The opportunity
We are looking for a Large Project Office Tender & Project Controller Manager to drive and support the Large Project Office operation.
The LPO T&P controller manager will provide guidance and Leadership to Tender & Project Controllers allocated to LPO and will ensure commercial awareness and proper involvement in Tendering phase, validating, contractual set up, T&C's, tax impacts and FCM.
He will be a member of the HBU Europe Controlling & Risk Management organization.
The location of the role is flexible, ideally colocated with major HE locations in Europe.
Hitachi Energy's Grid & Power Quality Solutions and Service global product group is a world-leading provider of grid connections and power quality solutions that enable our customers to build a more sustainable, flexible and secure energy system. We leverage our long-standing technology leadership, vast integration expertise, huge installed base and global footprint to provide our customers with life-cycle value solutions at the lowest risk. Our customers are in the utility, renewables, industry, transportation, data centers and infrastructure sectors.
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Our business in Europe has more than 1,000 skilled professionals focused on critical areas of expertise and is present in 16 countries.
At Grid & Power Quality Solutions and Service business in Europe (HBUEU), diversity drives our culture of innovation and collaboration. Our leading technology and strong market position enable us to achieve growth targets in the energy transition across current and growing market segments such as hydrogen, data centers and e-mobility.
How you'll make an impact
- Act as a Business Partner to the Large Project Office manager
- Participates or provides input to negotiations on Contractual terms and conditions (Clients, consortia, subcontractors, suppliers )
- Ensure timely and experienced resources are allocated to Large Projects
- Support and improves the predictability and operational performance of the HBU, monitoring progress achieved, providing analysis and support to HBU Controlling
- Identifies Tender Pipeline of LPO and interacts with capture team lead to drive the strategy and challenge where needed
- Interacts with other dpt. Preparing a LPO tender such as SCM & Planning to secure BtB agreements
- Identifies Large Projects opportunity/risk and ensure that all required mitigation actions are timely implemented
- Drives and ensure that Large Project reviews are timely prepared, proper revenues and cash planning by project and root causes analysis on deviations
- Identify best practices and lessons learned to be implemented.
- Drive processes, standardization , common way of working: S4H to be the basis for financial relevant data
- Propose and implement digital initiatives for increased efficiency and quality.
- Proactively mentors the team in the correct usage of processes and tools.
- CWFP for LPO projects to support HBU Controlling resources planning
Your background
OPERATIONAL
Principles
An expert knowledge of Risk Management principles and ability to give a comprehensive illustration on how those principles are being applied in highly complex circumstances.
Framework
An expert knowledge of Company regulatory environment, governance principles and Company's accountability. Ability to give examples or illustrations on how they relate to framework of managing risks in highly complex circumstances, involving multiple BU business and strategic customers.
Tool
An expert knowledge of Company tools and ability to operate with, providing full guidance to Tendering & Project Controlling team how tool is to be filled, and relevant questions answered.
BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE
Techical Knowledge
Deep knowledge of the BU/ HBU & Project execution processes, guidelines and tools: S4H, P6, Promis, Tendering tools, FARM implementation in Project execution.
Risk & Opportunity Management
Capability to identify the significant risks along the full value chain and evaluate, assess, and challenge the Response Plan to avoid/achieve margin erosion/improvement.
Planning & Scheduling (including Procurement)
Understanding of key milestones for an effective plan, schedule, monitoring & control activities necessary for predictable fulfillment of planned activities with efficient utilization of available resources. Ability to suggest improvements, changes, or alternatives for an improved risk profile.
Financial & Cost Management
Understanding of full cost model structure and key items to maintain or improve margins and cash generation. Ability to suggest improvements, changes, or alternatives to for an improved risk profile.
Legal & Contract Management
Ability to understand legal & contractual requirements to manage projects within given borders & to request legal support/clarification as needed.
BEHAVIOURAL SKILLS
Delivering stakeholder focused services
Capacity to support Tendering and Execution team on providing timely and quality input to HBU Management team. Make sure views of key internal/external stakeholders are constantly listened to and considered.
Preventing and solving problems
Analyze, synthesize and prioritize large amounts of data to determine risk and appropriate level of involvement
Managing change
Create systems foster a feedback culture with the project finance team that enable and inspire constructive feedback and support continuous development of people and processes.
Building capability
Demonstrate ability to produce qualitative training material and being able to train the Project team in finance related trainings needed during the project execution.
Leadership
Demonstrate ability to get commitment and buy-in across the unit/organization and externally.
Communication
Advanced communication skills to collaborate with global team and HBU Leadership Team. Communicate, spoken and/or written, highly effectively in different cultures/organizations.
Organizational Skills
High level organization skills with attention to details and strong process orientation
WORKING EXPERIENCE / EDUCATION
Working experience
Experience in one of the following functions: Project Controlling, Risk Management / Project Management / Contract Management
Experience in project business in international company
Experience in dealing with customers
Languages
Fluent in English (oral and written), other languages will be an advantage
Education
Master's degree
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