Lead Materials Management Specialist

Opis stanowiska

The Lead Material Management Specialist is a key role within the Parts & Material Management organization responsible for driving material execution for complex Upgrades projects across GE factories and service shops.
The role provides end-to-end material leadership from Inquiry-to-Order (ITO) through Order-to-Receipt (OTR), ensuring that internal factories deliver according to project schedules, technical requirements, and customer commitments.
This position requires strong project-management skills, coordination across multiple stakeholders, and the ability to drive execution within factory operations.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Lead material execution for complex upgrade projects, coordinating with engineering, PMO, sourcing, fulfillment, and factory teams to secure parts and assemblies according to project milestones.
• Collaborate with the teams owning make-or-buy decisions and sourcing strategy and supply management, ensuring coordinated follow-up during ITO and OTR and alignment with cost, lead time, and factory capacity constraints.
• Ensure material readiness plans are in place and actively monitored, providing full visibility to the PMO on long-lead items, critical-path components, and engineered to-order parts, and driving timely follow-up to support project commitments.
• Drive factory execution by leading weekly operational reviews, identifying priority conflicts, escalating risks, and ensuring timely resolution of constraints.
• Partner cross-functionally with engineering, PMO, fulfillment, sourcing, logistics, and finance to ensure seamless material coordination and early identification of risks or gaps.
• Support issue escalation and resolution by coordinating internal stakeholders, driving corrective actions, and maintaining clear communication with project teams and customers.
• Own material-related KPIs, performance metrics, and continuous improvement initiatives, ensuring process discipline and data-driven decision making across ITO and OTR.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Engineering or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Minimum 3-5 years of supply chain, material management, or project execution in a heavy industry, preferably within power generation or engineering-to-order environments.
• Experience managing complex projects involving multi-site coordination and engineered/upgrade scope.
• Advanced experience in Services & Materials Management.

Desired Characteristics:

• Strong project-management skills with proven ability to manage critical-path items and cross-functional deliverables.
• Demonstrated ability to drive execution within factories and influence teams without direct authority.
• Effective stakeholder and multi-stakeholder management across global functions (engineering, factory operations, PMO, sourcing).
• Strong oral and written communication skills, with ability to present risks, mitigations, and status clearly and concisely.
• Leadership mindset with a focus on ownership, problem solving, and continuous improvement.

What we offer:

• Employment under an employment contract in an international company with a strong position in the energy market
• Extensive personal and professional development opportunities in an innovative and future- oriented environment.
• Open and supportive corporate culture that promotes creativity and teamwork.
• Attractive compensation  package including private medical care, life insurance, MultiSport card and annual bonus.