Global Process Digital Authority, Purchasing

Job Description Summary

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.

Job Description

• Define and own the global digital blueprint for purchasing execution from purchase requisition through goods receipt. Establish the global standard and partner with local purchasing teams to adopt and implement it consistently across all sites.

• Partner with Strategic Sourcing as the primary interface between transactional purchasing execution and strategic supplier management. This role owns the transactional execution standard; Sourcing owns the supplier relationship, negotiations, and collaboration portal.

• Partner with the Integrated Planning and Production Planning GPDAs where purchasing execution connects to supply plan signals and production schedule requirements, and with the Warehousing GPDA at the goods receipt boundary to ensure inbound confirmation flows cleanly between purchasing and warehouse management systems.

Process Scope, Technology & Digital Technology Partnership

• 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. Lead time data quality directly drives planning accuracy and is a shared accountability with the Master Data Governance team.

• 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, including order confirmations, delivery updates, and capacity signals, integrate cleanly with the supplier portal without creating duplicate workflows. Evaluate and incorporate AI-enabled tools that improve purchasing workflow efficiency in partnership with the New Technology Introduction team.

• Own the integration standard between purchasing systems and ERP. Partner with the Master Data Governance team to confirm vendor master data, purchasing info records, and lead time parameters align to global data standards before go-live. Co-own application selection and solution design with Digital Technology and the New Technology Introduction team.

Site Network, Adoption & Continuous Improvement

• Build and coordinate a global network of site-level purchasing process owners and subject matter experts who implement and sustain the global standard locally. Lead a formal Community of Practice across purchasing teams to drive standard adoption, share process improvements, and prevent local workarounds from becoming embedded practice.

• 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. Develop training materials and job aids aligned to the global standard, and support pilot and deployment phases in partnership with the Digital Program Manager. Ensure lessons learned from each site are incorporated into the global standard so every subsequent deployment improves on the last

Required 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.

Desired Characteristics:

• Familiarity with purchasing workflow automation and exception management tools in a manufacturing environment.

• Experience with lead time management and supplier performance tracking in an ERP context.

• Exposure to supplier collaboration platforms and how transactional data flows between buyer and supplier systems.

• Lean or continuous improvement background; familiar with standard work and process standardization principles.

• Comfortable operating in a role where automation of routine decisions is the primary value driver, and where influencing across functional boundaries is the primary mechanism for driving change.

Additional Information

GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer ( . Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

GE Vernova will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

#LI-Remote - This is a remote position

For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $122,600.00 and $204,400.00. The Company pays a geographic differential of 110%, 120% or 130% of salary in certain areas. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate's experience, education, and skill set.

Bonus eligibility: discretionary annual bonus.

This posting is expected to remain open for at least seven days after it was posted on May 27, 2026.

Available benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and 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, as well as access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off.

GE Vernova Inc. or its affiliates (collectively or individually, "GE Vernova") sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs GE Vernova reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a GE Vernova welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.