Indirect and Installation Sourcing Leader

GE Vernova • Greenville, NC

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About The Position

The Installation & Indirect COE Leader is a member of the Wind Sourcing Leadership Team. The role leads a global team responsible for sourcing indirect materials, labor, cranes, and related commodities to support our global supply chain, install base, and project sites. You will be responsible to partner with key stakeholders to build a differentiating strategy and execute the strategy through the value chain.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university or college in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business, or related discipline
• Minimum 10 years of buyer, global commodity, logistics, and/or supply quality experience
• Prior relevant leadership experience

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading, developing, and executing multi-year global commodity strategies
• Deep experience with Wind turbine component cost structure and supply base
• Proven strong results with supplier strategy, commodity negotiations, supplier selection, and contracts management
• Strategic thinker – able to process many inputs, understand market complexity, and develop winning commodity strategies
• Excellent business acumen
• Lean mindset – able to drive process improvement, standard work, etc.
• Effectively influences a wide range of stakeholders.
• Credible voice on key issues and effectively engages with individuals at all levels of the organization
• Global leadership experience with proven record of delivering on business priorities.
• Attracts, develops, and grows talent.
• Excellent communicator, coach, and mentor
• Advanced degree from an accredited university or college in Business, Supply Chain Management, or related discipline

Responsibilities

• Accountable for developing, leading and implementing activities to deliver on safety, quality, delivery (Lead time, capacity, fulfillment), and landed/ lifecycle cost
• Own the overall spend across the business and drive daily management into delivering on business targets
• Drive alignment with internal stakeholders on commodity strategies, working closely with Services Functional Leader on Crane and Labor optimization
• Align with Finance and Services teams on annual cost reduction targets and develop operational plan for supply chain to deliver continuous cost improvement
• Partner with Services and Fleet Performance Management to optimize crane utilization rates and mobilization costs
• Accountable for supply base management (strategic supplier management) to the balanced score card metrics
• Leverage should cost data, negotiation strategies, and commodity strategies to deliver on cost targets
• Develop complex, global supplier/ buyer contractual and strategic relationships, managing price, cash, and quality
• Develop and lead the team in the implementation of continuous improvement activities and operationalize standard work
• Drive 100% compliance to sourcing policy / procedures, supplier approval, competitive bidding, and delegation of authority approval

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• prescription drug coverage
• access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource
• access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services
• GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions
• access to Fidelity Executive Services
• tuition assistance
• adoption assistance
• paid parental leave
• disability benefits
• life insurance
• 12 paid holidays
• permissive time off
• the Restoration Plan, a nonqualified plan with company credits on eligible pay above IRS limits

What This Job Offers

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