Job Description Summary Are you ready to see your future take flight? At GE Aerospace, we are advancing aviation technologies for today and tomorrow. Your work will contribute to the production of advanced jet engines, components, and integrated systems that power commercial and military aircraft. You'll be part of a team that embraces your drive, your curiosity, and your unique ideas and perspectives. Most importantly, you'll share in our pride and purpose that affects the lives of millions around the world!
Come join our Sourcing Operations team that is changing the way we do Procurement at GE Aerospace! We have a team passionately focused on process and operations that support our entire Sourcing organization. We use FLIGHT DECK every day to continuously improve our transactional operations to reduce employee burden, drive efficiency and generate productivity as we deliver for our customers.
The Senior Procurement Team Leader is responsible for leading a growing team within Sourcing's Procurement Operations Center (POC), focused on procurement-related processes and procedures across the Sourcing organization. The team is focused on executing & enhancing standard work, ensuring process compliance across the enterprise, and developing process expertise. The scope and size of the team is poised for growth as we continue to centralize more processes within the POC. You will be responsible for growing the team, building a strategic roadmap for additional process ingestion, and lean coaching for process improvements.
This role is eligible for a hybrid working schedule and is based out of HQ in Evendale, OH.
Job Description Roles and Responsibilities Controls POC Team Leader Accountable for the following processes: - Part Health Assessment
- RFQ Execution
- Order Documentation & Placement
Quality KPI's: Request for Quote (RFQ) Right First Time, Purchase Order Review (POR) Right Frist Time
Delivery KPQ's: Requisitions Placed Violating LT, Part Health
Other Key Responsibilities Include - People development of new and existing team. Provide guidance, training, coaching and mentorship to team.
- Impact the team's ability to achieve service, quality and timeliness of objectives.
- Communicates difficult concepts and influence others' options on particular topics. May guide others to consider a different point of view.
- Review existing standard work and procedures. Identify opportunity and provide feedback for improvements.
- Developing in-depth knowledge of a discipline. Uses prior experience and acquired expertise to create and execute functional policy/strategy.
- Utilizes expertise and judgement to solve problems through leveraged skills and analytic thinking.
- Required to solve problems. May use multiple internal sources outside of own team to arrive at decisions.
- Lead functional teams or projects with minimal resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity.
- Ability to learn and use Lean in a transactional space with special focus on problem solving, standard work, respect for people and continuous improvement.
Required Qualifications - Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 4 years of experience in Sourcing & Buying-Procurement)
- Minimum of 5 years' experience in process improvement, project management, and/or sourcing/supply chain
Desired Characteristics - Experience with Impact or Oracle a plus
- Experience in Aerospace or Automotive Buying/Procurement a plus
- Ability to coach and train others
- Experience as a practitioner and coach of FLIGHT DECK principles
- 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
GE Aerospace offers comprehensive benefits and programs to support your health and, along with programs like HealthAhead, your physical, emotional, financial and social wellbeing. Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace; and the Employee Assistance Program, which provides 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness.
GE Aerospace (General Electric Company or the Company) and its affiliates each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a "Sponsor"). Each Sponsor 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 Sponsor's welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.
This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, for applicants who are not U.S. lawful permanent residents, U.S. Citizens, or have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e., not a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), otherwise known as a U.S. Person), employment will be contingent on the ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.
Additional Information GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Aerospace 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 Aerospace 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: No
