Commodity Leader – Service Labor NAM
Schenectady, NY - USA
Job Summary
Roles & Responsibility
- Drive cost out projects and negotiations with suppliers and cross functional teams targeted at achieving annual cost goals.
- Collaborate with finance partners to develop annual budgets based on your price negotiations.
- Manage supplier contracts service 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 regional commodity strategies for a diverse group of suppliers with varying levels of complexity.
- Collaborate with global supporting resources (services engineering product line quality supply chain and regional teams) to achieve schedule and ensure adequate cycle time to meet timelines.
- Lead the evaluation and selection of new suppliers development of existing suppliers and overall supplier management with a focus on safety quality delivery & cost.
- Define and drive use of preferred suppliers plus develop alternate sources.
- Interact with site teams to understand business needs and develop supply chain strategies that optimize total requirements.
- Develop technical and market expertise in commodity areas.
- Manage/Negotiate Vendor Recovery claims.
- Drive Supplier Scorecard process for Partner Suppliers.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree from accredited college or university
- Minimum 5 years of sourcing or global supply chain experience
- Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally as required estimated at 20%
Desired Characteristics
- High motivation leadership and influencing skills
- Strong interpersonal and facilitation skills
- Demonstrated supplier negotiation experience
- Demonstrated contracting expertise and business law knowledge
- Ability to perform scenario analysis and strategy development
- 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
The base pay range for this position is$00 USD Annual. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety offactors including the candidates experience education and skill set. This position is also eligible for a15% performance bonus/variable incentive compensation/equity.
*The Company pays a geographic differential of 110% 120% or 130% of salary in certain areas.
Healthcare benefits include medical dental vision and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program providing 24/7 confidential assessment counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE 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 planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance adoption assistance paid parental leave disability insurance life insurance and paid time-off for vacation or illness.
General Electric Company Ropcor Inc. their successors and in some cases their affiliates each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e. is a Sponsor). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate amend suspend replace or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsors welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.
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: No
About Company
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