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GE Vernova Lead Buyer - Steam Turbine Blades
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loacation Budapest, Hungary
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Job Description Summary As a Lead Buyer within the Steam Blade Centre of Excellence (CoE), you are responsible for end-to-end procurement activities for steam blade components from internal and external suppliers. You drive supplier performance, support sourcing strategies, and ensure quality, cost, and delivery objectives are met to support global business needs. You act as a primary interface between suppliers and key internal stakeholders, leading issue resolution and contributing to cost-out and continuous improvement initiatives. Job Description Roles and Responsibilities (What you will do): Own and manage the purchase order (PO) process for steam blade components with internal and external suppliers, ensuring accurate, timely execution in line with demand and inventory plans.  Lead day-to-day relationships with key suppliers, serving as the primary contact for PO execution, issue resolution, and performance discussions.  Proactively identify and resolve supply issues, schedule changes, and exceptions, coordinating with Supply, Sourcing, Operations, and Planning to mitigate risk and ensure continuity of supply.  Ensure full compliance with sourcing policies, quality standards, and contractual requirements across all procurement activities.  Lead or actively participate in supplier negotiations for pricing, lead times, and commercial terms in alignment with sourcing strategies and cost-reduction objectives.  Collaborate closely with Supply, Sourcing, Demand, Operations, Engineering, and Quality to align procurement activities with demand, capacity, and technical requirements.  Support and, where appropriate, lead activities related to supplier qualification, onboarding, and transitions (e.g., dual sourcing, resourcing), working with Quality and Engineering.  Prepare, maintain, and improve procurement documentation, reporting, and master data in ERP and related systems, ensuring accuracy and data integrity.  Monitor supplier performance metrics (e.g., on-time delivery, quality, responsiveness, cost) and drive corrective actions and improvement plans; actively participate in supplier performance reviews, business reviews, and internal governance meetings, presenting data, insights, and action plans.  Lead or significantly contribute to cost-out projects, supplier development initiatives, and process improvement efforts (including Lean and digitization) to improve overall supply chain performance.  Analyse material cost, lead time, and inventory data to identify risks and opportunities and provide recommendations to management.  Support the development and standardization of best practices and work instructions for buying processes within the Steam Blade CoE and provide guidance to less experienced team members.  Required Qualifications (What you will bring): Education: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college (preferred: Supply Chain, Engineering, Business)  Experience: Significant experience in procurement or supply chain planning, including direct experience managing internal and external suppliers.  Skills: Demonstrated experience with SAP or similar ERP systems in a procurement environment.  Language: Fluent in English.  Desired Characteristics (What will make you stand out): Experience buying engineered components or commodities in an industrial/manufacturing environment, preferably blades or similar precision parts.  Strong negotiation skills with a track record of delivering cost, lead time, or terms improvements.  Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data, create meaningful reports, and drive decisions based on facts.  Strong organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects and deadlines.  Proven problem-solving and decision-making abilities, including handling complex supply issues and escalations.  Experience working with Lean, continuous improvement, or similar methodologies, with demonstrated contributions to process optimization.  Effective verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to influence and collaborate across functions and levels in a matrixed environment.  Ability to work independently with limited supervision, take ownership of results, and provide guidance to less experienced team members.  Benefits Available to You: GE Vernova employees rise to the challenge of building a world that works. In order to meet this mission, we provide varied, competitive benefits to help support our workforce:  Our Culture | GE Vernova Our  compensation & benefits  are designed to help you manage your personal and family needs, while rewarding high performers. We offer a robust benefits package depending on your employment status and your national requirements. A  healthy, balanced lifestyle  can mean different things to different people. We've created programs that support the way you live and work today. GE Vernova invests to provide opportunities to  grow your career  by providing a path for continued on-the-job  learning and development. About Our Company: GE Vernova is a planned, purpose-built global energy company that includes Power, Wind, and Electrification segments and is 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. GE Vernova | The Energy of Change About Our Business: At GE Vernova, Steam Power Services offers a broad portfolio of technologies and services for coal, nuclear and industrial power plants, helping customers deliver reliable power as an energy transition partner. Steam Power | GE Vernova Inclusion & Culture: At GE Vernova, we believe in the value of your unique identity, background and experiences. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture , where everyone feels empowered to do their best work because they feel accepted, respected and that they belong.  Click here to learn more: Culture & Inclusion Additional Information Relocation Assistance Provided: No

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