Location:
Rotterdam, South Holland, NetherlandsJob ID:
R0107766Date Posted:
2025-10-31Company Name:
HITACHI ENERGY THE NETHERLANDS B.V.Profession (Job Category):
Sales, Marketing & Product ManagementJob Schedule:
Full timeRemote:
NoJob Description:
The Opportunity
At Hitachi Energy, we advance a sustainable energy future for all. We are now looking for a Tendering Team Manager to strengthen our Substation Automation business across Benelux and Germany. In this role, you will lead a skilled international tendering team and ensure high-quality, competitive, and customer-focused bids are delivered on time.
You will play a key part in driving the regional tendering strategy, improving processes, and supporting business growth. This position offers the opportunity to lead a cross-country team, collaborate closely with sales and engineering, and directly influence our success in a dynamic and rapidly evolving market.
How You’ll Make an Impact
Lead, coach, and develop an international team of tendering engineers across multiple countries.
Drive the preparation of high-quality, competitive tenders aligned with customer requirements and business objectives.
Oversee technical, commercial, contractual, operational, and financial elements of all bids.
Ensure accurate cost estimations and clear risk assessments for all proposals.
Foster strong collaboration with sales, operations, and other internal stakeholders.
Improve tendering workflows, tools, and processes to enhance quality and efficiency.
Represent and promote Hitachi Energy’s values of safety, integrity, and customer-centric delivery.
Manage and execute your own tenders when required to support workload balance and team effectiveness.
Your Background
Proven leadership experience managing teams in an international and multicultural environment.
Strong track record in tendering, sales, engineering, or project management within Substation Automation or related domains (SCADA, RTUs, Protection & Control, IEDs).
Solid understanding of bid preparation processes and ability to identify improvements.
Comfortable working under pressure with strict deadlines and multiple priorities.
University degree in Electrical Engineering or another relevant technical field.
Fluent in English and at least one regional language (Dutch, French, or German).
Willingness to travel internationally when required.
More about us
We pride ourselves on offering a holistic range of competitive benefits to support your financial, physical, and mental wellbeing, as well as your professional growth. We want you to truly thrive with us, in work and out.
For this role, depending on grade and experience, we offer the following employee benefits (subject to plan rules):
Pension plan
Bonus plan
Company car or cash allowance
Enhanced leave programs — 40 days of paid time off (PTO) in the Netherlands, with the option to buy or sell days
Continuous learning and development opportunities
Flexible/remote working arrangements when not on-site
Top Skills
What We Do
Since its founding in 1910, Hitachi has responded to the expectations of society and its customers through technology and innovation. Our mission is to “Contribute to society through the development of superior, original technology and products.” Over the past 100+ years this commitment has led us to work towards creating a more sustainable society through our “Social Innovation Business”. We work to apply our expertise in information technology (IT), operational technology (OT), and a wide variety of products to advance social infrastructure systems and improve quality of life across the world.
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