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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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