Commodity Leader – Wind Electrical Sourcing

Responsibilities

• Negotiate with dedicated providers according to specific policies
• Achieve the best contractual conditions while also ensuring internal customer satisfaction
• Manage the global spend of Wind Turbine Cabinet commodities (Pitch System – including control cabinet & motors) and execute the sourcing strategy for the assigned commodity to achieve variable cost productivity, cash flow, and controllership goals with SQDC mindset
• Steer/Support the global supplier selection, qualification, development, and overall supplier management, including managing the entire contract life cycle
• Minimize GEV risk exposure, by working closely with Projects and Contracts (Commercial, Legal, Commodity Sourcing, Engineering, compliance, customs, etc.) teams to ensure customer flow downs & our standard terms and conditions are pass-through to suppliers
• Deliver tactical execution necessary to execute cost reduction, lead time reduction, defect reduction projects through contract negotiation, process changes, long term supplier agreements, capacity audits, standardization efforts, etc.
• Develop technical and market expertise in global commodity area
• Leverage Lean and Six Sigma tools to drive process improvements and waste elimination
• Interface with other GEV business sourcing teams and participate in company wide strategic sourcing initiatives
• Partner with engineering teams to identify and implement direct material productivity ideas to minimize total cost
• Partner w/ engineering teams on ECA/R and Red Launch alert processes
• Work closely with engineering, buyers and sourcing quality engineers to ensure fulfillment and quality requirements are achieved
• In the event of non-conformances, hold supplier accountable by recovering cost of poor-quality claim
• Support RCA and CAPA partnering with SQE team
• Partner with logistics and commercial teams to ensure adequate regional capacities exist to minimize transportation costs and meet localization requirements
• Aligning closely with cross functional leaders to identify and assess supplier capabilities, and measure and manage supplier performance
• Hold supplier accountable for late deliveries and recover Liquidated damages
• Partner with fulfilment team to drive lead time reduction, capacity enhancement, expedite deliveries, remove bottlenecks to improve on-time delivery performance of the supplier

• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field
• Relevant experience in Sourcing
• Clear & concise, polished communication - written & verbal
• Experience with contract negotiations and proven ability to lead and navigate complex, cross-functional negotiations across diverse stakeholder groups
• Proven outcomes of industrial sourcing, testing, integration.

• contract negotiation
• sourcing strategy
• supplier management
• cost reduction
• Lean
• Six Sigma
• market expertise
• supplier performance measurement
• quality assurance
• capacity audits

• communication
• cross-functional collaboration
• problem-solving
• accountability
• leadership
• negotiation
• customer satisfaction
• tactical execution
• process improvement
• stakeholder management

• Bachelor's Degree