Lead Sourcing Specialist - Sourcing Management

Roles and Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and lead the overall commodity strategy for Electrical, Electronics & Mechanical commodities, still developing functional knowledge and skills.
• Manage projects in a matrix organization across the globe, including interacting with manufacturing personnel to understand unique supplier requirements of global supply chain business
• Partner with all GEV sites and lead the development & execution of sourcing strategies.
• Drive Sourcing initiatives including growing shared supplier spend, best cost country (BCC), productivity, rationalization of supply base, sole source reduction, cycle reduction, on time delivery and quality improvements, lean & pull production, and cash flow improvement.
• Lead the evaluation and selection of new suppliers, development of existing suppliers, and overall supplier management.
• Put in place and Manage supplier contracts / supply agreements.
• Collaborate with Cross functional team to drive fulfilment activities and ensure on-time delivery.
• May have some autonomy to make decisions within a defined framework. Resolves issues in situations that require good knowledge and judgment within established procedures. Consults more senior team members for issues outside of defined policy/parameters.

Required Qualifications

• A job at this level requires good interpersonal skills. For customer facing roles, develops strong customer relationships and serves as the interface between customer and GE. Explains technical information to others.
• This role requires basic experience in the Sourcing & New Product Sourcing. Knowledge level is comparable to a Bachelor's degree of Engineering Electrical/ Mechanical from an accredited university or college, with relevant experience in Sourcing 15 ~ 20 years.
• Experience working with SAP ERP - MM(Materials Module).

Major commodities Exposure:

• ​Mechanical: Sheet Metal fabrication, Heavy Fabrications.
• Electrical: Cable Harness, Cooling units, System Controls, Heatsinks & Fan.
• Electronics :  Active - Power Semiconductors / Passive: Power Capacitors & Power Resistors , PCBA (Printed circuit board assembly)
• Commodities covered can be changed, reduced, or enlarged depending on the business need.

Desired Characteristics

• Strong oral and written communication skills. Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.
• Ability to multitask in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
• Ability to manage changing/conflicting priorities and resolve appropriately
• Ability to effectively operate in any organizational structure
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Ability to interact in a global, multicultural, multi time-zones environment
• Autonomous, self-starter
• Clear direction and guidance to suppliers to ensure alignment with project and quality requirements
• Ability to travel frequently ~ 50%