Supply Chain Analyst

IF1617 GE Grid Solutions (UK) Limited; Lisburn; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-related bonus

Private health insurance

Pension plan

Life assurance

Income protection

Job summary

GE Vernova’s Grid Solutions is seeking a Supply Chain Analyst to transform planning and execution through analytics, automation, and AI tools across a global network, partnering with the Global S&OP Leader to translate site-level data into actionable insights for factory planning. This hybrid role requires on-site presence three days per week (Tue and Wed anchor days).

You will build data infrastructure, KPI dashboards, and AI-driven models to improve forecast accuracy and delivery performance

Qualifications

• Data-driven insight: Experienced in extracting business value from large datasets within global or multi-site environments.
• Technical fluency: Proficiency in Python, SQL, or comparable tools for advanced data manipulation and process automation.
• Visual storytelling: Demonstrated ability to build and maintain BI dashboards (Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent) to drive decision-making.
• Supply chain acumen: A strong foundation in S&OP, demand planning, materials management, or supply chain analytics.
• Stakeholder influence: Strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical findings into clear, actionable recommendations for senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Enable S&OP and S&OE processes by automating data extraction, cleansing, and integration across multiple sources, including Salesforce, ERPs, and supplier systems.
• Develop and maintain KPI dashboards and predictive forecasting models that provide leadership with real-time visibility into demand, capacity, and delivery performance.
• Leverage AI and LLM tools to synthesise insights from large datasets, identifying patterns to generate actionable recommendations.
• Transition manual workflows—such as Smartsheet processes and weekly reporting—into scalable, repeatable, and automated solutions.
• Establish data standards and provide analytical support to global sites, ensuring consistent and mature planning practices aligned with strategic goals.
• Identify and analyse inefficiencies in supply chain data flows, providing the S&OP and Materials Leaders with recommendations to drive operational improvements.

Skills

Data analytics

Python

SQL

BI dashboards

Supply chain

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree in Supply Chain / Business / Engineering / Data Science

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Power Automate

Alteryx

Job description

Job Description Summary

As a Supply Chain Analyst within our Global Supply Chain team, you will drive the transformation of our planning and execution processes by leveraging advanced analytics, automation, and AI tools. Operating across a global network that encompasses 65 distinct electrical product lines, you will partner closely with our Global S&OP Leader to bridge the gap between strategic vision and operational reality. Your mandate is to build the data infrastructure and analytical capabilities that make that strategy executable; specifically, you will translate site-level supply and demand data into actionable insights for our factory planning teams. If S&OP leadership defines the strategic direction, you are the architect who builds the technological path to reach it, ensuring our production capacity is accurately aligned with global order demand. This is a hybrid role where will need to be on site for 3 days a week that include Tuesday and Wednesday as non-negotiable anchor days.

Job Description Key Responsibilities

• Enable S&OP and S&OE processes by automating data extraction, cleansing, and integration across multiple sources, including Salesforce, ERPs, and supplier systems.
• Develop and maintain KPI dashboards and predictive forecasting models that provide leadership with real-time visibility into demand, capacity, and delivery performance.
• Leverage AI and LLM tools to synthesise insights from large datasets, identifying patterns to generate actionable recommendations.
• Transition manual workflows—such as Smartsheet processes and weekly reporting—into scalable, repeatable, and automated solutions.
• Establish data standards and provide analytical support to global sites, ensuring consistent and mature planning practices aligned with strategic goals.
• Identify and analyse inefficiencies in supply chain data flows, providing the S&OP and Materials Leaders with recommendations to drive operational improvements.

Your Deliverables

• Leadership-ready analytics: Deployment of forecasting models and dashboards actively used for high-level planning and decision-making.
• Automation success: Measurable time savings achieved by migrating manual reporting and spreadsheet-heavy processes to automated platforms.
• Standardised KPI frameworks: Design and maintenance of robust measurement systems that ensure consistent performance tracking across all global sites.
• Operational efficiency: Quantifiable reduction in overhead and administrative burden through the automation of repetitive data tasks.

Business Outcomes

• You Enable Enhanced On-Time Delivery: Improved fulfilment performance through superior demand visibility and proactive analytics.
• Proactive supply constraint management: Reduction in overdue orders via early, data-driven identification of potential bottlenecks.
• Increased forecast accuracy: Elevated planning precision through the implementation of AI-enhanced models.
• Accelerated decision cycles: Streamlined reporting that eliminates bottlenecks, allowing leadership to respond rapidly to changing supply chain conditions.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Data-driven insight: Experienced in extracting business value from large datasets within global or multi-site environments.
• Technical fluency: Proficiency in Python, SQL, or comparable tools for advanced data manipulation and process automation.
• Visual storytelling: Demonstrated ability to build and maintain BI dashboards (Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent) to drive decision-making.
• Supply chain acumen: A strong foundation in S&OP, demand planning, materials management, or supply chain analytics.
• Stakeholder influence: Strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical findings into clear, actionable recommendations for senior leadership.

Desirable Attributes

• Emerging technology: Familiarity with AI and LLM tools such as Copilot and Claude to accelerate analysis and automation.
• Industrial expertise: A background in energy, industrial manufacturing, or utility sectors.
• Technical architecture: Experience building ETL pipelines, workflow automation (Power Automate, Alteryx), or broader data engineering tasks.
• Systems knowledge: Proficiency with major ERP platforms such as SAP or Oracle.
• Process improvement: Exposure to Lean, Six Sigma, or other continuous improvement methodologies.
• Global perspective: Experience navigating the nuances of working across multiple geographies and cultures.
• Educational background: A degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Data Science, or equivalent professional experience.

Who Thrives in This Role

• The Storyteller: You enjoy transforming fragmented data into clear, compelling narratives that drive action.
• The Proactive Automator: You are a self-starter who identifies repetitive tasks and builds scalable solutions without being prompted.
• The Experimenter: You have a curious mindset and actively pilot new tools—such as AI, LLMs, or no-code platforms—to increase speed and accuracy.
• The Global Collaborator: You excel at bridging gaps across different functions, cultures, and time zones.
• The Strategic Partner: You view the supply chain not as an administrative function, but as a critical lever for business success.

What we offer

• Total Reward: Competitive compensation including performance-related bonus, flexible pension, employer-funded private health insurance, income protection, and life assurance.
• Time to Recharge: 26 days of holiday, plus bank holidays, Flex Choice: Offers you the opportunity to take advantage of competitive corporate benefits that offer the option to buy and sell holiday, cycle to work scheme, financial planning, critical illness insurance, personal accident cover, dental cover, option to add family to private health scheme, childcare vouchers, travel insurance and gadget cover
• Career Growth: We provide a platform for continuous development. Through mentorship, open dialogue, and support for professional qualifications, we help you map a career path that evolves with your ambitions.

Why join us?

At GE Vernova’s Grid Solutions, we provide the systems that power the world’s most critical energy needs. You will help deliver mission‑critical technology that solves complex electrification challenges and accelerates the transition to a sustainable, decarbonized future.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

Addressing the climate crisis is an urgent global priority and we take our responsibility seriously. That is our singular mission at GE Vernova: continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to help decarbonize it. If we want our energy future to be different…we must be different. Our mission is embedded in our name. We retain our treasured legacy, “GE,” in our name as an enduring and hard‑earned badge of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy that GE Vernova will help deliver. Together, we have The Energy to Change the World.

www.gevernova.com