North America Sourcing Executive, Hydro Power

Job Description Summary

Job Description

The Regional Sourcing Executive will report to the Hydro Executive Sourcing parts and will be part of the North America Leadership teams. She/he will be responsible for Sourcing performance of Hydro Projects in the region.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Lead, develop, and inspire a large, diverse, multifunctional regional team across sourcing, procurement, materials management, supplier quality, logistics and project supply chain management for the region.
• Foster a culture of safety, integrity, accountability, and continuous improvement, while ensuring full compliance with GE Vernova policies, supplier integrity standards, trade compliance requirements, quality standards, and all applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
• Drive strategic impact defining and executing regional sourcing and supplier strategies aligned with business priorities, project demand, and global commodity strategies to support competitiveness and execution excellence both in Inquiry to Order (ITO) and Order to Remittance (OTR) phases.
• Own project supply chain performance for the North America region across Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost within a complex, highly engineered project environment.
• Drive supplier performance across the North America supporting Hydro projects globally, including capacity planning, delivery prioritization, risk management, and recovery actions; strengthen supplier quality, delivery, competitiveness, and resilience through robust performance management and supplier development.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate sourcing and supplier risks related to capacity, financial health, geopolitical exposure, logistics, quality, and single-source dependencies.
• Deliver cost productivity through commercial negotiation, value engineering, should-cost analysis and process improvement. Partner with engineering, manufacturing, construction & commissioning teams to drive design-to-cost and make/buy optimization opportunities.
• Track and drive sourcing productivity, inflation management, and working capital improvement through effective payment terms and supplier collaboration.
• Partner cross-functionally with project management, engineering, manufacturing, construction & Commissioning, quality, finance, and commercial teams to meet customer and business commitments.

Preferred Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, or Operations.
• Experience in Hydro Power, Energy, EPC, or heavy industrial project businesses.
• Minimum 10 years experience in supply chain, sourcing, procurement, or project execution in an industrial or project-based environment.
• Experience leading large, multifunctional teams in a matrix organization.
• Fluency in English. French is strong plus.
• Ability to operate effectively in a complex project business with multiple stakeholders.
• Strategic mindset with strong execution discipline.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Strong leadership presence and ability to influence across functions and levels.
• Proven ability to manage ambiguity, resolve issues, and drive decisions.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes