Strategic Sourcing Commodity Manager - Switchboards & Converters

Job Description Summary

GE's Power Conversion & Storage business, part of GE Vernova, provides electrification systems that are critical to customers' power and energy needs for their high-performance applications. We work with some of the world's major energy, maritime, and industrial organizations, helping to enable a transition to energy efficiency and decarbonization, including through our specialist motors, drives, and control technologies.
We have a steeped heritage in design and manufacture of complex electrical motors and generators serving customers around the globe in a wide range of sectors such as Marine, Oil & Gas, Naval and Industry.

Reporting to Senior Sourcing Leader, working within System's business unit as a successful Strategic Sourcing Commodity manager; you are responsible for full wing to wing Sourcing process for the assigned commodities and related projects. Knowledge and experience within electrical panels is mandatory.

Job Description

Responsibilities;

• Knowledgeable in formulating 'Commodity Strategy' based on historical data, future project's demand, and other key indicators
• Lead the execution of the local sourcing strategy in line with Global commodity strategy guidance; deliver a competitive advantage by driving the strategic supplier initiatives, selection, development, and consolidation to ensure optimal business performance.
• Execute across the purchase base, with full accountability for meeting deflation (savings), usage, cash and preferred supplier targets.
• Carry out in depth cost breakdown analysis and negotiate lowest Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) within Local & Global supply base
• Knowledgeable in supplier Contract Negotiation working with Legal teams
• Manage & lead risk mitigation plans for assigned commodity
• Support bidding team with RFQs (Lowest possible TCO & lead times) in line Customer expectations to win new business
• Identify, select, develop, audit new suppliers and support their onboarding along with quality team
• Ability to lead Make Vs Buy decision metrics
• Undertaking the continuous review of supplier performance against quality, cost, delivery and risk metrics (Supplier Scorecard) to ensure we have Best in Class supply chain
• Lead Supplier Business Reviews to build the strategic relationship with preferred suppliers
• Lead Sourcing Board Reviews (Management Review Board) for Commodity Strategy & Project Sourcing Strategy
• Drive lowest cost of poor quality (CoPQ) metrics along with SQIE
• Support Warranty team to get right support from suppliers to resolve Customer issue and improve process/product
• Maintaining compliance with GEV's policies & procedures

Qualifications / Requirements;

• Bachelor's degree within Technical/Engineering preferably Electrical/ Electro-mechanical
• 8+ years of experience within Electrical Panels like Switchboards and converters/drives
• CIPS (desirable)
• Relevant experience within manufacturing /engineering environment

• Ability to develop Sourcing Strategy
• Ability to understand legal terms and contract negotiation
• Ability and willingness to travel nationally & internationally as required
• Ability to manage small team of sourcing specialists in future

Desired Characteristics;

• Desire to grow, improve, innovate, and add value
• Efficient with SAP, MS Office tools (Excel, Power point), Power BI (desirable)
• Ability to communicate at appropriate levels (Global teams, Senior leadership etc)
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Analytic capabilities and operating rigor
• Hands-on and ability to handle multiple priorities in a high demanding environment
• Cross-functional openness and Team-player attitude
• Previous Team management experience is desirable

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

Client-provided location(s): Rugby, United Kingdom

Job ID: GE_Vernova-863496173

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2026-04-17T18:31:05