Sr Sourcing Manager 1 Americas Services and Projects Sourcing Leader
Schenectady, NY - USA
Job Summary
Job Description Summary
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.Job Description
Essential 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
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Bachelors 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%
Desired Characteristics:
- 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
GE Vernova offers a great work environment professional development challenging careers and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is anEqual Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race color religion national or ethnic origin sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age disability protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
GE Vernova will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes
Required Experience:
Manager
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