Category buyer indirect lead

Location:

Cairo, Cairo, Egypt

Job ID:

R1012650

Date Posted:

2026-07-07

Company Name:

Hitachi Rail GTS Egypt LLC

Profession (Job Category):

Sales, Marketing & Product Management

Job Schedule: 

Full time

Remote:

No

About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into. And that’s where you come in.

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

The Category Buyer (CB) supports one or several procurement categories. 
The CB works in close relation with the relevant Global Category Managers (GCM), the Categories Team leader (CTL), the Category Manager (CM) and the Tactical Buyer (TB). 
All actions have to be in line with the strategy defined by the Global Category Manager and the CM. The CB's prime role is the management of the RFI or/and RFP's until PVet 4 stage (up to PVet 5 based on some Regions) in order to provide the completeness to the business. 

In addition to this their main tasks are:

 Operational Support:
• Ensure the BAs receive all required information to raise the Procurement Orders. 

Procurement Competitiveness Capture:
• Monitor the markets for defined categories including key players, newcomers, economic evolutions, market or regulation constraints, innovations and technology in order to support the development of the most up to date category strategies to the businesses.
• Based on the above provide insights as to how products / projects could be more competitive via the adoption of different suppliers / methodologies / technology etc.

Governance, Leadership and Performance Management:
• Ensure appropriate governance is applied using KPI's and root cause corrective actions 

Supplier / Acquisition Management:
• Performance management of the supply base in line with the standards set out by the Global Category Manager. 
• Ensure that supplier competitions follow the governance process and are balanced and fair in order to improve business and customer performance. 
• Ensure that global contracts / framework agreements are adopted and utilized.
• Ensure that e-Acquisition and all Hitachi Rail SRS procurement tools are fully used.
• Based on the performance management of the supply base identify the suppliers who require focused development actions and ensure that the Supplier Development Team have the required support / leverage in order for these actions to be successful.  

Job Requirements:

8 years + Experience working experience where min 5 years in procurement   Demonstratable experience in negotiation projects &/or categories is desirable

Technical Skills:

Contractual knowledge especially of framework agreements, Liability & insurance.  
Ability to lead negotiation including import / export considerations

Understanding of the market for the categories under his/her control but also ability to understand the customer’s needs and program issues

Good knowledge of a best practice acquisition Process.

Soft Skills:

Capability to work within cross functional and international multi organizational teams (teamwork)

Open minded (listen, share ideas etc.) and able to bring added value and new ideas

Ability to take initiatives with a good capacity of analysis and of synthesis 

Ability to priorities tasks

Ability to represent Hitachi and to demonstrate Hitachi values 

Good written and verbal communication skills

Thank you for your interest in Hitachi Rail. If your application is of interest, we will be in contact. Please do not hesitate to discover more about us and our latest jobs at  https://www.hitachirail.com/careers.

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