Job Description Summary

As a Wind Turbine Gear Center Material Planner in GE Renewable Energy, you will drive on-time delivery of materials in support of the Amarillo TX site. The position also takes ownership of Material Inventory levels, and interfaces with a cross functional team, including commercial, engineering, sourcing, logistics, and manufacturing operations.

Job Description

About us:

GE’s Onshore Wind business has a total installed base of more than 50,000 wind turbines in more than 35 counties, with 100+ GW of global installed capacity. We harness increased onshore wind energy potential through a broad family of turbines that are uniquely suited for a variety of wind environments, including Cypress, GE’s most powerful onshore wind turbine, and GE’s 2MW platform, which has more than 20GW installed and in operation today. We are committed to our customers’ success in wind, offering a broad portfolio of products and services that make renewables the energy of choice for a cleaner future.

Why we come to work:

At GE Renewable Energy, our service teams  keep our world moving. They’re adaptable, determined, and safety-focused, thriving in high-pressure situations. They’re the kind of people who dig deep for answers, work collaboratively with the right teams to drive solutions, and who sit back and smile when they know they have done a great job. As part of this team, you’ll be rewarded with autonomy and trust, a collaborative, supportive team, and the chance to be empowered and successful, every single day.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Monitor supply and demand misalignment, and collaborate with manufacturing sources to implement corrective action plans
• Release material plan/production requirements to manufacturing sources
• Identify and react to material plans that do not meet customer requirements Execute planning and scheduling activities for assigned part numbers using Oracle ERP planning system
• Create and maintain Direct Material Purchase requisitions in RACES (company ordering system)
• Monitor and follow up PO creation process and supplier execution
• Maintain a close relationship with Sourcing in order to optimize material arrivals and to expedite material orders when needed
• Own KPI’s associated with % of short cycle orders and promise dates adherence to need by dates
• Coordinate with Master Scheduler to establish demand in Oracle ERP for upcoming projects and then coordinate plan for Shop Order Releases based on interaction with Operations and Materials Team
• Be responsible for maintaining comprehensive tracking program that consolidates New Product Introduction management, cut-in planning and BOM releases to optimize configuration
• Be responsible for inventory management for assigned parts and processes required to ensure material input to support customer requirements while financial inventory objectives are accomplished
• Monitor supply and demand alignment
• Coordinate planning and scheduling activities for assigned commodity utilizing advanced planning tools to model, simulate, and release optimized material plans to the organization
• Apply appropriate optimization methodologies to balance service level, inventory, and resource utilization using advanced planning tools
• Travel: Up to 10%

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
• Minimum of 2 years experience in Sourcing, Production and Material Planning.
• Minimum of 2 years experience in Line of Balance (LOB)

Desired Characteristics:

• Experience in ERP Systems (Oracle, SAP) and advanced planning tools
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management/Manufacturing Management
• Junior Military Officer (JMO)
• Strong negotiation skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to effectively operate cross-functionally and interface across all levels of the organization
• Ability to manage priorities and achieve results
• Strong Project Management, oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Operations Management Leadership Program (OMLP) Graduate (GE Employees Only)