[Hiring] Global Process Digital Authority, Purchasing @GE Vernova

Role Description

Define and own the global digital standard for purchasing execution across Gas Power Global Supply Chain. This role covers the purchasing cycle from purchase requisition creation through purchase order placement, supplier acknowledgment, and goods receipt. Focused on removing friction, automating routine decisions, and ensuring purchasing workflows are standardized, integrated, and visible across all sites. Partners with Strategic Sourcing on digital tools that connect the transactional and strategic purchasing domains, while owning the execution standard and data quality that planning and operations depend on.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain, or a related technical field.
• 7+ years in purchasing, procurement operations, or materials management in an industrial or manufacturing environment, with direct accountability for process standards or operational improvement.
• Hands-on experience with purchasing execution in ERP environments, including SAP Materials Management or Oracle Procurement, across multi-site manufacturing networks.
• Proven experience defining process standards and driving adoption across multi-site networks.
• Experience translating purchasing process requirements into functional specifications for technology teams.
• Strong influencing and facilitation skills across purchasing, planning, and operations stakeholders.

Requirements

• Own the digital standard for the full purchasing execution cycle: purchase requisition creation and approval workflows, purchase order release and management, supplier order acknowledgment and confirmation, exception management and expediting, and goods receipt processing.
• Own the digital standard for lead time management and accuracy: how supplier lead times are captured, validated, and maintained in ERP across all sites.
• Define and drive automation of routine purchasing decisions: auto-approval of standard requisitions within policy parameters, automated purchase order release from approved purchase requisitions, and exception-based alerting for deviations that require buyer intervention.
• Partner with Strategic Sourcing on digital tools for supplier collaboration, ensuring transactional data flows integrate cleanly with the supplier portal without creating duplicate workflows.
• Own the integration standard between purchasing systems and ERP.
• Build and coordinate a global network of site-level purchasing process owners and subject matter experts who implement and sustain the global standard locally.
• Serve as the primary escalation point when sites diverge from the global standard.
• Monitor purchasing process outcomes and data quality metrics: purchase order cycle time, lead time accuracy, exception rate, and automation rate as primary measures of standard adoption.
• Conduct process walks with purchasing teams at each site before deployment to validate readiness.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
• Access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource.
• Access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services.
• Retirement benefits include the GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions.
• Tuition assistance.
• Adoption assistance.
• Paid parental leave.
• Disability benefits.
• Life insurance.
• 12 paid holidays.
• Permissive time off.