Supply Chain Project Manager

GE Vernova; Arkansas; Hybrid; USD 89,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401(k) with company matching

Tuition assistance

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

GE Vernova in the United States seeks a Project Manager within Supply Chain to act as the project representative, ensuring contractual delivery and cross-functional execution across Manufacturing, Sourcing, Procurement and Transport & Logistics.

You will drive end-to-end execution with project teams, manage budgets and risks, and ensure timely, high-quality outcomes in a complex, matrix environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor to Master degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Supply Chain management or Project Management.
• Minimum 5 years of coordination experience in project management, manufacturing, sourcing/procurement, or supply chain in a project context.
• English required as per project location in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Ensure hand-over with ITO team to start OTR execution (costing files, ITO EPP, cost hypothesis).
• Lead working sessions with functions at project start to settle strategy and build EPP; review during execution.
• Coordinate with Material Planner for fabrication orders, purchase requisitions, POs, shipments and daily activities to meet milestones.
• Regularly update key dates with project team to secure OTD and cash.
• Monitor total project cost for manufacturing, direct materials, transport and storage; analyze variances.
• Assess risks and opportunities; drive actions to improve margin and project performance.
• Promote EHS engagement and uphold quality discipline; drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Project Management

Cross-functional coordination

Supply chain knowledge

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor to Master in Engineering or Business Administration or Supply Chain management or Project Management

Job description

Job Description Summary

Job Description

Role purpose

• Is the Project representative within the Supply Chain organization,
• Is the Supply Chain representative within Project team, representing during execution, all Supply Chain’ sub-functions such as Manufacturing, Sourcing, Procurement and Transport & Logistics
• Guarantee within the Supply Chain and beyond, the full implementation of the Customer’ contractual requirements for the Equipment to be delivered,
• Will be the conduit between the supply chain, engineering COE and the projects team to drive execution of the allocated Project
• Manage Supply Chain action progress plan to ensure On Time Delivery, Quality (NCR), Cost and contractual compliance
  • Update, analyze and manage key performance indicator and ensure regular feedback of experience
  • Manage detailed budget (CTC), risks and opportunities belonging to supply chain
• Work closely with the Material Management, Planning, Material Planner (make or buy), Sourcing and Transport & Logistic team. As well as with all project team members, under the lead of the project director

Essential responsibilities

• Ensure hand-over with ITO team to properly start OTR execution (costing files, ITO EPP, Cost hypothesis and related industrial scheme),
• Perform working sessions with all other functions at project start, to settle project strategy, taking into account procurement strategy plan and to building EPP. As well as regular review along execution to ensure implementation as planned.
• Interact with Material Planner in order to guarantee that the fabrication order submission, Purchase Requisition creation, Purchase Order placement, shipment and day to day activities are well performed, to respect the project planning and all milestones/targets of the project
• Interact with project team to regularly update key dates and ensure that actions are deployed to secure OTD (planning) and cash (financials).
• Monitor project budget for the total cost of is related scope (Manufacturing, Direct material, transport, warehouse/storage)
• Analyze slippages issues for is related scope, consolidate information for project review and ensure the consistency of the root cause of margin movement.
• Timely update and review the risk and opportunity of the Project, evaluate and decide on action that benefits overall performance of the project
• Assume full responsibility for the delivery of the allocated project scope. Ensure then all non-conformities and cost overrun reporting.
• Drive EHS engagement, promote and enhance discipline toward quality and zero tolerance for delay.

Desired characteristics

Project Management experience: Build milestone and resource plan, anticipate and manage Risk & Opportunities (Q, C, D, EHS), builds operating rhythm and tracking mechanism for issues. Knows when to elevate issues and helps remove bottlenecks and barriers to progress. Includes total cost management of respective scope. Clear thinker with ability to develop, communicate, and deliver clear strategy and action plans

Operational Effectiveness, Accountability, & Urgency: Result oriented, manage customer expectations and effectively delivers in the spirit of the agreement. Problem solving: Able to pivot with changing customer expectations or unexpected events, navigate conflicts between contract profitability and customer satisfaction, balance trade-offs between time/efficiency vs. performance/need for more creative solutions.

Team of Teams mindset - Negotiation with all functions. Engage and create consensus between business partners and subject matter experts on taking action. Ability to work effectively across functions and manage in a Global matrix environment. Good communication, convincing and influencing

Continuous Improvement: Engages across the direct and indirect teams to improve operations and delivers for customers. Using of Lean principles and methodologies

Product Knowledge: Working technical knowledge of Hydro

Supply Chain: Production & Material control: Understand the operational process map. Able to recognize and communicate customer specific requirements, understands levers to influence procurement/production, assess and define reaction plans for an un-forecasted delivery, quality or operations event, develops long term plan to mitigate risks, improve OTD, and expedite opportunities to meet customer demands. Interfaces with planning.

Product Cost: Recognizes the deliverable metrics for the various business functions. Predicts, requests and provides rationale for deviations from forecasts. Support /influence suppliers to develop and execute resource, capacity, and technology plans which create a competitive advantage for GE. Design Integration + Manufacturing Engineering: Influences Manufacturing process technology roadmap, developing a close connection with Sourcing, Manufacturing (Advance Manufacturing) and Engineering (System Integrators)

Qualification & Requirements

• Bachelor to Master in Engineering or Business Administration or Supply Chain management or Project Management
• Minimum 5 years of experience of coordination in project Management, Manufacturing, sourcing /procurement/ supply chain in project related context.
• English is mandatory as per project location in the US

Organizational reporting

• Reports to the Supply chain organization and equally part of the Project Director team(s)

GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

GE Vernova will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

#LI-Remote - This is a remote position

For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $89,400.00 and $134,000.00. The Company pays a geographic differential of 110%, 120% or 130% of salary in certain areas. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set.

Bonus eligibility: discretionary annual bonus.

• medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
• access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource
• access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services
• retirement benefits include the GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants
• other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off
• Bonus eligibility: discretionary annual bonus
• Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

GE Vernova Inc. or its affiliates (collectively or individually, "GE Vernova") sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs GE Vernova reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a GE Vernova welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.