Senior Global Commodity Manager

Essential Responsibilities

• Develop implement and lead the overall global commodity strategy for Power Electronics & Electrical commodities
• Partner with all GE Power Conversion & Storage sites and lead the development & execution of global sourcing strategies.
• Leverage broader GE Electrification and other GE Vernova businesses.
• Develop technical and market expertise.
• Drive the supplier diversity and sustainability priorities aligned with global strategy by aiming risk mitigation and competitiveness. Lead the evaluation and selection of new suppliers development of existing suppliers and overall supplier management.
• 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.
• Put in place and Manage supplier contracts / supply agreements.
• Understand business compliance requirements and drive opportunities to eliminate compliance risk as well as driving initiatives to remediate concerns.
• Be responsible for delivering improvements to key sourcing metrics to include Quality Performance Fulfillment and Cost.
• Be an active partner with the supply chain to develop optimal make vs. buy strategies to optimize Quality Fulfillment and Total Landed Cost for the commodity.

Experience and skills:

Bachelors degree in engineering or Sourcing - Electrical/mechanical or MBA are preferred.

• 12 plus years experience in sourcing
• Experience in leadership roles within a complex global matrixed managed multi-site organization
• Broad competence in sourcing analysis
• Defining a strategy
• Basic knowledge of supplier audit and performance evaluation
• Fluency in English
• Figures management; able to use database.

Business understanding

• Good understanding of international Business & Sourcing
• Good knowledge of the Companys operations & of the local marketplace
• Contracting

Desired Characteristics

• Integrity and autonomy.
• Able to shape strategy and direction.
• Leadership and power to convince and reach others agreement in a non-direct management scheme.
• Very good communication and negotiation skills
• Team player and networker
• Focus on timely and cost-effective output. Cost details awareness.
• Ability to work listen and convince in a multicultural environment and with functional influence in a matrix organization.
• Innovative & creative; major change agent.
• Resilient sees setbacks as opportunities.
• Ability to travel frequently.