Operating Unit Manager Capacitors & Filters, North America

Job Description

The opportunity

Lead a high-impact North American business at the center of the energy transition. As Operating Unit Manager, Capacitors & Filters North America, you will own the strategy, performance, and profitable growth of a business serving utility, renewable energy, industrial, power quality, and high-voltage transmission markets. With full P&L accountability, you will translate global and regional priorities into meaningful business results, strengthening market position, improving operational performance, and creating long-term customer value. You will bring together commercial, operations, supply chain, engineering, service, quality, finance, and people priorities to build an agile, competitive, and customer-focused organization. This is an opportunity to shape strategy while staying close to execution. You will build executive customer relationships, identify new growth opportunities, champion Lean and continuous improvement, and develop a high-performing leadership team capable of delivering today while preparing the business for tomorrow.

How you'll make an impact

• Own the North American Capacitors & Filters strategy and full P&L, delivering revenue, profitability, EBIT, cash flow, and growth commitments.
• Accelerate profitable growth across utility, renewable energy, transmission, distribution, industrial, and power quality markets.
• Build strategic customer relationships and strengthen market position through portfolio optimization, commercial strategy, and new business development.
• Lead pricing governance, major bids, tender strategy, contract risk assessment, forecasting, budgeting, and business performance reviews.
• Drive safe, reliable, and efficient manufacturing, engineering, supply chain, service, and customer delivery performance.
• Champion operational excellence through Lean, Six Sigma, productivity, cost optimization, and continuous improvement.
• Strengthen quality and customer satisfaction through robust KPIs, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and quality management systems.
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing organization with the structure, capabilities, and engagement needed to achieve business objectives.
• Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.

Your background

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, finance, operations, or a related discipline; an advanced degree such as an MBA is an advantage.
• Significant leadership experience within the energy, electrical equipment, power transmission, industrial manufacturing, or related technology sector.
• Demonstrated experience leading a business or operating unit with P&L accountability and responsibility for profitable growth.
• Strong commercial and operational leadership capabilities, including financial planning, forecasting, productivity, pricing, and risk management.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams spanning areas such as sales, operations, engineering, supply chain, quality, finance, and service.
• Proven ability to build customer relationships, lead transformation, develop talent, and create a strong culture of safety, accountability, quality, and continuous improvement.

More About Us

• At Hitachi Energy, you will help advance a more sustainable, flexible, and secure energy system while working on technologies and solutions that support customers and communities.
• Grow your career in a collaborative, global environment with opportunities to broaden your leadership experience, develop new capabilities, and make an impact across the energy industry.
• Join a team where innovation, continuous improvement, inclusion, safety, and professional development are integral to how we work.

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