategies align with Hitachi Energy compliance, ESG, and sustainability goals

• Contribute to continuous improvement of procurement processes, tools, and governance

Your Background

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Electronics, or Business

• 5+ years experience in global commodity management or strategic sourcing

• Strong experience with electronics and semiconductor supply chains

• Proven exposure to EMS-based sourcing models (highly preferred)

• Demonstrated success in global supplier negotiations and category strategy development

• Solid understanding of semiconductor lifecycle, allocation, and obsolescence management

• Experience with SAP and advanced sourcing/analytics tools

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

• Comfortable operating in a matrix, global organization

• Fluent in English; additional languages are a plus

More about us

We pride ourselves on offering a holistic range of competitive benefits to support your financial, physical and mental wellbeing and personal development.

We want you to truly thrive with us, in work and out.

We can provide more information during the recruitment process.

We are committed to full transparency and compliance with all legal requirements, ensuring that every candidate knows exactly what to expect at each stage of the recruitment process. Once the process is successfully completed, we will share detailed information about financial conditions and benefits with the selected candidate. Before signing the employment contract, you will receive all remaining details of the offer, giving you the time and space to review everything carefully.

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