Electric Power (US) Materials Leader

GE Aerospace • Vandalia, OH

4d • $159,000 - $212,000

About The Position

The US Electric Power Materials Leader is responsible for leading end-to-end materials planning and execution to support business objectives, with a primary focus on strengthening the Sale and Operations Planning (S&OP) process, optimizing inventory, and enabling business unit transformation plans. This role partners closely with Operations, Finance, Commercial, and Program teams to ensure material availability, mitigate risk, and drive sustained improvements in service, cost, and working capital.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience managing Sales and Operations Planning ( S&OP ) and/or Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning ( SIOP ) process.

Nice To Haves

• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects.
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.

Responsibilities

• Manage master planning, material processes and systems, prepare and update production schedules and purchasing needs.
• Ensure operational alignment with production plan and KPIs.
• Optimize inventory and process improvements.
• 2nd line manager with senior professional direct reports.
• Ability to attract and retain talent.
• Manage medium to large teams.
• Develop expertise in own function.
• May include roles that are experts in their discipline, providing professional or thought leadership.
• Able to influence policy and ensures delivery within area of responsibility, linking with other parts of the organization.
• Interpret internal and external business challenges and recommend best practices to improve products, processes or services.
• Utilize understanding of industry trends to inform decision making process.
• Lead others to find creative solutions within complex manufacturing processes with technical variety and/or interdependent production cycles.
• Employ sophisticated operational/product management, manufacturing or engineering techniques.
• Interact with adjacent functions needed to solve issues.
• Ability to evaluate quality of information received and questions conflicting data for analysis.
• Use multiple internal and external resources outside of own function to help arrive at a decision.
• May lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity.
• Present business or technical discipline solutions to leaders.
• Communicate complex messages and negotiate mainly internally with others to adopt a different point of view.
• Influence peers to take action and may negotiate with external partners, vendors, or customers.

Benefits

• GE Aerospace offers comprehensive benefits and programs to support your health and, along with programs like HealthAhead, your physical, emotional, financial and social wellbeing.
• Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace; and the Employee Assistance Program, which provides 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services.
• Retirement benefits include the GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants.
• Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness.

What This Job Offers

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