Senior Sourcing Manager - Sourcing Management

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-negotiated, and RSP material) and driving source change.

Job Description

Company Overview:

Are you ready to see your career take flight? At GE Aerospace, we believe the world works better when it flies. We are a world-leading provider of jet engines, components, and integrated systems for commercial and military aircraft. We have a relentless dedication to the future of safe and more sustainable flight and believe in our talented people to make it happen.

Role Overview:

• Own delivery performance down to part number and raw material level.
• Run a continuous operating rhythm with suppliers to track WIP, commitments, risks, and recovery actions.
• Ability to manage large amounts of information and data to make actionable insights and effectively communicate across internal and external stakeholders.
• Assess GE stock coverage, coordinate kit shipments, escalate shortages, and ensure container availability.
• Deploy Flight Deck problem solving tools at the GENBA using enterprise resources and systemic action plans to implement sustainable improvements.
• Partner with Materials & Planning on demand health, supplier lead times, rate readiness, contract alignment, and MRD recovery.
• Accountable for overall Source Change Management as defined by established processes, policies and tools for an assigned portfolio of hardware, programs and/or supplier. Maintain and communicate source change / NPI milestone plans.
• Own the NPI process for design change and configuration change execution with internal teams and suppliers.
• Escalate delivery, quality, fleet, readiness, and commercial gaps through the right channels.
• Represent supplier status to IPT/Product Line Leaders, programs, commodity, and customer focal points.
• Use sourcing, procurement, and shop operations knowledge to deliver results within contracts, policy, and strategy.
• 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.
• 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.
• 10% of travel required.

The Ideal Candidate:

• The ideal candidate will demonstrate a proven ability to drive supplier accountability, lead cross-functional problem solving, and deliver results in a complex operational environment. This role requires a strong operations background, effective communication, analytical rigor, resilience, and the ability to influence decisions and recovery actions across internal and external stakeholders.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in supply chain, procurement, operations, or a related field, with a focus on supplier management.
• Demonstrated experience in driving supplier performance improvements and risk mitigation.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex data and make data-driven decisions.
• Experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle) and supply chain planning tools.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally as required.
• Experience in the aerospace or manufacturing industry is preferred.
• External candidates with LEAN / Six Sigma certification or equivalent experience are a plus.

At GE Aerospace, we have a relentless dedication to the future of safe and more sustainable flight and believe in our talented people to make it happen. Here, you will have the opportunity to work on really cool things with really smart and collaborative people. Together, we will mobilize a new era of growth in aerospace and defense. Where others stop, we accelerate.

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