Management and Strategy Office Manager

Description

Our Company

Hitachi drives Social Innovation Business, creating a sustainable society through the use of data and technology. We solve customers' and society's challenges with Lumada solutions leveraging IT, OT (Operational Technology) and products. Hitachi operates under the business structure of “Digital Systems & Services” - supporting our customers’ digital transformation; “Green Energy & Mobility” - contributing to a decarbonized society through energy and railway systems, and “Connective Industries” - connecting products through digital technology to provide solutions in various industries. Driven by Digital, Green, and Innovation, we aim for growth through co-creation with our customers. The company’s consolidated revenues for fiscal year 2022 (ended March 31, 2023) totaled 10,881.1 billion yen, with 696 consolidated subsidiaries and approximately 320,000 employees worldwide. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at .

To support the management of EBD (Environmental Business Division) EMEA operations (planning, budget, reporting,.) and provide strategic analysis on new business innovation initiatives.

• Support the operation of the EMEA EBD unit (under leadership of head of EMEA EBD). The unit consists of ca. 9 headcounts and a budget of ca. 3 M£.

• Provide strategic analysis of markets, innovation trends and startups companies.

What you’ll be doing

The role will also be responsible for:

Unit operations: drive the planning, budgeting, pacing and reporting process of the unit, in close collaboration with head of the unit as well as with corporate global management. Ensure the fitness and on-time delivery of deliverables due by the unit to corporate global management, in close cooperation with New Business Innovation leaders. Resolve programmatic issues and escalate when necessary.

Strategic analysis: Assess business ecosystems and competitive dynamics in energy, mobility and industrial sectors. Explore and analyze markets and trends in the target sectors and identify venture opportunities. Scout databases, reports and attend conferences / meetings to identify interesting startups and corporate partners and track them in a structured manner. Analyze startups and corporate partners strengths and weaknesses, assets, finance capacities and business models. Prepare regular update reports and other communications materials for internal stakeholders. Support ad-hoc presentations,

Collaboration : be the platform for operational issues with the units and be a key contact partner and contributor to Hitachi’s Corporate Venture Office CVO).

What you bring to the team

We’re looking for a team player, who is motivated by delivering great work and the Hitachi vision. The role will be a mixture of remote-hybrid work with days in the Hitachi Office.

The ideal candidate will possess the following skills and background:

• Bachelor's Degree and / or Masters in an area such as Finance, Business Administration, Sustainability Strategy, Technology & Information Management or equivalent

• 4+ years of professional experience, either or both in strategy and/or management support. Experience with startups is a plus.

• Ability to support unit operation with impeccable inter-personal and reporting skills.

• Versed into strategic analysis and taste for startup and corporate venture environment.

• Detail-oriented, analytical, and inquisitive.

• Extremely organized, inclination for structure and strong time-management skills

• Experience of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

• Ability to understand big picture and to break-down into smaller operational pieces.

• Works well under pressure.

• Confident and credible communication skills: ability to foster collaboration across the unit and with external stakeholders.

• Ability and taste to synthetize large amount of information into clear and crisp messages, presentation skills.

• Fluency in English, a second European language is a plus

This role reports to Head of EMEA – Environmental Business Division and is opened in UK, Switzerland and Ita

Benefits Package
Company Funded Benefits

Along with a market competitive salary and discretionary bonus scheme, employees have the option to work flexibly in line with our hybrid working model and we would be happy to discuss this with you during the hiring process.

• Generous holiday entitlement - with the option to buy up to an additional 5 days per year

• A Holiday Banking scheme allowing you to bank untaken holiday to use another year

• Group Personal Pension

• Private Medical Insurance with self-funded option to cover family members

• Employee Assistance Programme available to all employees

• Personal Accident Insurance

Voluntary Benefits (funded by employee) including;

• Cycle To Work scheme

• Gym Membership

• Dental Insurance with option to include dependent children

• Health screening

• Dining card

Our Values

We are proud to say we are an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to any factor that doesn’t impact your ability to do the job, including race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. We are proud of Japanese heritage, with our values expressed through the Hitachi Spirit:

Wa – Harmony, Trust, Respect

Makoto – Sincerity, Fairness, Honesty, Integrity

Kaitakusha-Seishin – Pioneering Spirit, Challenge

If, like us, you’re motivated by delivering first class services, thrive in a fast paced and supportive environment and want to help Hitachi to drive social innovation, we’d love to hear from you.