Senior Supplier Fulfillment Leader

Job Description Summary

As a Supplier Fulfillment Leader, you will manage supplier delivery and specific constraint management to ensure and improve On Time Delivery (OTD) as well as overall Delivery performance to generate value for the business. Aside from focus on OTD, successful SFLs constantly strive to meet and exceed our safety, quality, delivery, cost & cash goals across their supplier portfolio and help improve the operations of our Supply Base. You will establish regular reviews with your suppliers to understand their ability to meet current commitments, making risk assessments and helping drive communications across both internal and external stakeholders to mitigate impact to GE Aerospace operations. This SFL will be accountable for short and long term delivery, driving rate readiness through raw material and capacity analysis (including, but not limited to: GE negotiated, non-negotiate, and RSP material) and driving source change and NPI development for LEAP and AEO.

• Own delivery performance down to the part number and raw material part level
• Establish Continuous operating rhythm with assigned suppliers to understand status and health of delivery commitments through supplier WIP.
• Ability to manage large amount of information and data to make actionable insights and effectively communicate across internal and external stakeholders.
• Define and improve Supplier Delivery strategies at business or plant level.
• Responsible for overall supplier health and rate readiness for an assigned supplier portfolio.
• Conducts robust order book reviews that tie directly to capacity reviews and raw material coverage down to tier 3-4 level and proactive problem solving for known gaps in quality or delivery performance.
• Analyze stock levels at GE to determine coverage. Coordinate shipments of kits and escalate GE direct shortages to fulfillment for RSP kits where applicable. Ensure sufficient containers are available
• Leverage enterprise and horizontal resources to the Gemba for problem solving and systemic action planning
• Collaborate with Materials & Planning organization to manage demand health aligned to supplier lead time, rate readiness, contract terms & conditions and recovery to MRD.
• Accountable for overall Source Change Management as defined by established processes, policies and tools for an assigned portfolio of hardware, programs and/or supplier.
• Where new product introduction is required, including design and/or configuration change, drive enterprise ownership and responsibility with applicable internal functions and suppliers to ensure milestone plans are developed and executed to achieve quality and delivery outcomes.
• Responsible for the maintenance and communication of Source Change and/or NPI plan execution to partner pillars within the Supplier Performance & Execution, respective Commodity teams and customer program focal points. Inform the respective Commodity on progress and lessons learned to inform future strategy for supplier, part family, etc.
• Receives source change priorities from commodity with respect to customer impact (delivery, quality, fleet impact, etc) from the Delivery Pillar highlighting systemic gaps to MRD and deploys action plans that leverage SP&E and enterprise resources to improve and sustain respective supplier sites.
• Inform Materials & Planning and Commodity Buyers on source change status to ensure adequate overlap and/or readiness to achieve the quality and delivery performance required by our customers. Escalate and involve Commodity Buyers where commercial intervention is required for success.
• Where applicable, act as the supplier representation to the IPT Product Line Leaders and programs teams. Through utilization of action plans, highlight gaps and escalate through defined channels to sufficiently problem solve and achieve on time delivery of part readiness and qualification.
• Utilizes in-depth knowledge of sourcing procurement and shop operations to execute delivery outcomes according to Supplier contracts, GE policy & strategy.
• Uses technical experience and analytical thinking. Uses multiple internal and external sources outside of own team to arrive at decisions.
• Developing in-depth knowledge of a discipline. Uses prior experience and acquired expertise to execute functional policy/strategy.
• A job at this level is likely to be an individual contributor, with proven interpersonal skills.
• Communication with direct colleagues and the business about design and coordination services rendered. Provides informal guidance to new team members. Explains complex information to others in straightforward situations.
• Impacts projects, processes and procedures in own field. The role operates with some autonomy but is focused on execution of activities/provision of advice within an enabling discipline covered by standard functional practices and procedures. Activities require professional judgment but may require more senior levels of guidance.
• Utilizes technical expertise and judgement to solve problems. Leverages technical skills and analytic thinking required to solve problems. May use multiple internal sources outside of own team to arrive at decisions.

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 4 years of experience in Operations, Delivery/Fulfillment, Supplier Relations and/or Manufacturing Engineering)
• Minimum 5 Years' experience in Operations, Delivery/Fulfillment, Supplier Relations and/or Manufacturing Engineering.

• Collaborator and influencer across a matrix organization.
• Detail oriented with the ability to escalate and pull together resources necessary to solve challenges and close on opportunities.
• Sound judgment as it relates to understanding risk and opportunities; ability to strategize to drive long term health of the portfolio with regard to SQDC.
• Familiar with Lean concepts and can drive Lean improvements
• Team player comfortable working in an autonomous, accountable, empowered flat organization where standard work, operating rhythms and superior communication skills are valued.
• Flexibility in partnering, coaching and learning from a highly empowered team.
• Operational acumen including conventional and non-conventional manufacturing processes, lean principles, casting technology.
• Financial acumen built through operational or commercial experience.
• Humble: respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn
• Transparent: shares critical information, speaks with candor, contributes constructively
• Focused: quick learner, strategically prioritizes work, committed
• Leadership ability: strong communicator, decision-maker, collaborative
• Problem solver: analytical-minded, challenges existing processes, critical thinker