Business Performance Manager Support

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.

Mission

The resource will be part of the Business Performance Management team and will be responsible for:

• Planning and managing the progress of work related to subcontracts and subcontractors.
• Ensuring the scheduling of technical specifications and the issuance of purchase requests.
• Monitoring and finalizing investment requests by analyzing and aggregating needs.
• Planning tools and equipment, ensuring the issuance of purchase requests for depot supply needs and monitoring correct processes.
• Cost Center (CDC) planning – analyzing cost item needs for each CDC, planning related budgets, rolling analysis, and managing reclassifications.
• Planning and managing Service & Maintenance workload.
• Periodic headcount analysis, correlating it with the operational needs of the Lines of Business (LOBs), to define an aggregated recruitment and/or resource allocation plan.
• Sharing with S&M functions the target values of the entity’s KPIs (hourly rate, dispersion, absenteeism, workload, controllable costs, investment progress, etc.) to ensure monitoring and mitigation actions in case of deviations.
• Defining update reports for corporate, ensuring their management and updating.
• Monitoring invoicing to the Client for contractual fees, supporting the formulation of goods receipt requests and correlating them with the progress of fees to suppliers.
• Supporting LOBs / Functions in identifying key operational and/or process issues, defining resolution plans and related monitoring.

Required Skills

• Proven experience in managing multinational operations and intercultural teams.
• Experience in railway projects and maintenance planning.
• Excellent negotiation, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.
• In-depth knowledge of Windows operating systems and Microsoft Office suite.
• Familiarity with SAP.
• Budget management and cost planning skills.

Education/Qualifications

Master’s degree in Engineering, Logistics, or Economics, or a Technical Diploma.

Languages

Fluency in Italian and English is required.