Lead Sourcing Specialist –BuyingProcurement
Pensacola, FL - USA
Job Summary
Roles and Responsibilities
- Act as buyer for selected commodities and suppliers across multiple sites/inventory organizations to leverage synergies and resolve capacity and supply constraints.
- Remain part of and report into the home team structure while providing operational buying support to an additional factory/site as part of a cross-site procurement setup.
- Build and maintain a common line of balance across the supported sites.
- Report directly to the local/home manager and work in close alignment with the fulfilment leaders of the supported site(s); participate in their operational rhythm and KPI reviews as required.
- Place and follow up on POs in the different ERP/inventory organizations.
- Manage supplier relationships for PO execution resolve shortages and schedule changes and ensure ERP updates are completed for all affected sites.
- Act as a resource for colleagues with less experience in an international environment.
- Lead projects across sites with low risk and resource requirements.
- Explain information clearly and support alignment across international team members on topics within the field.
- Convey performance expectations and may handle sensitive issues.
- Use prior experience and acquired expertise to execute functional policy and strategy.
- Apply judgment and propose solutions outside of set parameters to address more complicated day-to-day problems.
- Prioritize information for data analysis and use technical experience and analytical thinking to support decision-making.
- Use multiple internal and limited external sources outside of the immediate team to arrive at decisions.
- Provide informal guidance to new team members and explain complex information in a straightforward manner.
- Impact projects processes and procedures in the own field while operating with high autonomy within standard functional practices and procedures.
- Utilize extended technical expertise judgment and analytic thinking to solve problems effectively.
- Support across various commodities and teams/sites to support evolving buisness needs.
Required Qualifications
- For roles outside of the USA- This role requires advanced experience in the Sourcing & Buying-Procurement. Knowledge level is comparable to a Bachelors degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma with relevant experience).
- For roles in USA - Bachelors degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 6 years of experience in Job Family Group(s)/Function(s)).
- Substantive and proven level of experience in a fulfilment team as a buyer
Desired Characteristics
- Strong oral and written communication skills. Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems. Ability to document plan and execute programs. Established project management skills.
- Proven ability to build international networks across different functions.
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
Required Experience:
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