Regional Tender Manager
Regional Tender Manager - PCS APAC & India
Hitachi Energy | PGGA - Power Converter Solutions
The opportunity:
We are looking for a dynamic and strategic Regional Tender Manager to lead our tendering activities across APAC and India within the PGGA Power Converter Solutions (PCS) organization.
In this high-impact leadership role, you will shape winning strategies and ensure the delivery of competitive and high-quality bids for both product and system offerings in the renewables and energy storage markets.
You will operate in a complex global environment, driving alignment across regions, stakeholders, and functions while ensuring strong governance and disciplined execution.
How you'll make an impact:
- Leading the regional tendering activities across APAC and India, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, competitive, and compliant offers aligned with customer requirements and business strategy.
- Acting as the primary interface for tendering topics within the region, connecting Sales, Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Legal.
- Actively participating in key decision gates, supporting management with clear risk visibility and structured recommendations.
- Driving and validating bid strategies in close coordination with Regional Sales, ensuring alignment on target positioning, pricing approach, and winning strategy.
- Overseeing the end-to-end preparation of offers covering both product and system solutions, ensuring consistency between technical and commercial aspects.
- Ensuring early-stage contractual risk assessment and alignment with commercial strategy, proactively engaging with rest of the Company to define acceptable risk positions.
- Ensuring full adherence to Hitachi Energy tendering governance, including Gate Reviews and Risk Review processes, with a strong focus on risk identification, mitigation, and escalation.
- Owning the quality and robustness of the commercial offer, including cost structure, contractual terms, and financial exposure.
- 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:
- Engineering or Business degree, with preference for Electrical Engineering or equivalent technical background.
- Strong and proven experience in tendering, bid management, or commercial project execution within the energy sector, with specific exposure to renewables and battery energy storage systems (BESS).
- Solid understanding of both product-based and system-based offerings, and their commercial and technical implications.
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams in a matrix and multi-region environment, with strong stakeholder management capabilities.
- Deep understanding of commercial, contractual, and risk management principles.
- Strong contractual acumen with the ability to interpret, assess, and challenge contractual terms and conditions during the tender phase, acting as a trusted advisor to Sales and Management. Capable of identifying contractual risks, proposing mitigation strategies, and ensuring alignment between commercial, technical, and contractual positions, in close coordination with Legal.
- Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required; additional APAC languages are considered a plus.
- Ability to work effectively across time zones and drive alignment in a global organization.
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Perks and Benefits
Health and Wellness
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- FSA
- HSA With Employer Contribution
- Pet Insurance
- Mental Health Benefits
- Virtual Fitness Classes
- On-Site Gym
Parental Benefits
- Fertility Benefits
- Family Support Resources
- Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
- Adoption Assistance Program
Work Flexibility
- Flexible Work Hours
- Remote Work Opportunities
- Hybrid Work Opportunities
Office Life and Perks
- Commuter Benefits Program
- Snacks
- Some Meals Provided
- Company Outings
- Holiday Events
Vacation and Time Off
- Paid Vacation
- Unlimited Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
- Personal/Sick Days
- Summer Fridays
Financial and Retirement
- 401(K) With Company Matching
- Performance Bonus
- Relocation Assistance
- Financial Counseling
Professional Development
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Learning and Development Stipend
- Promote From Within
- Mentor Program
- Access to Online Courses
- Lunch and Learns
- Work Visa Sponsorship
- Leadership Training Program
- Internship Program
- Associate or Rotational Training Program
Diversity and Inclusion
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
- Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
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