Project Manager

Hitachi Energy has an exciting opportunity for you to join us as a Project Manager. You'll manage customer projects, from single-unit switchgear deliveries to multi-million-pound gas-insulated switchgear projects, and work closely with factories, customers, and our Service team when required to ensure satisfactory project delivery.

How you'll make an impact:

• Commercial responsibility for the project's financial KPIs: cost, revenues, and cash flow.

• Order booking through SAP / S4 Hana (SD, CRM & PS Module)

• Directly responsible for maintaining and updating the documentation for respective projects.

• Performing contract analysis to review Scope, Deliverables, Risk, and Opportunities.

• Commercial takeover from Sales, Invoice placements as per payment terms from SAP (SD & CRM Module), and Creation of purchase orders, release of OA, sales order, and tracking milestone

• Follow up on due invoices and resolve conflicts on payment dues.

• Responsible for receiving and processing supplier cost invoices in a timely and accurate manner.

• Collaborate closely with the financial controlling team to ensure proper cost allocation and compliance with internal procedures.

• Prepare and provide all required documentation and detailed explanations to both internal and external auditors, as requested.

• Mitigating risks and acting as an escalation point for project issues.

• Flexible approach, actively participating in driving the project plan forward and generating outcomes.

• Analysis of data, creating and sharing accurate project plans with regular updates.

Background:

• Engineering-related degree (electrical desirable but not essential).

• Experience and understanding of high-voltage switchgear.

• Hands-on experience in SAP/ S4 Hana will be an added advantage, and Salesforce Force will be an added advantage.

• Hands-on experience as an Order Handling professional

• You have integrity and a technical interest as well as the enthusiasm, creative ideas, and solutions.

• You shall apply a long-term perspective to your tasks. Moreover, you appreciate working with your colleagues and understand the importance of investing in long-term customer relations.

• Flexible to travel to the UK to customer sites and abroad to our manufacturing facilities as required.

• Financially literate – able to read financial statements and negotiate costs.

• Systematic, proactive approach and efficient time management.