Date Posted:May 29, 2011
Location:Lagos, Nigeria
Job Number:1388511
Business:GE Energy
Business Segment:Energy - Oil & Gas
Career Level:Experienced
Function:Sourcing
Function Segment:Supplier Quality
Relocation Assistance:No
About Us:
We are GE. We’re a global infrastructure, finance and media company taking on the world’s toughest challenges. And we are taking the strengths that have made us an industry leader and putting them to work in service of a new era of global business, with a focus on the world and the people we share it with.
Through initiatives like ecomagination and healthymagination, we are developing the next generation of products and services to improve the way we use resources, impact our communities and care for each other. Join GE and you’ll discover a career opportunity of incredible diversity – across disciplines and around the globe.
No other company invests in the development, training and advancement of its employees the way we do, because we believe it is our innovative thinking that is our strength, and that strength is what enables GE to make a positive impact on tomorrow, today.
From jet engines to power generation, financial services to water processing, and medical imaging to turning imaginative ideas into leading products and services. GE is imagination at work.
At GE Oil & Gas, we’re powering potential. Whether we’re developing technologies to make extraction safer and more efficient, or subsea devices that will usher in a new phase in drilling, GE’s Oil & Gas teams are committed to creating the high-tech products and solutions that solve some of the world’s toughest problems. Join us and you’ll find yourself in a flexible, creative environment that fosters the groundbreaking intellectual property and patents that make GE a global leader.
Here you’ll have the opportunity to take control of your career within the engineering and business worlds, surrounded by diverse, credentialed talent who work together to make a real difference. If you’re a passionate, sound decision maker who thrives on the pursuit of perfection, then join GE in creating the next generation of oil and gas innovations and technologies that will impact the globe for generations to come.
Role Summary/Purpose:
This role is based in Port Harcourt or Lagos, Nigeria with the primary objective of driving GE’s local compliance initiative and ensuring that existing suppliers maintain the highest quality levels and new suppliers are fully qualified to meet GE’s requirements.
Essential Responsibilities
• Lead the local content strategy of the GE’s businesses in Nigeria.
• Develop & implement a supplier management program for select key suppliers in Nigeria.
• Monitoring supplier quality and delivery performance and developing improvement strategies, process controls etc. to ensure business needs are met.
• Lead efforts to scout new suppliers, manage the supplier approval process and when needed, work in conjunction with Business Leaders, to train suppliers on mandatory compliance regulations.
• Maintain a database of all contracts & agreements and ensure that agreements are renewed before their expiry according to the sourcing policy.
• Lead self –audit of the sourcing team to ensure strict adherence to policies & procedures. Identify improvements to the process.
• Develop & maintain necessary a suite of reports & other management information to support informed decision making by the Regional sites and Global services leadership team.
• Lead the implementation of sourcing best practices and any other continuous improvement initiatives within the region.
Qualifications/Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma
• 7 years of experience in a Supply Chain/Sourcing role and at least 3 years in a supplier quality role.
• Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification is preferred (GE employees only)
• Purchasing systems experience e.g. AS400, Oracle
• Excellent communication skills and analytical skills with the ability to manage and develop supplier relationships
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft office applications
• Integrative team working style & ability to work cross functionally
• Ability to work under tight time deadlines, with frequently changing priorities and sometimes-high stress levels
Desired Characteristics
• CIPS qualification
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