Global Commodity Manager Logistics

GE Vernova, Inc.; Chennai; A distancia; INR 1.500.000 - 3.200.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Relocation assistance provided

Remote work

Descripción de la vacante

GE Vernova, Inc. is seeking a Senior Leader to develop and drive the global logistics commodity strategy across Power Conversion & Storage sites.

This role partners with PCS sites to shape sourcing for logistics, packing, and customs on inbound and outbound activities, leveraging GE’s broader Electrification ecosystem. The candidate will build technical and market expertise, manage supplier diversity, negotiate effectively, and push cost, quality, and delivery improvements in a complex,

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Logistics operations or Sourcing – Logistics & packing.
• 8-10 years’ experience in Logistics operations & sourcing.
• Leadership experience in a complex global matrixed organization driving logistics for multi-year delivery projects.
• Broad competence in sourcing analyses & logistics operations.
• Very strong negotiation skills.
• Defining a strategy for logistics and sourcing initiatives.
• Basic knowledge of supplier audit and performance evaluation.
• Fluency in English.
• Figures management; able to use database.

Responsabilidades

• Develop, implement, and lead the overall global commodity strategy for Logistics across GE Power Conversion & Storage sites.
• Partner with PCS sites and lead the development and execution of global sourcing strategies for Logistics, packing and customs.
• Leverage broader GE Electrification and GE Vernova businesses.
• Develop technical and market expertise.
• Drive supplier diversity, sustainability, risk mitigation, and competitiveness; manage supplier development and performance.
• Lead sourcing initiatives: grow shared spend, BP, productivity, supply base rationalization, lean & pull production, and cash flow improvements.
• Establish and manage supplier contracts or use existing GE contracts.
• Ensure compliance, optimize customs duties, and remediate concerns.
• Improve key sourcing metrics: quality, fulfillment, and cost.
• Collaborate with regions and GE Vernova to develop Logistics tools & systems.
• Optimize technical requirements for packing across commodities with regional teams.
• Propose optimal supply chain for complex projects respecting country tax & customs regulations.

Conocimientos

Negotiation

Leadership

English fluency

Analytics

Strategy

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Logistics operations or Sourcing – Logistics & packing

Descripción del empleo

Job Description Summary

This role is responsible for developing, implementing, and leading the overall global commodity strategy for Logistics (including packing & duties management) across GE Power Conversion & Storage representing a spend of $120M.
This role will require coordination with the regional Sourcing & Logistics teams to ensure a cohesive global strategy, coordinating sourcing efforts and policy, and executing initiatives. Alignment with ELEC segment and GEV will also allow consistence in skills, tools and processes governance for global PCS Logistics

Job Description

• 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

Essential Specific Responsibilities

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

Qualifications/Requirements

• 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

Desired Characteristics

• 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.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

This is a remote positionCandidates should be aware that this role involves a client's critical infrastructure; shortlisted candidates would therefore be subject to heightened security checks as directed by our clients. All personal data will be handled with the utmost confidentiality and in accordance with our data protection policies, solely for recruitment and security purposes.