Lead Operations Engineer

GE Vernova • Schenectady, NY

6d

About The Position

OUR MISSION: GE Vernova is accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy, while helping our customers power and deliver the electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. Are you excited at the opportunity to electrify and decarbonize the world? WHAT IMPACT YOU’LL MAKE: You will play a pivotal role in driving both operational excellence and continuous improvement across a large global Engineering team. In Engineering operations, you will be part of a team that partners closely with Sourcing, Finance and HR to ensure business outcomes are delivered as intended following SQDC (Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost) while also delivering on financial, headcount and other key operational KPI’s and metrics. You will champion a culture of continuous improvement by applying Lean principles and servant leadership practices, empowering engineering teams to identify and act on process improvement opportunities while also identifying the true systemic root causes and applying corrective actions to our quality misses. By supporting our Engineering team and embedding daily management best practices, you will help cultivate a resilient, data-driven, and forward-thinking one team culture.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration or in a STEM field from an accredited university/college or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience working with large teams supporting their operational objectives and ensuring they meet their financial commitments.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrates the GE Vernova Way: We Drive Innovation, We Serve Our Customers, Lean is How We Work, We Win as One Team, We Are Accountable
• Able to work cross functionally to identify & drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Knowledge of SAP-based ERP, Accounts Payable and Invoicing systems.
• Ensure procurement activities comply with company policies and regulatory requirements.
• Self-directed, detail-oriented, well-organized, and adaptable.
• Developing and maintaining strong partnerships with Suppliers as well as internal teams.
• Ability and willingness to rapidly shift priorities based on business needs.
• Strong organizational skills (both written and oral) enabling inclusive communication with transparency to deliver outcomes.
• Ability to be a change agent and ask curious questions to aide in complex problem solving.
• Familiar with AI and desire to use going forward to drive operational efficiencies.

Responsibilities

• Execute purchase orders in both Ariba and PowerMax to ensure goods and services are delivered accurately and on-time. Also, identify areas for continuous improvement (CI).
• Verify and approve all contract labor invoices for over 1,700 vouchering contractors to ensure correct billing rates and vouchered hours align with signed agreement.
• Lead monthly cross-functional purchasing council meetings to collaboratively share best practices, identify pain points, and drive continuous process improvement.
• Continue to enforce the SourceGate+ process to deliver indirect deflation savings for external transactions. Partnering with Operations and Sourcing to achieve savings target established for the specific year.
• Maintain and update purchasing standard work as needed to ensure process consistency with minimal deviation.
• Identify and solve complex PO/invoice issues, facilitate root-cause analysis with suppliers and internal teams, then define corrective and preventative actions.
• Assist with other procurement related activities including online payment requests, immediate payment requests, recurring lease payments and invoice discount refunds in CORA.
• Serve as primary focal point supporting Sourcing during the roll out of new tools and processes, ensuring effective adoption and issue resolution.
• Develop new and foster existing cross functional partnerships with sourcing & finance with a 'one team' mentality.
• Continue to work with the Sourcing team to enable savings tracking of < $25K regardless of PO value. The target completion date is 1H 2026.
• Continue partnering with the Digital/IT team to develop a comprehensive Ariba PO and invoice report that will improve data efficiency.

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.

What This Job Offers

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