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Location: Chennai
Company: Hitachi
- Establish and maintain central ownership of the electronic cob across all Business Units.
- Consolidate component data from: R&D BOMs and AMLs
- Product Management (forecast, lifecycle inputs)
- EMS BOMs and price data
- Supply Chain (cost and spend consolidation)
- Ensure accurate component structures, attributes, and relationships are maintained consistently
- Define and enforce global AML standards for electronic components
- Maintain approved manufacturers, form‑fit‑function alternates, and double/multi‑source strategies
- Own component lifecycle estimation (introduction, maturity, risk, EOL)
- Align component lifecycle and sourcing risk with engineering and product decisions
- Lead internal data collection from all Business Units
- Translate fragmented component data into a single internal governance solution.
- Short‑term: structured internal reporting (PowerPoint / dashboards).
- Ensure EMS component data is aligned with Hitachi Energy AML and lifecycle standards.
- Interface with external component intelligence tools (e.g. SiliconExpert, LevaData, Lytica) to enrich risk, lifecycle, and compliance data.
- Provide annual component spend visibility across EMS and businesses.
- Geopolitical and supply chain risk.
- Allocation and obsolescence risks.
- Support compliance, audit readiness, and long-term product sustainability.
- Ensure proper change management, data accuracy, and governance are followed.
- Act as the functional authority for component data ahead of PLM implementation.
- Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
- Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business
Your Background
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering, Electronics, Supply Chain, Data Engineering, or related field.
- Solid experience in component engineering, PLM, BOM/AML management, supply chain, or strategic sourcing.
- Proven ability to work with complex BOM structures and component data.
- Experience interacting with EMS partners is highly preferred.
- Exposure to PLM systems (e.g. Windchill or equivalent) is a strong advantage.
- Strong analytical and systems-thinking mindset.
- Ability to translate complex data into governance-ready structures.
- Excellent stakeholder management across global, cross-functional teams.
- High attention to detail with strong ownership mentality.
- Comfortable working in evolving, ambiguous environments.
- Fluent in English; additional languages are a plus.
