IT Manager for Purchase

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Our Company

We're Hitachi Digital, a company at the forefront of digital transformation and the fastest growing division of Hitachi Group. We're crucial to the company's strategy and ambition to become a premier global player in the massive and fast-moving digital transformation market. Our group companies, including GlobalLogic, Hitachi Digital Services, Hitachi Vantara and more, offer comprehensive services that span the entire digital lifecycle, from initial idea to full-scale operation and the infrastructure to run it on. Hitachi Digital represents One Hitachi, integrating domain knowledge and digital capabilities, and harnessing the power of the entire portfolio of services, technologies, and partnerships, to accelerate synergy creation and make real-world impact for our customers and society as a whole. Imagine the sheer breadth of talent it takes to unleash a digital future. We don't expect you to 'fit' every requirement - your life experience, character, perspective, and passion for achieving great things in the world are equally as important to us.

The role :

This role would also involve negotiating contracts, managing budgets, and ensuring compliance with company policies.

Assists IT Asset Manager with preparing purchases.

Identifying and selecting vendors for IT products and services, negotiating contracts, and ensuring timely delivery and quality.

Building and maintaining relationships with vendors, evaluating their performance, and ensuring compliance with company standards.

Developing and managing IT purchasing budgets, tracking expenditures, and ensuring cost-effectiveness.

Negotiating favorable terms and conditions with vendors, drafting and reviewing purchase orders and contracts, and ensuring adherence to legal and company regulations.

Monitoring inventory levels, managing stock, and ensuring that the company's IT needs are met efficiently.

Working with internal teams and stakeholders to understand their IT needs, communicating purchasing decisions, and resolving any issues that may arise.

Analyzing data to track purchasing trends, identify areas for improvement, and generate reports for management.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively communicate with internal teams, stakeholders, and vendors.

Maintain contract data.

Create purchase requisitions.

What you'll bring :

5+ years of experience in IT purchase

Familiarity with asset management software and / or inventory tracking systems, such as Flexera, CMDB etc.

Excellent people skills to interact with staff, colleagues, cross-functional teams, partners, and customers

Familiarity with contract / agreement review and accurate interpretation.

Familiarity with hardware vendors and their products, including Microsoft, Dell, HP, Cisco, and Apple.

Strong interpersonal, collaboration, communication, and relationship skills for delivering a positive customer experience.

ITIL Foundations certified.

Experience in multicultural environment

About us

We're a global, 1000-strong, diverse team of professional experts, promoting and delivering Social Innovation through our One Hitachi initiative (OT x IT x Product) and working on projects that have a real-world impact. We're curious, passionate and empowered, blending our legacy of 110 years of innovation with our shaping our future. Here you're not just another employee; you're part of a tradition of excellence and a community working towards creating a digital future. #LI-RR1

Fostering innovation through diverse perspectives

Hitachi is a global company operating across a wide range of industries and regions. One of the things that sets Hitachi apart is the diversity of our business and people, which drives our innovation and growth.

We are committed to building an inclusive culture based on mutual respect and merit-based systems. We believe that when people feel valued, heard, and safe to express themselves, they do their best work.

How we look after you

We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We're also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We're always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you'll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.

We're proud to say we're an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status

or any other protected characteristic.

Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.