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Job Description Summary

The Sourcing Comm Ops Product Line Leader will partner with the Product Line teams to build long term strategy around critical hardware as well as manage the Deal Review pipeline for their respective teams. This role will drive collaboration between Sourcing Commodities, Product Lines, and Engineering teams to find optimal sourcing solutions that deliver on the business’ safety, quality, delivery, and cost priorities.

This role is eligible for a hybrid work schedule.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Establish daily management rhythms, standard work, and processes for a cross-functional team of Product Line and Engineering focals focused on sourcing outcomes.

• Provide visibility to upcoming contract expirations on hardware within the product lines and work proactively with the teams to determine the optimal go-forward strategy on that hardware.

• Identify the critical hardware for a given product line by evaluating the total cost impact of safety, quality, delivery, and cost. Work to build a strategic sourcing roadmap to mitigate SQDC risks.

• Understand the sourcing/supplier landscape and leverage that knowledge into product line sourcing strategy.

• Actively participate in Sourcing Commercial Deal Reviews and ensure compliance to the 650.10 process.

• Partner with engineering teams to create should costs on critical hardware. Understand our market position relative to should cost and create plans to drive cost reduction and abate cost increases on sourced hardware.

• Utilize the LTA Gameboard tool within the Product Lines and drive continuous improvement to the tools and process.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma/GED with 5 years of supply chain and/or commercial experience)

• Minimum 5 years of supply chain and/or commercial experience

Desired Characteristics:

• Humble: respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn​

• Transparent: shares critical information, speaks with candor, contributes constructively​

• Focused: quick learner, strategically prioritizes work, committed ​

• Leadership ability: strong communicator, decision-maker, collaborative​

• Problem solver: analytical-minded, challenges existing processes, critical thinker

• Strong commercial and negotiation skills

• Strong commodity management skills

• Ability to build partnerships across many disparate functions and organizations

• Ability to establish credibility and lead through influence

• Experience in Lean process improvement

• Experience in financial modeling

This role is restricted to U.S. persons (i.e., U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and other protected individuals under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) due to access to export-controlled technology. GE will require proof of status prior to employment.

Additional Information

GE offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE is an Equal Opportunity Employer (https://assets.phenompeople.com/CareerConnectResources/GE11GLOBAL/en_global/desktop/assets/images/poster_screen_reader_optimized_w_supplement.pdf) . 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 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).

As a federal government contractor, GE may in the future be required to have U.S. employees fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Some GE customers currently have vaccination mandates that may apply to GE employees.

Relocation Assistance Provided: No