Strategy Operations Lead

**Description**

**Our Company**

**About Hitachi EMEA**

Hitachi is positioned as a leader in Climate Change Innovation, finding new pathways to net zero through our world-leading businesses in key sectors including Energy, Transportation, Manufacturing and Digital. Since our inception in 1910, our mission has been centred around Social Innovation - making society better through advanced technology - supported by our R&D centres across the world. Some examples of our contribution to Climate Change Innovation include:

- ** Battery hybrid trains** - decarbonising rail transport even in areas where the rail infrastructure is only partially electrified
- ** Electric vehicle fleet charging** - delivering sophisticated smart charging and battery management technology for charging fleets of electric trucks, buses and vans
- ** Utility scale grid infrastructure** - including our HVDC technology that connects Dogger Bank to the UK mainland grid and enables the UK to trade green energy with Norway via the North Sea Link
- ** Microgrid solutions** - enabling large energy consumers such as marine ports, factories and data centres, to engineer additional green power ‘behind-the-meter’ for their net zero transition using on-site renewable generation and energy storage
- ** Marine Port solutions -**enabling ships to plug into the onshore power system when they arrive in port, to avoid burning fuel to generate their own electricity
- ** AI & IoT based solutions -** using Digital technology to unlock new pathways in Energy, Transportation and Manufacturing to drive efficiency and decarbonisation

Hitachi EMEA represents all the businesses in the Hitachi Group and drives growth by taking a regional approach and focusing on opportunities for ‘One Hitachi’ to help drive the energy transition and net zero.

**What you’ll be doing**

The Operations Lead supports the EMEA CSO in executing strategic priorities and driving the implementation of a business change program. This role is critical to ensuring that Hitachi’s regional growth and transformation agenda is effectively monitored, reported, and managed. Role includes, executing regional strategic priorities, implement business change program/ restructuring, monitoring/managing the KPIs and metrics (with BUs, Functions, Japan, Region); performance metrics (Managing KPIs tracking, CRM integration, alignment with BU opportunities and RMC decisions. Manual tracking of bookings and related metrics.); Japan Reporting: Manage reporting Japan governing bodies, ensuring compliance with required formats, timelines, and standards. This role requires a proven ability to oversee large-scale transformation initiatives, deliver actionable insights through management reporting, and ensure seamless communication with stakeholders, including Hitachi’s Japanese governing bodies.

**Key Responsibilities**

**Strategy Implementation and Change Program Management**
- Business Change: Lead the implementation of the EMEA business change program, ensuring alignment with Hitachi’s strategic goals and growth agenda.
- Program Governance: Establish and maintain governance structures to monitor the execution of key transformation initiatives.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with functional and regional leaders to ensure consistent progress and alignment across all workstreams.

**Management Reporting and Insights**
- Performance Metrics: Manage KPIs to track regional progress against strategic objectives with timely and accurate reporting.
- Management Reporting: Prepare comprehensive progress updates, dashboards, and executive summaries for senior management, regional stakeholders, and Japanese governing bodies.
- Data-Driven Insights: Analyze performance data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities, providing actionable recommendations to drive decision-making.

**Regional Growth and Transformation Monitoring**
- Growth Agenda Oversight: Track and monitor the execution of the region’s growth initiatives, ensuring alignment with transformation objectives.
- Risk Management: Identify and escalate potential risks to the successful delivery of growth and transformation programs, proposing mitigation strategies.
- Continuous Improvement: Collaborate with teams to optimize processes, remove roadblocks, and ensure efficient execution of strategic initiatives.

**Stakeholder and Governance Engagement**
- Japanese Reporting: Manage reporting processes to Japanese governing bodies, ensuring compliance with required formats, timelines, and standards.
- Leadership Support: Provide operational support to the CSO, enabling effective decision-making and execution of strategic responsibilities.

**What you bring to the team**

We’re looking for a team player, who is motivated by delivering great work and the Hitachi vision.

**Qualifications
- Education and Experience**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, or a related field (Master’s or MBA preferred).
- Minimum of 10 years