Facility Support Specialist - Procure to Pay

About the role

HITACHI ENERGY's Real Estate function supports and manages its global property portfolio, covering portfolio management, site selection, workplace, facility maintenance and management, project delivery and financials. It is looking for a Facility Support Specialist in Sevlievo, Bulgaria, responsible for the procure-to-pay process. The specialist manages the end-to-end supply chain management process, from project initiation and stakeholder alignment through procurement, contract execution, goods and services receipt, project evaluation and closure, optimising cost, timeline and quality.

Key responsibilities

• Support planning and requirement gathering: collaborate with stakeholders to define project objectives, scope, timeline, procurement needs, quality standards and other criteria
• Support supplier competence qualification and local market research
• Procure to pay: trigger, monitor and reactivate suppliers in the system, issue PR/PO/WBS, coordinate goods and services receipt, match invoices and process payments
• Contract monitoring and performance management: prepare, execute and manage contracts, including drafting, negotiation, compliance, amendments, deliverables, closeout and post-project evaluation
• Track agreed costs against actual payments and communicate with vendors and suppliers on invoicing
• Risk and compliance: ensure regulatory compliance, risk mitigation, issue resolution, procurement tracking and progress reporting
• Lead health, safety and environmental standards and uphold Hitachi Energy's values of safety and integrity

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in real estate, business administration or a related field
• At least 2 years of experience in real estate and/or facility-related fields
• English language
• Advantages: experience managing industrial property projects under different contractual models, strong project management and contract negotiation background, source-to-pay experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication; resilient, independent, proactive, collaborative and adaptable

Required skills

• Good knowledge of MS Office
• SAP and Ariba

What we offer

• 13th salary
• Monthly food vouchers
• Supplementary health insurance
• Organised transport
• Additional bonuses