Job Description

Description
About GE Vernova
GE Vernova is a planned, purpose-built global energy company that includes Power, Wind, and Electrification businesses and is supported by its accelerator businesses of Advanced Research, Consulting Services, and Financial Services. Building on over 130 years of experience tackling the world's challenges, GE Vernova is uniquely positioned to help lead the energy transition by continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to decarbonize it. GE Vernova helps customers power economies and deliver electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. GE Vernova is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., with more than 80,000 employees across 100+ countries around the world.
GE Vernova's Gas Power business engineers advanced, efficient natural gas-powered technologies and services, along with decarbonization solutions that aim to help electrify a lower carbon future. As part of the Gas Power One Field Services team, FieldCore installs, maintains and upgrades power generation equipment, enabling operators of the world's energy infrastructure to provide more reliable and affordable energy.
Job Summary
The Project Procurement Lead I is responsible for supporting the efforts of the Regional Sourcing operation to ensure a continuous supply of needed goods, services, or external labor are sourced according to field services' requirements, EHS and Quality standards, and competitive costs. Responsible for sourcing assigned purchased labor and material requirements by leveraging commodity strategies, understanding, and communicating on supplier markets, and managing supplier engagements while promoting good interdepartmental relationships. Participates in sourcing and/or purchasing process improvement initiatives, supplier corrective actions as needed, providing supplier engagement guidance, identifying supplier alternatives given fulfillment actions tied to regional sourcing plans, and in driving key performance indicators metrics given annual goals and objectives.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Support safety, quality, delivery, cost, and cash metrics for subregion and ensure compliance to Sourcing policies
• Deliver cost targets by sending RFQ's and quoting PLM demands
• Manage demand requests for assigned SM's in subregion. Ensure demand requests and associated details/scopes are received and addressed per business policy. Ensure utilization of SM Workbench
• Understand JCE/budgets for PLM demands. Focus on driving costs below JCE/budget. Work with SM's to improve future JCE/budgets
• Ensure consistent RFQ process/templates are utilized. Work with Sourcing Managers to improve RFQ templates and process
• Identify subregion specific suppliers to support business needs
• Closely monitor all assigned projects and take appropriate action to ensure their successful completion
• Work with Sourcing Manager to ensure appropriate contracts are in place before utilizing new suppliers
• Award business to preferred, approved, and fully qualified suppliers and ensure that appropriate contracts/PO language are in place. Ensure compliance to No PO, No Pay policy
• Support Sourcing Manager in development of commodity strategies. Utilize commodity and cost strategies to quote subregion PLM demands
• Gather supplier and market intelligence and provide to Sourcing Managers and regional team
• Assist supplier development initiatives and lead projects in collaboration with them (i.e. Productivity, etc.)
• Manage NCR's and claims (COPQ) and associated corrective actions with suppliers
• Ensure final invoicing aligns with expected costs (initial quotes, PR/PO, etc.)
• Develop strong working relationships with Service Managers, Outage Managers, and Productivity team
• Attend and be a strong contributor during 3M, ORR, and POR reviews. Ensure appropriate sourcing strategies are being utilized, SOW's received, new supplier needs identified, all PR's entered, suppliers onboarded, final scopes provided to suppliers, understand cost overruns, gather feedback on supplier safety, quality, and performance, record lessons learned, and adjust sourcing strategy as needed
• Utilize Daily Management tools. Drive continuous improvement in Sourcing processes
• Travel may be required
• May be assigned other duties to help proactively drive our FieldCore vision and align with our organization's core values.

Required Qualifications & Experience:

• HS Diploma, or equivalent
• 3+ years of purchasing, sourcing, or analytical experience in a project-oriented environment, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• English proficiency required

Desired Characteristics:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Finance or equivalent preferred
• Knowledge of purchasing and sourcing practices and procedures, including supplier negotiations techniques, spend and category analytics
• Attention to detail and outstanding organizational and analytical skills
• Skillful in establishing and maintaining working relationships internally and externally with suppliers
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment independently, to prioritize, and work well with time constraints
• Strong troubleshooting, problem solving and creative thought processing skills
• Excellent written, verbal, analytical, negotiating, and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated success with cost reductions
• Proven ability to lead cross functional efforts and achieve desired results
• Advanced computer skills, specifically Microsoft Office and MRP / ERP systems

FieldCore is an equal employment opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, ancestry, genetic information, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law

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