Posted Position Title MARINE SERVICES SOURCING LEADER

Job Number	1892469
Business	GE Energy Management
Business Segment	Energy Management
About Us	GE Energy’s Power Conversion business applies the science and systems of power conversion to help drive the electric transformation of the world’s energy infrastructure. Designing and delivering advanced motor, drive and control technologies that evolve today’s industrial processes for a cleaner, more productive future. At GE, developing people is embedded in our culture and integral to our growth. Energy Management – Power Conversion serves specialized sectors such as energy, marine, industry and all related services.
Career Level	Experienced
Function	Sourcing
Function Segment	Sourcing
Location(s) Where Opening Is Available	United Kingdom
City	Rugby
Postal Code	CV21 1BD
Relocation Expenses	No
Role Summary/Purpose	As part of the global sourcing team supporting EM services the global marine services sourcing leader drives functional performance in the assigned business segment, demonstrating leadership in communicating business goals, defining programs, and building processes in his/her functional domain. In this role you will use your experience or and expertise to solve problems, develop and execute objectives for self and others, and effect short-term and as well as long-term business goals.
Essential Responsibilities	You have a passion for using your expertise to build new cross-functional interactions to maximize business value on a global scale and have an ability to lead people through change while delivering on current business objectives. Understand business strategies for marine services and proactively drive initiatives to meet Sourcing objectives  Develop sourcing strategy and integrate sourcing/procurement processes for the global Marine Services Vertical that meet business needs across EM Services organization.  Own Sourcing KPI’s, including but not limited to RFQ Coverage, Savings, Total ITO/OTR Cycle Time reduction and Quality;  Work with Business and Site Teams on execution and continuous improvement as well as Compliance requirements.  Coordinate, manage and issues Requests for Quotation (RFQ) and, as required, Purchase Orders.  Drive Sourcing initiatives on compliance, suppliers’ performance and supply base rationalization.  Ensure issues related to supplier fulfilment are managed proactively; monitors procurement activities to drive fulfilment excellence; takes direct actions on escalated cases.  Work with Commodity Teams to develop models for services capability/capacity to establish sourcing strategies for maximum leverage  Identify and qualify new suppliers, while supporting supply base rationalization initiatives  Support commodity buy  Organically collaborate with other functional domains to resolve problems relating to requirements, deviations, substitutions, priorities, delays, damages, quality or other conditions that deviate from customer expectations.  Stay current with market knowledge and changing material conditions and advise management of current trends in prices and purchasing availability.  Own preparation and presentation of management reports.  Hold weekly reviews with Direct Reports on KPI’s, processes and continuous improvement  Work with GCM’s and Service Teams on competitive analysis of vendor products / services.
Qualifications/Requirements	Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma/GED with experience in a Sourcing role)  And experience in a Sourcing position.
Desired Characteristics	Power electronics background and knowledge of marine industry Additional experience in Sourcing and writing fulfilment reports using MS Access, SQL or Visual Basic is preferred  Efficient with Oracle 11.3, COPICS, DART and AP systems  Strong quantitative and analytical skills  PC and database proficiency  Strong oral and written communication skills  Strong interpersonal and leadership skills  Six Sigma training is preferred (GE employees only)  GE program graduate is preferred (GE employees only).