Global Commodity Manager Logistics
GE Vernova · Posted Oct 24
Power generation, wind turbine, grid solution, and electrification services
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About the role
GE Vernova's Power Conversion & Storage business is seeking a Global Commodity Manager for Logistics to develop and lead a global commodity strategy across its sites, covering logistics, packing, and customs duties for a $120M spend. The role coordinates with regional Sourcing & Logistics teams and GE Vernova/ELEC segment stakeholders to align sourcing policy, tools, and processes. It involves supplier selection and management, contract negotiation, compliance and customs optimization, and sourcing initiatives across inbound and outbound logistics.
What you will do
- Develop, implement, and lead the overall global commodity strategy for Logistics, covering all GE Power Conversion & Storage sites.
- Partner with all PCS sites and lead the development & execution of global sourcing strategies for the Logistics, packing and customs across inbound and outbound activities.
- 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 or ulilize the ones with GEV or ELEC segment.
- Understand business compliance requirements and drive opportunities to eliminate compliance risk, optimize customs duties 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 regions and GEV to develop proper Logistics tools & systems
- Help optimize technical requirements for packing across commodities and products with regional logistics & sourcing teams
- Propose most optimum supply chain on complex projects or repetitive product flow business to comply with country tax & customs regulations and optimize costs for PCS
- Major commodities covered: Logistics for inbound & outbound
- Packing in factory for PCS made products, at supplier for purchased goods, establishing or reviewing technical packing specifications when needed
- Customs duties: align with regulations, adjust supply chain to optimize customs duties for in and outbound shipments
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Bachelor’s degree in Logistics operations or Sourcing – Logistics & packing
- 8-10 years’ experience in Logistics operations & sourcing
- Experience in leadership roles within a complex, global matrixed managed multi-site organization and driving logistics for complex and multi year delivery projects
- Broad competence in sourcing analyses & logistics operations
- Very strong negotiation skill
- 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 Company’s operations & of the local marketplace
- Contracting
Preferred qualifications
- Integrity and autonomy.
- Able to shape strategy and direction.
- Leadership and power to convince and reach the other’s agreement, in a non-direct management scheme.
- Very good communication and negotiation skills
- Team player and networker
- Focus on timely and 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 and visit PCS regional teams and suppliers.
Benefits and support
- Relocation assistance
- Remote work
About GE Vernova
GE Vernova Inc. is a global energy company that provides equipment, services, and software to generate, transfer, orchestrate, convert, and store electricity. Operating through its Power, Wind, and Electrification segments, the company supports a broad customer base across more than 100 countries in powering economies and driving the energy transition. Formed as part of the strategic spin-off of General Electric's energy portfolio, GE Vernova is dedicated to electrifying and decarbonizing the world.
- Industry
- Energy
- Company size
- 75000+ employees
- Founded
- 2024
- Location
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer and President
Stephen F. Angel
Chairman of the Board
Lola Lin
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Roger Martella
Chief Corporate Officer, Chief Sustainability Officer & Head of Global Government Affairs
Eric Gray
CEO, Power Segment
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