Senior Manager - Sourcing and Procurement

Responsibilities

. Project management which will include developing project plans, processes, and timeline

. Design, manage and run customized reports for category managers, directors, and executives

. Liaison with IT to ensure necessary data requirements and increase knowledgebase of how data flows, where it is stored, and how to access it in our enterprise system

. Assist in developing commercial evaluation criteria

. Supplier Segmentation support

. Identify & implement standardization within process

. Develop and own critical Master Data Management inputs. These include, but are not limited to BU Tier mapping (DRM), Sourcing Taxonomy, and Region/Country/City/Site mappings

. Maintain rhythms with key stakeholders/customers as a means of checking in on data quality issues and pending action items

. Partner and influence external stakeholders who control the input data process. This includes building strong relationships with IT in GE Businesses and at the corporate level

. Conduct Executive Presentations for project updates as well as extended training of spend analytics tools, often to an audience of 100+ participants

. Lead periodic perception alignments with Sourcing leaders, business and category teams alike, to ensure data accuracy exceeds 90% best in class benchmarks (Tier 1-3 levels) through validation of rule-based supplier classification

. Partner with Data Science team to ensure implementation of MDM standards across platforms (Spend, Savings, Cash, Contracts, Preferred Supplier, and others that will be implemented)

. Own and Manage reporting and analytics tools built on top of the Finance Data Lake, including wing to wing management of enhancement implementation

. Executive Dashboard - Summary level Data Visualizations on Tableau

. Data Extraction Tool - Finance Data Store

. Change of Classification Workflow - Interactive workflow tool for user input on Spend Categorization, Supplier Normalization, and Spend Exclusion

. Lead Project to integrate the Tableau Spend Dashboard and the raw data extraction tool (passing filters between the two tools)

. Remain agile to deliver on other Adhoc Fire Drill Data Requests

. Manage Project of developing new tools/visualization aimed at proactive analytics/forecasting models

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications

. Excellent Interpersonal Communication Skills.

. Excellent in Project Management & execution

. Analytical & Problem-Solving Skills

. Exposure to Spend Analytics and opportunity assessment

. Good Understanding of Sourcing & Procurement Domain.

. Good Understanding of Technology Landscape like Data Science / AI / ML / Data Engineering concepts

. Familiarity with big data and analytics architecture (e.g., Data Lakes)

. Executive Presentation Skills

. People Management Experience

Preferred qualifications

. Good competency in any Indirect Sourcing Category

. Knowledge of systems landscape in S2P space

. Effective at narrating the story from the data using compelling presentations

. Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing

. Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work

. Experience managing data for multiple Oracle, SAP, and other ERP platforms