Function

Our Company  

We’re Hitachi Digital, a company at the forefront of digital transformation and the fastest growing division of Hitachi Group. We’re crucial to the company’s strategy and ambition to become a premier global player in the massive and fast-moving digital transformation market.  

Our group companies, including GlobalLogic, Hitachi Digital Services, Hitachi Vantara and more, offer comprehensive services that span the entire digital lifecycle, from initial idea to full-scale operation and the infrastructure to run it on. Hitachi Digital represents One Hitachi, integrating domain knowledge and digital capabilities, and harnessing the power of the entire portfolio of services, technologies, and partnerships, to accelerate synergy creation and make real-world impact for our customers and society as a whole.  

Imagine the sheer breadth of talent it takes to unleash a digital future. We don’t expect you to ‘fit’ every requirement – your life experience, character, perspective, and passion for achieving great things in the world are equally as important to us.

Job description

The Team This role is responsible for managing Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) operations, including price negotiation, and procurement process standardization across Hitachi Digital / Hitachi Group entities. The position plays a key role in ensuring end-to-end procurement execution through your leadership and effective collaboration with stakeholders, improving process efficiency and compliance, and supporting global standardization initiatives in collaboration with other Procurement teams.

The Role • Researching for potential vendors • Comparing and evaluating offers from suppliers • Tracking orders and ensuring timely delivery • Maintaining effective and proper relations with suppliers or their representatives • Validation of documents necessary for the accounting processes • Reviewing the suppliers contracts, creation of the documents, coordination of the document workflow • Formalizing and accounting validation of documents • Entering documents into the purchasing system • Support for the preparation of closing month reports • Collaborating with stakeholders for process improvements

What You’ll Bring • 3+ years of experience in a buyer role (or very relevant experience) • Prior Accounting or Finance experience preferred • Administration, accounting or economics degree • Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, google apps) • Teamwork and individual work skills • Strong English skills in writing and speaking • Strong Slovak skills in writing and speaking • Experience in Slovak market direct/indirect purchases • Moderate knowledge of finance and accounting • Ability to communicate with internal/external stakeholders, contract reading and negotiation. • Engaged, quick learner with strong attention to detail, along with the ability to take initiative.

About us  

We’re a global, 1000-stong, diverse team of professional experts, promoting and delivering Social Innovation through our One Hitachi initiative (OT x IT x Product) and working on projects that have a real-world impact. We’re curious, passionate and empowered, blending our legacy of 110 years of innovation with our shaping our future. Here you’re not just another employee; you’re part of a tradition of excellence and a community working towards creating a digital future.

Fostering innovation through diverse perspectives

Hitachi is a global company operating across a wide range of industries and regions. One of the things that sets Hitachi apart is the diversity of our business and people, which drives our innovation and growth.

We are committed to building an inclusive culture based on mutual respect and merit-based systems. We believe that when people feel valued, heard, and safe to express themselves, they do their best work.

How we look after you

We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.

We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.