Manufacturing Specialist - Projects and Initiatives

Job Description Summary

Join Grid Automation at Stafford to build and maintain the SAP product data and configuration logic that keep design, manufacturing and the supply chain connected. You will support new product introduction, advise production and commercial teams, and help improve the processes and tools used across the manufacturing community

Job Description

GE Vernova is a purpose-built global energy company that includes Power, Wind, and Electrification segments, supported by its accelerator businesses of Advanced Research, Consulting Services, and Financial Services. Building on over 130 years of experience tackling the world's challenges, GE Vernova is uniquely positioned to help lead the energy transition by continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to decarbonize it.

Grid Automation, part of GE Vernova's Electrification segment, provides digital and automation solutions that help utilities and industrial customers monitor, protect, control and optimize the power grid. Our teams design, manufacture and support the technologies that make electricity networks more reliable, secure and efficient, supporting the transition to a cleaner, more resilient energy future.

Roles & Responsibilities:

1. Master data and material structures

• Accurately create and maintain materials and material structures in SAP for products manufactured in house, products purchased from other GEV sites, and products being repaired or assessed for repair
• Build sub-assembly structures that support supply chain and manufacturing processes, including factored products outsourced from partners
• Work closely with the SAP development team so that all structures comply with current SAP system configuration rules
• Maintain material status to reflect each material's life cycle

2. Product configuration and tools

• Create and maintain the characteristics, values and dependencies (preconditions and material selection conditions) that enable product configuration in SAP/GANESH
• Create and maintain Excel, online store or similar (e.g. ecortec) modelling and product selector tools that mimic the SAP/GANESH configurable materials and model new products and extra options for existing products
• Create and maintain the links between SAP/GANESH and the Touch Screen process

3. Projects and cross-functional collaboration

• Take part in new product development teams so that product structures are ready for production pilots and commercial availability dates
• Attend industrialisation meetings to gather the information needed to generate the system data that supports supply chain processes
• Guide and prompt functional areas to coordinate design change activities, including chairing meetings and documenting and reviewing actions
• Advise commercial and production personnel on SAP paperwork and materials

4. Process, tools, training and continuous improvement

• Define processes, IT tools, training and value stream elements for use by the manufacturing community
• Maintain KPIs for global workflow requests
• Continually review current processes and recommend improvements in line with the continuous improvement initiative
  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, IT or a related field, or an equivalent qualification or practical experience
• Relevant years of XP in master data management, SAP materials/BOM maintenance, manufacturing engineering support or supply chain systems
• Computer literacy, particularly SAP and Microsoft Excel
• Data analysis skills
• Sound appreciation of how product design changes affect the digital system
• Strong attention to detail
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work on site in Stafford, with some travel

Desired Characteristics:

• Understanding of work and method study techniques
• Experience with SAP product configuration (characteristics, values, dependencies).
• Experience building Excel or online product selector and modelling tools
• Experience in new product introduction or industrialisation environments
• Continuous improvement or lean experience, including value stream mapping
• Experience chairing meetings and driving cross-functional actions

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