Commercial Demand Planner - North America

GE Vernova • Schenectady, NY

1d • Remote

About The Position

In this role, the Commercial Demand Planning Leader – North America will have responsibility for developing and communicating commercial demand forecasts for Wind products to other pertinent functions such as Sourcing, Supply Chain and Finance to ensure customer needs and contractual new unit order obligations are met. Through data, analytics and market knowledge, this role helps inform tactical and strategic decisions to optimize the wind Sales, Inventory & Operation Planning (SI&OP) and proactively engages in problem solving to meet customer and business needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree rom an accredited university or college.
• Minimum of 5 years experience in operational excellence and process improvement.
• Minimum of 5 years experience in roles requiring oral and written communication to senior leadership and/or large groups.

Nice To Haves

• Strong data analytics skills including use of tableau, Excel and Salesforce.com.
• Experience specifically in the wind OEM business.
• Experience in Supply Chain, Manufacturing or Sourcing roles in industrial equipment.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and solve problems through LEAN tools and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with the Commercial team to build a monthly view of customer demand schedule.
• Include data and analytics around product type, sourcing restrictions and other key information to inform the SI&OP and Integrated Business Plan for sourcing wind turbine components.
• Leads process of using multiple data sources, such as market dynamics and commercial pipeline analytics to inform a high accuracy demand forecast.
• Coordinates with the sourcing team to optimize factory scheduling to align with contractual obligations in wind turbine orders and forecasted orders.
• Provides required data and analytics for several Commercial Bowler KPI’s and helps inform Commercial Leadership team on performance of such KPI’s.
• Drives Problem Solving Reviews and develops action plans to keep KPI’s on track to target.
• Builds and maintains detailed analytics and Standard Work using SalesForce.com data and other data sources and to enable clear insight into how the commercial organization and ITO activity are pacing towards business goals.
• Owns process for reporting executed project information to third party industry groups to enable accurate representation of GEV Wind’s install share position in each market.

Benefits

• GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation.
• Available benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services.
• Retirement benefits include the GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants.
• Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off.
• GE Vernova Inc. or its affiliates (collectively or individually, “GE Vernova”) sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs GE Vernova reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion.
• No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a GE Vernova welfare benefit plan or program.
• This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level