Vice President - Category Management, Global Electronics & High Tech

GE HealthCare•Waukesha, WI

8d•$224,000 - $336,000•Remote

About The Position

This leadership role leads the Global Electronics and High Tech Procurement team of 40+ people, managing over $1 billion in spend and 500+ suppliers. The role reports to the Chief Procurement Officer of GE Healthcare. GE Healthcare’s Global Procurement Organization is committed to serving the company’s mission, keeping patients and customers at the forefront. The ideal candidate is a strategic, proven people leader with accountable leadership, agile thinking, a collaborative spirit, and an enterprise mindset. This leader will not only uphold the strategy but also coach and mentor people, driving their development.

Requirements

15+ years of Sourcing experience, with 7+ leading large global category management teams
BS/BA from accredited college or university required
Deep category and domain knowledge in Electronics, High Tech, EMS, Semi-conductors required
Proven leadership ability of Global Categories
Proven ability in building world-class strategic category management teams
Proven ability to effectively communicate at a board level, internal and external c-suite level
Ability to manage global, remote and virtual teams

Nice To Haves

MBA preferred
Engineering &/or Business background preferred
Thought leadership, critical and clear thinking, and accountable leadership with a strong sense of urgency
Proactive and nimble work style with the ability to deliver on holistic business needs
Independent thinker with a proven history of shifting paradigms and driving innovative solutions
Inspirational leader who motivates teams to deliver results despite obstacles
Experience of working in Central, Center Led, Decentral Procurement Organizations
Experience in navigating highly matrix and global organizations
Fortune 500 experience

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, and mentor a global team of 40+ people responsible for leading the global category for GE Healthcare, embodying GE Healthcare Leadership Values and converting the team into a high-performing one.
Lead the formulation of 1-3-5-year strategies for all sub-categories within scope, assessing, defining, and building category strategies collaboratively with cross-functional teams and business segments.
Develop strategic supplier relationships consistent with the company’s vision and long-term objectives, ensuring 3-5 year plans are in place and communicated to internal stakeholders.
Drive product costs down by 5%+ year over year through supplier negotiation and design change ideas, partnering with engineering and manufacturing with a total cost of ownership mindset.
Demonstrate deep understanding of markets for managed categories, including key players, indices, and trends, articulating opportunities and challenges, and driving cross-functional conversations with an enterprise mindset.
Drive best-in-class Quality, Cost, Delivery, and Service through supplier partners.
Manage global category spend, driving strategic partnerships with global category and segment teams, managing strategic and leverage suppliers through a designed program, and developing a catered strategy for tail spend and suppliers.
Mitigate Sole & Single Source risk by designing programs with supply chain and legal teams, partnering with cross-functional teams to drive alternate suppliers, substitute materials, processes, and technology, and developing business continuity plans for enterprise risks.
Partner with Strategic and Core Suppliers to drive market-changing innovation focused on improving patient experience and meeting customer needs, facilitating dialogue between supplier and GE Healthcare cross-functional teams to drive a Supplier Innovation roadmap.
Lead, facilitate, and participate in cross-functional teams for design improvements, cost reduction opportunities, and value engineering with an eye on innovation.
Pursue Scope III reductions by partnering with suppliers and leading with a Recycle, Renew, Rework, Refurbish, Repair methodology, keeping company's ESG interests in mind.
Proactively support new program launches as a subject matter expert and an equal partner, bringing necessary functional perspective.
Work closely with Procurement’s Center of Excellence team to drive supplier compliance with FDA, EHS, transportation, and other regulatory and reputational requirements.