Job Description Summary

Are you ready to see your future take flight? At GE Aerospace, we are advancing aviation technologies for today and tomorrow. Your work will contribute to the production of advanced jet engines, components, and integrated systems that power commercial and military aircraft. You’ll be part of a team that embraces your drive, your curiosity, and your unique ideas and perspectives. Most importantly, you’ll share in our pride and purpose that affects the lives of millions around the world!

As a Contract Performance Manager, you will have a major impact on GE profitability through owning overall contract performance, inclusive of total cost of ownership via safety, quality, on time delivery, unit price, and supplier relationship management.

This role is responsible for ownership of contract productivity and overall supplier accountability. In this role, you will create and lead operational rhythms with internal and external stakeholders to drive mutually successful outcomes for GE and GE partners. You will provide the necessary support on pre- and post-contractual administration & management, terms & conditions (T&Cs) of the contract, and the management of claims. The role requires cross-functional leadership capability and has autonomy within your respective supply base. High levels of evaluative judgment and operational acumen are required to achieve outcomes in this role.

Role may require up to 30% travel

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Responsible for maximizing contract performance, while maintaining supplier relationships within the Materials Commodity for cold airfoils, bearing, and/or gearbox suppliers

• Ownership for the productivity of assigned contracts through cost reduction, cost avoidance, income generation, and working capital savings

• Owns management of existing contracts to measure performance of contractual T&Cs against expectations (i.e. bid vs did process), identify gaps or opportunities, and manage cross functional team actions (i.e. cost recovery, terminations, productivity clauses, premiums, etc.) to maximize contractual productivity and performance

• Accountable for supplier performance inclusive of safety, compliance, quality, delivery, commercial, readiness and all elements within these areas (i.e. WIP Health, commits, payables, tooling, etc.)

• Where supplier performance does not meet expectations, responsible to drive cross functional problem solving and structured action plans for improvement

• Leads cross functional teams to manage supplier relationships

• Acts as chief negotiator in significant deals.  And leads negotiations among the working team including, but not limited to sourcing colleagues, legal, finance, compliance, engineering, quality, manufacturing operations, product lines, customers, and suppliers

• Leads and is accountable for business approvals, supply award, and contract authoring

• Owns supplier relationships by driving business reviews on a regular cadence, with the responsibility to escalation frequency & attendance as defined by standard work

• Assure timely resolution of supplier issues for assigned contracts

• Function as liaison between internal organizations and suppliers for assigned contracts

• In partnership with cross-functional teams, interprets internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes, or services. Utilizes understanding of industry trends to inform decision making process

• Leads others to find creative solutions within complex contractual landscape with an emphasis on commercial value generation using all available currencies

• Has the ability to evaluate quality of information received and questions conflicting data for analysis

• Uses multiple internal and external resources outside of own function to help arrive at a decision 

• Travel up to 30% may be required

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university (or a high school diploma/GED with a minimum of 4 years Commercial Operations, Sourcing/ Procurement, Supplier Relationship Management, Sales, Supply Chain or Contract Management experience)

• Minimum of 5 years Commercial Operations, Sourcing/ Procurement, Supplier Relationship Management, Sales, Supply Chain or Contract Management experience

Desired Characteristics

• Experience with cold airfoils, bearings, and/or gearbox suppliers

• Demonstrated significant commercial leadership, and experienced in negotiating large, complex deals