Operational Sourcing Leader - Indirect Sourcing

GE Aerospace • Evendale, OH

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

Negotiate with dedicated providers according to specific policies. Achieve the best contractual conditions while also ensuring internal customer satisfaction. In-depth understanding of key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work. In-depth understanding of how work of own team integrates with other teams and contributes to the area.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business or related field.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in sourcing, purchasing, procurement.

Nice To Haves

• Indirect Sourcing experience.
• Recent experience leading a team in the past 2 or 3 years.
• Strong negotiation skills and proven track record of cutting costs year over year.
• Project management experience working with multiple stakeholders.
• Humble: respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn.
• Transparent: shares critical information , speaks with candor, contributes constructively.
• Focused: quick learner, strategically prioritizes work, committed.
• Leadership ability: strong communicator, decision-maker, collaborative.

Responsibilities

• Define and improve sourcing strategies at business or plant level.
• May also include management of business team.
• Developing in-depth knowledge of a discipline.
• Uses prior experience and acquired expertise to execute functional policy/strategy.
• Negotiate terms and conditions and transmit information to stakeholders.
• Includes commercial sourcing management such as data analysis, negotiations support, etc.
• This includes purchasing activities.
• Communication with direct colleagues and the business about design and coordination for goods to be purchased.
• Provides guidance to team members.
• Explains complex information to others in straightforward situations.
• Impacts approaches, projects and programs in the functional area or affected business organization and ways of working.
• Impacts quality, efficiency and effectiveness of own team.
• Working within broad guidelines and policies, this role has moderate autonomy, requiring high levels of evaluative judgment.
• Utilizes technical expertise and judgement to solve problems.
• Leverages technical skills and analytic thinking required to solve problems.
• May use multiple internal sources outside of own team to arrive at decisions.

Benefits

• Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
• access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace
• the Employee Assistance Program, which provides 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services.
• the GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions
• access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants.
• tuition assistance
• adoption assistance
• paid parental leave
• disability insurance
• life insurance
• paid time-off for vacation or illness.

What This Job Offers

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