Lead IT Sourcing Specialist (Infrastructure)

Job Description Summary ** Please note this is NOT a Recruiting/Talent Acquisition sourcing related role **
** This IS a role in PROCUREMENT. **



Negotiate with dedicated providers according to specific policies. Achieve the best contractual conditions while also ensuring internal customer satisfaction. Has knowledge of best practices and how own area integrates with others; is aware of the competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market

Job Description

Role Summary/Purpose

This individual contributor role is responsible for leading strategic indirect IT sourcing and procurement activities across all aspects of GE Vernova IT Category Management for the IT Infrastructure commodity. This role requires strategic ownership of all-encompassing category spend developing strategies to reduce total cost of ownership including vendor management demand management and governance/compliance to achieve initial TCO reduction and ongoing year-over-year improvements utilizing an understanding of industry trends to inform the decision-making process. This role will work with the IT Sourcing leadership to set strategy coordinate sourcing efforts and policy and execute initiatives. This role will also involve partnering with GE Vernova functional stakeholders in IT Finance Legal Business Sourcing Operations Supply-Chain Corporate and other functions to drive TCO reduction while delivering excellent service levels to the organization.

This is NOT a Talent Acquisition Sourcing role. Recruiters should NOT apply.

Essential Responsibilities

• Oversee development and execution of strategies through the sourcing process for the specific Category including strategy market analysis negotiation process (RFXs) supplier selection and contract creation and buy channel management
• Work with Vendor Management Office to monitor strategy implementation to ensure benefit realization
• Negotiate with dedicated providers according to specific policies to achieve the best contractual conditions while ensuring internal customer satisfaction
• Drive value through supplier relationship management

• Utilize an understanding of industry trends to inform the decision-making process
  • Develop expertise within function by growing reputation within organization providing professional and thought leadership influencing policy and ensuring delivery within own function while linking with other functions of the organization
  • Present business solutions to leaders in functional area
  • Driving demand management and compliance for other IT categories (e. g. number of application licenses application alternatives number and specs of personal devices preferred vendor penetration)
  • Working closely with IT Requisitioning Process for assigned spend categories
  • Lead and manage a team of sourcing professionals to achieve objectives
  • Serve as trusted advisor to multi-functional stakeholder teams to design and implement specific strategic sourcing initiatives to meet business requirements and priorities
  • Driving best practices
  • Measuring and tracking internal performance within each spend category
  • Champion and secure TCO reductions for your category
  • Monitoring strategy implementation to ensure benefit realization

Qualifications/Requirements

• Advanced English required (writing and speaking)
• Bachelor Degree from an accredited university or college or equivalent experience/ knowledge
• Major experience in IT Sourcing Operations Supply Chain Commercial or equivalent consulting experience
• Significant experience managing teams and demonstrating ability to lead large scale organizational process and culture changes

Desired Characteristics

• MBA or Bachelor degree in Sourcing IT Supply Chain Management Finance or Engineering or equivalent experience/ knowledge
• Category management / sourcing experience in a multinational company
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Ability to attract and retain talent
• Strong analytical skills (spend analytics should-cost analysis market R&I) and proven track record to resolve problems
• Demonstrated negotiations skills
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Strong project management skills
• History with supply base consolidation

GE Vernova: Leading a New Era of Energy

Addressing the climate crisis is an urgent global priority. If we want our energy future to be different u2026 we must be different. That is our singular mission. u200B

GE the 130-year-old energy pioneer. Our unwavering commitment to powering the planet now fully focused on the energy transition. No company has the unique combination to pioneer what next just as we have before. As we answer the call with renewed purpose and vigor we are moving our GE energy businessesu2014including Renewables Power Digital and Energy Financial Services u2014 under one banner to deliver a united focused one-of-a-kind force: GE Vernova. Together with our customers and partners we will chart the course to a better future.

Our mission is embedded in our new name. We retain our treasured birthright u201CGEu201D in our name as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and ingenuity. u201CVeru201D u201Cverdeu201D u201Cverdantu201D all signal Earth verdant and lush ecosystems. u201CNovau201D from the Latin u201Cnovusu201D nods to a new innovative era of lower carbon energy that GE Vernova will help deliver.

Our new name sounds different because it is. GE Vernova will act swiftly and surely to help build a cleaner better future. This is not business as usual: this is business purpose-built to lead the new era of energy.

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