Job Description Summary
GE Vernovas Power Conversion business provides electrification systems that are critical to customers power and energy needs for their highperformance applications. We work with some of the worlds major energy maritime and industrial organizations helping to enable a transition to energy efficiency and decarbonization including through our specialist motors drives and control technologies.
Job Description
Role Summary.
Reporting to Senior Supply Chain Leader working within UK business unit as a successful Strategic Sourcing Specialist; you are responsible for full wing to wing Sourcing & procurement process for the assigned commodities and projects. This includes Direct material procurement in a project environment dealing with global and local suppliers
Responsibilities.
- Execute across the purchase base with full accountability for meeting deflation (savings) usage cash and preferred supplier targets limiting/ mitigating erosions. (overspends)
- Ensure business compliance is followed authorisations processes controls.
- Own the daytoday of the transactional procurement process including approving converting purchase requisitions/Eng requirements into purchase orders. Managing purchase orders expediting supplier monitoring delivery schedules (NCRs/Invoice Queries etc)
- Manage Engineering changes on open orders within the supply chain.
- Manage the operational relationship with suppliers.
- Optimize inventory and process improvements.
- Expected to resolve problems through the application of experiences and expertise.
- Identify review and propose new suppliers.
- Support escalation issues for invoice payment issue resolution.
Qualifications / Requirements.
- CIPS (desirable not essential).
- Good level of exposure and relevant experience within transactional purchasing (SAP) expediting supply chain management. (manufacturing / engineering background preferred)
- Ability to understand purchasing contract legal terms and chair negotiations.
- Ability to review understand engineering requirements and cost/budget subcon manufacture.
- Ability to read and interpret BOMs and technical drawings statements of work.
- Ability and willingness to travel if required.
- Efficient with SAP and AP systems. (MRP)
Desired Characteristics;
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills.
- PC and database proficiency.
- Strong oral and written communication skills. (negotiations)
- Strong interpersonal and Influencing skills
- Analytic capabilities and operating rigor.
- Handson and ability to handle multiple priorities in a high demanding environment.
- Crossfunctional openness and Teamplayer attitude.
- Flexible can do attitude.
Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority