Job Description Summary

Act as Senior Sourcing Manager for American Repair shops and 3rd party repair, take lead on sourcing activities and supplier management for Richmond, Morelia, Atlanta Repair shops and Steam turbine and Generator components repair (3rd party repair). Lead team and Own supplier strategy management and also project PO execution management including RFQ, Negotiation, PO placement, PO fulfillment and AP resolution.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

 

Safety: Lead supplier qualification to ensure all vendors working on site are qualified on safety to avoid safety risk

 

Quality: Work with quality team and SQEs to solve supplier quality issue and drive on recovery plan

 

Material and Service Fulfillment: Manage and improve supply base performance and oversee red/yellow flag process, partnering with material and production team to prioritize, prevent, and/or solve production material issues

 

Leadtime reduction: Work with material and production team to implement material planning strategy and drive supplier Leadtime reduction through stocking agreement, advance orders and value chain improvement through Kaizen and tools

 

Cost reduction: Work with shop team and engineering team to define and implement savings projects, develop alternative suppliers and material to achieve cost target

 

Payment on time: Negotiate payment term with vendor to help company on cash position, and solve the AP issue to ensure on time payment to suppliers

 

Strategy: Lead creation and execution of the plan to transform the shop sourcing team and supplier base into a high-quality, best cost and best Leadtime supply chain that leverages the power of Repair Network and Gas Power

 

Team development: Train and Coach Sourcing and buyers on policy, procedure and develop expertise.

 

Problem solving: Utilize Sourcing expertise to manage complex supplier management situations, and to identify improvement opportunities. 

 

Continuous improvement: Drive the continual improvement on sourcing process by utilizing Lean and daily management tools.

 

Global scope: Lead the assigned scope for global repair sourcing on 3rd party repair for bigger global impact beyond specific shop scope.

 

 

Required Qualifications

 

This role requires advanced experience in the Sourcing & Buying-Procurement and at least 5 years sourcing manager experience

 

Demonstrated cross-cultural people and team leadership

 

Understand the end-to-end supply chain consideration and methods of driving continuous improvement

 

Demonstrated experience creating and working with negotiated agreement

 

Experience on managing regional or global team

 

Experience on manufacturing environment

 

 
Desired Characteristics

 

Strong communication and project management skills, with regular executive management interaction regarding sourcing activities and services.

 

Experience on Gas Turbine repair related MRO business.

 

Lean and Six Sigma certification and experience on continuous improvement

Additional Information

 

 

For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $108,800.00 and $181,300.00. The Company pays a geographic differential of 110%, 120% or 130% of salary in certain areas. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variet