Supplier Account Leader

GE Aerospace • Evendale, OH

2d • Remote

About The Position

The Supplier Account Leader is a senior commercial procurement leader who owns the end-to-end relationship, commercial strategy, and performance for one or more strategic supplier accounts across multiple GE Aerospace Procurement & Supplier Management commodities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, or related Engineering disciplines with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, and/or commercial roles

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree (e.g., MBA or similar).
• Professional certifications (e.g., CPSM, CIPS, or equivalent).
• Experience in regulated aerospace / industrial environments with safety, quality, delivery, and cost tightly linked.
• Exposure to global supply chains and multi-region supplier strategies.
• Formal training in advanced negotiation, strategic account management, and financial analysis.
• Significant experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, or commercial roles with demonstrable track record of managing complex supplier relationships and high‑value negotiations.
• Evidence of operating at an SPB scope: major influence on a segment or function, ownership/influence over budgets, and responsibility for decisions that shape commercial direction.
• Proven ability to interpret business challenges, use industry trends, and apply evaluative judgment to design creative commercial solutions across multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Typically prior experience leading senior professionals or 1st‑line leaders, managing medium to large teams, and influencing peers and leaders across functions.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex messages, negotiate internally and externally, and influence others to adopt a different point of view.

Responsibilities

• Own multi‑year account plans for strategic suppliers, covering all elements of safety, quality, delivery, and cost, cash
• Work with commodity leaders to ensure supplier strategies directly support customer commitments, new product introductions, and program milestones.
• Create, capture and deploy standard work for the role.
• Anticipate future needs (capacity increases, technology shifts, regulatory demands) and build them into commercial roadmaps.
• Influence preferred commercial constructs (LTAs, indexation models, volume commitments, risk-sharing) and ensure consistency across similar accounts.
• Maintain in‑depth knowledge of supplier cost structures, financial health, investment plans, and capacity outlook.
• Understand how supplier technology roadmaps intersect with GE Aerospace’s product and services strategy.
• Lead and support cross-functional teams to address chronic supplier performance issues or commercial disputes, driving structured problem solving and sustainable corrective actions.
• Sponsor, support, or directly lead complex, high‑stakes negotiations with strategic suppliers, ensuring clear objectives, walk‑aways, and escalation paths.
• Serve as a supporting interface with supplier leadership, especially for strategic reviews, escalations, and long-range planning.
• Oversee supplier business reviews that manage safety, quality, delivery, cost, and improvement actions.
• Communicate complex commercial messages and trade-offs to senior leaders and stakeholders, often requiring consensus-building around difficult choices.
• Demonstrate Respect for People, Continuous Improvement, and Customer Driven behaviors in all interactions, including with suppliers and internal teams.
• Embed FLIGHT DECK principles into account governance, problem solving, and daily management (e.g., standard work, visual management, genba with key suppliers).

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