Sr Sourcing Manager 1 - Americas Services and Projects Sourcing Leader

GE Vernova • Schenectady, NY

10d • Onsite

About The Position

The Americas Services & Projects Sourcing Leader will strategically develop and manage a global supply chain of Wind services and projects to geographically diverse locations, while driving commercial advantage through achievement of safety, quality, cost, usage and delivery goals. This Leader will manage a global team to contract, plan and purchase equipment and labor volume across Wind, while reducing costs and meeting safety, quality and delivery requirements from the supply base.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from accredited college or university
• Minimum 5 years of cranes and/or labor sourcing
• Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally, as required, estimated at 30%

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated negotiation skills, contracting expertise, and business law knowledge
• Ability to perform scenario analysis and strategy development
• High motivation, leadership, and influencing skills
• Strong interpersonal and facilitation skills
• Proactive self-starter and change agent
• Cross functional, matrixed, and international team experience
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Effectively communicate across all organizational levels, departments, and functions
• Have proven project management and process improvement skills
• Aptitude with analytical tools (ex. Excel, Access); specific skills should include: data-mining, pivot tables, data manipulation
• Demonstrated technical aptitude and business acumen

Responsibilities

• Drive cost out projects and negotiations with suppliers and cross functional teams targeted at achieving annual services and projects budgets
• Manage supplier contracts, supply agreements and terms and conditions with preferred suppliers to ensure that market trends, supplier performance, and future business needs are aligned
• Develop and execute long term global commodity strategies for a diverse group of suppliers, with varying levels of complexity
• Collaborate with global supporting resources (engineering, product line, quality, supply chain, and regional teams) to achieve schedule and maximize utilization of purchased services
• Lead the evaluation and selection of new suppliers and technology, development of existing suppliers, and overall supplier management
• Define and drive use of preferred suppliers plus develop alternate sources to reduce schedule constraints and cost
• Interact with site teams to understand business needs and develop supply chain strategies that optimize total requirements
• Develop technical and market expertise in cranes and labor

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision, and 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, as well as access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants
• tuition assistance
• adoption assistance
• paid parental leave
• disability benefits
• life insurance
• 12 paid holidays
• permissive time off
• Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

What This Job Offers

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