Procurement Lead - Engineering Commodities

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The Procurement Lead is a key conduit to ensure the smooth flow of information between our Electrical I&C Business Unit and the Global Supply Chain Solutions Team.  The role is also programmatic in nature, with responsibility to lead GSCS resources across the GSCS functional groups in delivering direct procurements to support projects and revenue recognition for the business. 

 

The priorities of the account management team in establishing the BU customer relationship are as follows:

Aggregate demand from BU for GSCS and supplier activities (business opportunity identification, supplier SIOP)
Lead Bid and Proposal (B&P) identification and execution
Act as issue resolution point of contact for BU stakeholders
Serve as voice of the customer within the GSCS organization
Understand project delivery performance at BU level and drive management/resolution of variances with Procurement Program Management (PPM) and Supplier Performance Engineering (SPE) teams
Lead Get to Green (G2G) Process for BU segment to track key metrics, observe abnormal conditions and lead 9-step problem solving activities with GSCS functions to resolve issues
Lead Escalation Process for BU segment through our issue management database to monitor issue entry and identify GSCS resources to lead issue resolution
 

These priorities translate into several specific activities:

Create and align with the Business on a rolling 5-year forecast at a category demand plan level:
Build and leverage relationships with BU leadership and WEC customer facing teams to understand and develop solutions across BU’s portfolio and end-Customers (Nuclear Power Plants)
Continuously translate BU sales pipeline of Backlog, Book & Bill, and Unidentified into future 3rd party material and services needs and incorporate updates into offer/project tracking system to ensure communication of forecasted needs within GSCS
Heavy involvement in the B&P activities to ensure: supplier selection, risk mitigation planning/ optionality, customer-desired contractual flow down risks, and schedule and cost feasibility preserve Margin as Sold vs Margin as Delivered as it relates to 3rd party supply base
Identify cost savings opportunities within organizational tracking tool and ensure alignment to savings goal, including feedback and management across the GSCS functional groups
Special focus on leveraging Best Cost Country (BCC) capability to ensure WEC is competitive on a global basis
Provide input into project planning proposals and approval stage-gates:
Supply base technical capability
Supply base commercial / T’s&C’s
Supply base quality, performance, and risk
Overall project schedule and cost feasibility as it relates to critical supply base performance
Own all Limits of Authority (LOA) (corporate governance process) and GSCS policies as it relates to Business Units’ supply chain activities
Deliver presentations to executives for large offers to review key offer content, including suppliers, cost, schedule, risk, terms and conditions gaps, etc.
Finalize with Business Unit and Project Management Office key accountabilities and raise concerns where there is a gap or a conflict that could negatively impact margin as sold, margin as delivered or Cost of Poor Quality.
Ensure comprehensive risks are understood in a project-based, highly customized nuclear plant engineered solutions, where majority of procurement is First of A Kind (FOAK) order, with very low/no repeatability, meeting Nuclear Safety regulations and policies
Own the execution and coordination by being the conduit with BU project stakeholders for:
Contract flow downs, back-to-back protections, and contractual risks at the Purchase Order (PO) level
Leverage shared service center transactional capability to drive pro-active reporting at PO level to ensure schedule, cost, quality compliance of third-party supply base
Link to Supplier Qualification and Performance Engineering organization to ensure oversight plans are on track to mitigate risk when needed
Drive Division of Responsibility (DOR), roles and responsibilities between Business Unit and Supply Chain organization (e.g. Quality requisitions, scopes of work/feasibility of specifications, supplier communications, problem escalation, goods receipt, approvals, etc.)
 

The role requires a few critical skills that are the cornerstones of the role.  The Procurement Lead will first and foremost will be required to co