Sourcing Leader, Americas IT Infrastructure

CITY: Waukesha STATE: Wisconsin COUNTRY: USA Essential Functions (Responsibilities):
Build your career and experience the advantages that come with working for the "World's Most Admired Company" (Fortune magazine) offing significant opportunities for growth and career advancement.

The Sourcing Leader will be responsible for the following:

* Lead the procurement of $105M+ in IT Infrastructure products and services to achieve variable cost productivity, cash flow, and controllership goals in the Americas Pole.
* Lead the supplier selection, qualification, development, and overall supplier management, including managing the entire contract life cycle from Request for Proposal to supplier exit.
* Balance strategy development with the tactical execution necessary to execute cost reduction projects through contract negotiation, process changes, and implementation of sustainable cost controls, including collaboration with Finance to validate the impact of projects and contract negotiations to the general ledger.
* Develop technical and market expertise in a variety of IT Infrastructure products and services.
* Create and enforce business policies to meet business targets and customer needs, including improving procurement processes and optimizing Sourcing resources to enhance the customer experience with Sourcing.
* Collaborate with key stakeholders within GE Corporate, Global IT, and the multiple GE Healthcare P&L's to develop and execute purchase family strategy.

Qualifications/Requirements:
* Bachelor's Degree in Business, Engineering or Information Technology related field.
* 2 years of Sourcing, Supply Chain and or IT experience.
* Willing to travel domestically up to 20% of time.
* You must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Desired:
* 3 plus years of commercial sourcing experience in all facets of Information Technology Infrastructure commodities preferred but not required.
* Excellent financial analytical, communication and commercial negotiation skills with the ability to solve problems, project manage and develop supplier relationships.
* Graduate of GE's Operations Management or Information Management Leadership Program.
* Ability to influence and build rapport at all levels within an organization.
* Proven ability to execute and deliver on commitments.
* Masters Degree a plus.
* Greenbelt certification preferred.

General:
GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies that are shaping a new age of patient care. GE Healthcare's expertise in medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring and life support systems, disease research, drug discovery, and biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies is helping physicians detect disease earlier and to tailor personalized treatments for patients.

GE Healthcare offers a broad range of products and services that are improving productivity in healthcare and enhancing patient care by enabling healthcare providers to better diagnose and treat cancer, heart disease, neurological disease, and other conditions. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, GE Healthcare is a $15 billion unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE). Worldwide, GE Healthcare employs more than 43,000 people committed to serving healthcare professionals and their patients in more than 100 countries.


We offer a competitive salary, outstanding benefits package and the professional advantages of an environment that supports your development and recognizes your achievements. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.