Job Description Summary

The Commodity Productivity Leader will be the owner of the productivity KPI/metric. Using both project management and strategic leadership skills, this role will be responsible for creating and owning a cohesive plan to achieve commodity cost targets.

Job Description

Job Description:

• Own the commodity productivity KPI/metric.
• Lead creation of a cost strategy to achieve business targets in partnership with Commodity Strategy Leader/s and CPMs.
• Own top cost initiatives (also known as ‘big swings’) for a commodity.
• Negotiate directly with suppliers to achieve commodity targets.
• Lead efforts to establish & proactively resource and fund a multi-year project pipeline.
• Own commodity productivity action plan.
• Lead internal commodity cost operational rhythms with CPMs, Buyers, and Value Engineers.
• Engage & secure support from resources external to commodity (i.e Design, Engine Programs, etc.) to accelerate cost productivity projects.
• Represent the Commodity on sourcing-wide cost forums and reviews with Product Line teams (cost council, PMO meetings, AUC review, etc).
• Participate in continuous improvement projects to mitigate inflation (Cost PSR) and reduce productivity execution delays.
• Partner with the Sourcing Product Line and Cost teams to create/improve processes.
• Drive commodity to use Prodigy as the single source of truth for cost.
• Own Prodigy ‘health’, which includes solving Prodigy Issue logs and loading accurate information.
• Teach and mentor productivity principles to CPMs, Buyers, Value Engineers, and others.
• Drive collaboration across supplier teams to scale successful cost-approaches and lessons learned.
• Utilize lean principles and participate in kaizen events to improve product cost.
• Support Finance on cost validation process.
• This role requires the ability to work across organizational boundaries to deliver productivity by aligning internal GE teams.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with a minimum of 6 years of experience in Manufacturing)
• At least 5 years of experience in Sourcing and Materials Management

Desired Characteristics:

• Experience working with suppliers and knowledge of closed die forgings, isothermal forgings, rings forgings, and billet space. Including an understanding of the metal reclamation process (revert).
• Working knowledge of source controlled drawings and their implication on sourcing changes.
• Strong oral and written communication skills. Strong interpersonal and leadership skills. Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems. Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects. Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs. Established project management skills.
• Humble: respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn
• Transparent: shares critical information, speaks with candor, contributes constructively
• Focused: quick learner, strategically prioritizes work, committed
• Leadership ability: strong communicator, decision-maker, collaborative
• Problem solver: analytical-minded, challenges existing processes, critical thinker

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

Additional Information

#LI-Remote - This is a remote position