Posted Position Title Lead Sourcing Specialist

Job Number	1893372
Business	GE Aviation
Business Segment	Aviation
About Us	GE works on things that matter. The best people and the best technologies taking on the toughest challenges. Finding solutions in energy, health and home, transportation and finance. Building, powering, moving and curing the world. Not just imagining. Doing. GE works. Working for GE Aviation is exciting & challenging. Come see what you are missing!
Career Level	Experienced
Function	Sourcing
Function Segment	Sourcing
Location(s) Where Opening Is Available	United States
U.S. State, China or Canada Provinces	Michigan
City	Grand Rapids
Postal Code	49512-1934
Relocation Expenses	No
Role Summary/Purpose	GE is an equal opportunity employer, offering a great work environment, challenging career opportunities, professional training and competitive compensation. The Lead Sourcing Specialist will demonstrate leadership in communicating business goals, programs, and processes for an area or business segment. In this role you will use your experience or expertise to solve problems, develop and execute objectives for self and others, and effect short-term and some long-term business goals.
Essential Responsibilities	In addition, you will: Understand strategies for assigned commodities and proactively drive initiatives to meet Sourcing objectives Identify and qualify new suppliers Assess supplier capabilities and make recommendations on supplier acceptability Implement sourcing standards including process & execution, synergies for cost out Drive productivity opportunities with supply base to deliver cost out goals Support commodity buys Write reports to track PO activity and supplier performance Analyze and track supplier promise date accuracy and develop reports to ensure supplier promise date accuracy Hold weekly reviews with suppliers and develop telephone log of actions and conversations with suppliers Drive effective recovery plans and create payment tracking and invoice analysis. tracking / invoice analysis Develop process to look upstream for pending requirements and drive Engineering, Manufacturing, and Sales in order to ensure sourcing given adequate cycle to procure material Place Purchase Orders (PO) timely and obtain PO acknowledgements from suppliers
Qualifications/Requirements	Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited College or University (or a High School Diploma/GED with a minimum 4 years of experience in a Sourcing role) Minimum 3 years of experience in a Sourcing position
Additional Eligibility Qualifications	GE 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 background investigation and drug screen.
Desired Characteristics	Additional experience in Sourcing and writing fulfillment reports using MS Access, SQL or Visual Basic Efficient with Oracle 11.3, COPICS, DART and AP systems Strong quantitative and analytical skills PC and database proficiency Strong oral and written communication skills Strong interpersonal and leadership skills Six Sigma training GE program graduateWhy join one great company when you can join many? We are more than 280,000 people with jobs that range from biochemist to finance specialist to wind energy engineer. We’re passionate about making life better with new ideas and technologies. We’re diverse, supporting our communities in more than 140 countries. Experience personal growth and competency development as part of the GE team. Around the world, we are helping build the healthcare, transportation and aviation of the new century. At GE Aviation, we are imagination at work. Whether we’re manufacturing components for our GEnx engines or driving innovation in fuel and noise reduction, the GE Aviation teams are dedicated to turning imaginative ideas into advances in aviation that solve some of the world’s toughest problems. Join us and you’ll find yourself in a dynamic environment where our ongoing, substantial investment in research and development keeps us moving forward and looking ahead. Here you’ll work collaboratively and across functions with the highest caliber talent, utilizing cutting-edge technology and processes. Whether it’s the next generation of ecomagination products or the future of aircraft engines, we’ve got the state-of-the-art resources to make those innovations a reality. If you’re passionate about aviation and looking for a career rich with challenges and unlimited opportunities for growth and advancement, then join GE in reengineering the sky through aviation innovations that will impact the globe for generations to come. To stay connected with exciting news and the latest job opportunities from GE AMSTC, Aviation, Energy Management, Oil & Gas, Power & Water and Transportation, follow us on twitter: @geconnections