Location:
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Job ID:
R0134508
Date Posted:
2026-07-06
Company Name:
HITACHI ENERGY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED
Profession (Job Category):
Data Analytics/Business Intelligence
Job Schedule:
Full time
Remote:
No
Job Description:
The prospect:
We are seeking a Supplier Cost & Quotation Specialist within SCM to support Sales and project teams with daily quotation activities, cost validation, and early-stage sourcing strategy alignment with suppliers.
This role plays a critical part in pre-sales engagement ensuring cost accuracy, data integrity, and supplier strategy alignment during the quotation phase. The position plays a critical role in connecting Sales, Engineering, Category Management, and Supply Chain, enabling competitive, realistic, and executable offers.

How you’ll make an impact:
- Support sales quotations by validating supplier costs, material master data, and market benchmarks to ensure competitive and accurate pricing.
- Review and challenge cost assumptions, identify risks/gaps, and ensure alignment between quoted, system,



and execution costs.
- Coordinate with Engineering, Sales, Category Managers, and Supply Chain to clarify technical requirements and sourcing strategies.
- Manage cost data governance by ensuring Material Master accuracy, completeness, and alignment with current supplier pricing and lead times.
- Drive early sourcing engagement with Category Managers to leverage agreements, mitigate risks, and identify cost-saving opportunities.
- Act as the key interface between Sales, Engineering, Category Management, and Supply Chain throughout the quotation process.
- Provide market intelligence on pricing trends, supplier capabilities, risks, and key cost drivers within the energy industry.
- Monitor quotation performance through dashboards, pipeline tracking, win/loss analysis, RFQ cycle times, and supplier responsiveness.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance quotation accuracy, process efficienc

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