Job Description Summary
GE Vernova’s Power Conversion business provides electrification systems that are critical to customers’ power and energy needs for their high-performance applications. We work with some of the world’s major energy, maritime and industrial organizations, helping to enable a transition to energy efficiency and decarbonization, including through our specialist motors, drives and control technologies.
Job Description
Role Summary
Reporting to Senior Supply Chain Leader, working within UK business unit as a successful Strategic Sourcing Specialist; you are responsible for full wing to wing Sourcing & procurement process for the assigned commodities and projects. This includes Direct material procurement in a project environment, dealing with global and local suppliers.
Responsibilities
* Execute across the purchase base, with full accountability for meeting deflation (savings), usage, cash and preferred supplier targets, limiting/ mitigating erosions (overspends).
* Ensure business compliance is followed, authorisations, processes, controls.
* Own the day-to-day execution of the transactional procurement process including approving, converting purchase requisitions/Eng requirements into purchase orders. Managing purchase orders, expediting, supplier monitoring, delivery schedules (NCR’s/Invoice Queries etc).
* Manage Engineering changes on open orders within the supply chain.
* Manage the operational relationship with suppliers.
* Optimize inventory and process improvements.
* Expected to resolve problems through the application of experiences and expertise.
* Identify, review and propose new suppliers.
* Support escalation issues for invoice payment issue resolution.
Qualifications / Requirements
* CIPS (desirable, not essential).
* Good level of exposure and relevant experience within transactional purchasing (SAP), expediting, supply chain management (manufacturing / engineering background preferred).
* Ability to understand purchasing contract legal terms and chair negotiations.
* Ability to review, understand engineering requirements and cost/budget sub-con manufacture.
* Ability to read and interpret BOM’s and technical drawings, statements of work.
* Ability and willingness to travel if required.
* Efficient with SAP and AP systems (MRP).
Desired Characteristics
* Strong quantitative and analytical skills.
* PC and database proficiency.
* Strong oral and written communication skills (negotiations).
* Strong interpersonal and influencing skills.
* Analytic capabilities and operating rigor.
* Hands-on and ability to handle multiple priorities in a high demanding environment.
* Cross-functional openness and team-player attitude.
* Flexible can-do attitude.
Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
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