Sourcing Operations Manager - Nuclear Business

Job Description Summary

In this leadership role you will be leading the operationalizing of the sourcing business vision/strategy. You will work with other leaders to drive operational performance excellence and strategic initiatives across the sourcing organization, mobilizing change to achieve business results and build sustainable business improvements. In this leadership role, you will work cross-functionally to execute on key sourcing business activities. Deliverables include developing, implementing, and managing operations processes and systems to ensure a high level of efficiency and stakeholder satisfaction.

Roles and Responsibilities

Essential Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Manage the sourcing operations team; promote team morale, involvement; encourage excellence in compliance, safety, quality, delivery and cost (SQDC).

Strategic Operations Management

• Partner with leadership to build a strong sourcing operating rhythm that drives business outcomes.
• Act as the strategy partner to sourcing leader to ensure a) the strategic initiatives and lean roadmap are aligned with the long-term sourcing strategy and b) ensure all staff have aligned/complimentary strategies to drive the business in accordance with the long-term strategy roadmap.
• Own the agenda and preparation of sourcing operating rhythms related to key initiatives, monthly operating reviews (MORs), leadership team meetings, all employee sessions, etc. Run operating reviews as requested.
• Review key sourcing processes with the lens of Lean, to increase efficiency and scalability, with impact on Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost.
• On selected initiatives, lead deployment of the full Lean toolbox. VSM, PSR, Projects, Standard Work, Kaizen events driving process efficiency and effectiveness.
• Develop and manage roadmap to drive organizational improvements on key capabilities that align to the GEV Procurement Maturity Assessment.

Project & Program Management

• Lead critical business projects and operational initiatives, from planning to execution.
• Ensure timelines, budgets and quality standards are met or exceeded.
• Drive continuous improvement in project delivery.

Data & Performance Analysis

• Build and maintain dashboards, reports and KPIs to monitor operational performance.
• Develop and lead operationalization of appropriate metrics along with KPIs/TTIs for sourcing SQDC priorities.
• Own sourcing operating rhythms and mechanisms. Provide key output data, metrics and presentations for reporting, operations reviews, and business communications.
• Create actionable analytics with data that helps the sourcing function proactively solve problems and create customer value.
• Provide Sourcing support for tools including, but not limited to:
  Oracle ERP, SSS, Supplier Connect/Onboarding, AP Systems.
• Use data to drive decision-making and inform strategy, and identify trends and issues through data analysis and recommend improvements.

Compliance

• Enable compliance with GE Supplier Compliance Enterprise Standards, including Know your Supplier (KYS), Social Responsibility Guidelines (SRG), Supplier Diversity, 3
  
  Ps, etc.
• Assist in defining and implementing scalable policies and processes to manage sourcing compliance.
• Oversee programs, processes, and audits to measure and analyze progress towards compliance priorities.

Cross-functional Leadership

• Collaborate across teams/functions to support simplification and align sourcing operations with business priorities.
• Act as sourcing liaison in cross-functional project reviews and collaborate with functional leaders to execute strategies that support customer needs.
• Interface with customers and regulators as required; ensure sourcing efforts fulfill key customer requirements.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university in a technical or business curriculum.
• 10 years of professional or military experience in relevant discipline (i.e., sourcing, commercial processes, supply chain, finance, services, engineering, project management, lean).
• 2 years of sourcing or operations experience.
• 2 years of management experience.
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 15% (more…