GE Vernova
Lead Strategic Sourcing Specialist
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Job Description Summary
GE Vernova’s Power Conversion business provides electrification systems that are critical to customers’ power and energy needs for their high-performance applications. We work with some of the world’s major energy, maritime, and industrial organizations, helping to enable a transition to energy efficiency and decarbonization, including through our specialist motors, drives, and control technologies.
Job Description
Please Note - The applicant must be a sole national British citizen and have a valid UK passport, and hold, or is eligible to obtain, UK security clearance to SC level to be considered for this role.
Reporting to the Senior Sourcing Manager, you will serve as the Lead Strategic Sourcing Specialist within our Naval business unit. You will hold full accountability for the end-to-end sourcing process for assigned direct and indirect commodities—including tooling and facilities. You will drive competitive advantage through proactive supplier management, strategic selection, and performance optimization, ensuring all activities align with both local requirements and global commodity strategy.
You need to be able to drive as this role requires to work between sites based in Rugby and Leicester.
Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Sourcing & Commodity Management: Formulate and execute robust commodity strategies based on historical data, project demand, and market intelligence. Lead sourcing board reviews to align with business objectives.
- Supplier Performance & Development: Lead supplier selection, onboarding, and development in collaboration with Quality teams. Manage supplier performance against defined quality, cost, delivery, and risk metrics, conducting regular reviews to foster strategic relationships.
- Commercial & Financial Excellence: Drive cost-out, deflation, and cash-flow targets while negotiating the lowest Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Perform detailed cost breakdown analysis and lead contract negotiations in partnership with Legal.
- Risk Mitigation & Quality Assurance: Manage risk mitigation plans and drive low Cost of Poor Quality (CoPQ) metrics. Collaborate with Quality and Warranty teams to ensure supplier support for product resolution and continuous process improvement.
- Bid Support & Integration: Support bidding teams with RFQs to ensure competitive TCO and lead times, leveraging 'Make vs. Buy' analysis to win new business.
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Essential Candidate Requirements
- Experience within a technical or engineering manufacturing environment.
- CIPS accredited or equivalent professional qualification.
- Proven ability to formulate sourcing strategies, lead contract negotiations, and conduct 'Make vs. Buy' assessments.
- Strong analytical capabilities with the ability to influence at all stakeholder levels, including senior leadership.
- Proficiency in SAP, MS Office Suite, and Power BI.
- Security & Citizenship: You must be a sole British national, hold a valid UK passport, and have the ability to obtain and maintain UK Security Clearance (SC) to the required level.
Location
Ideally, you will work on a hybrid basis, 2 days a week in Rugby, 2 days a week in Leicester, and one day a week at home.
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Desirable Characteristics
- Experience within the technical, electrical engineering, or defence sectors.
- Familiarity with cybersecurity requirements in a supply chain context.
- A hands-on, team-oriented approach with the ability to manage competing priorities in a high-demand environment.
What We Offer
At GE Vernova, we invest in your long-term success and wellbeing through a comprehensive, flexible benefits package designed to support what matters most to you.
Our Total Rewards include competitive compensation, a performance-related bonus, flexible pension with a 10% employer contribution, employer-funded private health insurance, income protection, and life assurance. We support your time to recharge with 26 days of holiday, plus bank holidays.
Through our 'Flex Choice' programme, you can take advantage of corporate benefits such as buying and selling holiday, a cycle-to-work scheme, financial planning, critical illness insurance, personal accident cover, dental cover, the option to add family to a private health scheme, and travel insurance.
Why Join Us?
Join us at a pivotal time as we modernize our manufacturing capability and shape the future of quality across our Rugby operation. This is an opportunity to influence strategy, lead meaningful change, strengthen digital capability, and make a lasting impact on the performance, reliability, and integrity of products used in critical applications worldwide.
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Relocation Assistance Provided: No
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