Global Commodity Manager

**Job Description Summary**: The « Global Commodity Manager » leads and manages a team of « Global Commodity Leaders » who contributes to define and to implement the sourcing strategy of a group of commodities for GE Offshore Wind.Utilizes understanding of industry trends to inform decision making process.

Therefore, the Commodity Sourcing Manager (CSM) will have to implement actions such as:

- Manage and develop a team of Commodity Site Leaders
- Lead and report to Sourcing Leader and to GE Offshore Wind Management his/her team performances
- Deploy, Optimize, and communicate a competitive commodity Global Sourcing strategy
- Create a Market Intelligence for his/her own segments
- KPI’s to be reported to the Direct Material Sourcing Leader
- Monitor & Improve Suppliers & Sourcing performance in Operations (Total Cost of Ownership, Delivery, and Quality, Service level & Innovation)
- Assess supplier performances
- Develop and lead cost out ideas on each of his/ her segment
- Cooperate with Commodity Buyers under the leadership of the Global Fulfillment Leader
- Contribute to define the global Renewable sourcing strategy
- Source goods with best suppliers and develop the suppliers' panels
- Negotiate T&C and any particular clauses
- Prepares forecast & backlog for her/his commodity
- Support development of best assumptions in tendering and product activities
- Support commodity co-design, standardization and rationalization actions
- Support discussions with suppliers during execution in case of claims, PO changes in coordination with Buyers who is the leader. Provide sourcing rules in Oracle
- Develop a strong relationship with Manufacturing, Engineering and Product Line teams to partner in driving key sourcing and business objectives around cost, cash, supplier quality, NPI and fulfillment
- Reduce risks in supply chain by mitigating sole source suppliers
- Drive emerging market growth strategy and localization requirements
- Collaborate with Materials team to drive standardization and continuous improvement of purchasing processes and cycle time reduction through consignment, VMI and Kanban strategies
- Drive business cash initiatives under the leadership of Finance
- Drive continuous improvement in the sourcing process with their stakeholders (engineering, ITO, fulfillment )
- Lead relationship with his/her segment suppliers

**Qualifications / Requirements**
- Bachelor’s or Master’s (preferred option) degree in engineering, purchasing or business administration or equivalent knowledges and experiences
- A first management experience of 5 to 10 years (a team of 5 persons as a minimum)
- Significant experience in Sourcing or Site activities supplier management, dealing with industrial activities and technical commodities
- Automotive sourcing is a plus
- Ability to work in English, in a global environment and matrix organization
- High negotiation skills
- Good communication & influencing skills
- Experiences in supplier selection & development

**Desired Characteristics**
- Passionate leader
- Talented manager
- Good understanding of the business
- Ability to see around corners and be proactive
- Ability to work independently to achieve targets and objectives
- Self-directed, detail-oriented, organized, and flexible
- Strong oral and written communication skills in English
- Proven strategic and analytical skills
- Demonstrated leadership capability within a matrix organization
- Highly-motivated, results/metrics driven with demonstrated influencing skills
- Strong negotiation skills
- Ability to identify and implement processes improvements and best practices
- Ability to coordinate multiple priorities at one time
- Working experience in the Energy industry is a plus

**Additional Information**:
**Relocation Assistance Provided**:No