Operations Specialist - Purchasing

OUR MISSION:

GE Vernova is accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy, while helping our customers power and deliver the electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. Are you excited at the opportunity to electrify and decarbonize the world?

WHAT IMPACT YOU’LL MAKE:

You will play a pivotal role in driving both operational excellence and continuous improvement across a large global Engineering team. In Engineering operations, you will be part of a team that partners closely with Sourcing, Finance and HR to ensure business outcomes are delivered as intended following SQDC (Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost) while also delivering on financial, headcount and other key operational KPI’s and metrics. You will champion a culture of continuous improvement by applying Lean principles and servant leadership practices, empowering engineering teams to identify and act on process improvement opportunities while also identifying the true systemic root causes and applying corrective actions to our quality misses. By supporting our Engineering team and embedding daily management best practices, you will help cultivate a resilient, data-driven, and forward-thinking one team culture.

# Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities - What you will do

- Execute purchase orders in both Ariba and PowerMax to ensure goods and services are delivered accurately and on-time. Also, identify areas for continuous improvement (CI).

- Verify and approve all contract labor invoices for over 1,700 vouchering contractors to ensure correct billing rates and vouchered hours align with signed agreement.

- Lead monthly cross-functional purchasing council meetings to collaboratively share best practices, identify pain points, and drive continuous process improvement.

- Continue to enforce the SourceGate+ process to deliver indirect deflation savings for external transactions. Partnering with Operations and Sourcing to achieve savings target established for the specific year.

- Maintain and update purchasing standard work as needed to ensure process consistency with minimal deviation.

- Identify and solve complex PO/invoice issues, facilitate root-cause analysis with suppliers and internal teams, then define corrective and preventative actions.

- Assist with other procurement related activities including online payment requests, immediate payment requests, recurring lease payments and invoice discount refunds in CORA.

- Serve as primary focal point supporting Sourcing during the roll out of new tools and processes, ensuring effective adoption and issue resolution.

- Develop new and foster existing cross functional partnerships with sourcing & finance with a 'one team' mentality.

- Continue to work with the Sourcing team to enable savings tracking of < $25K regardless of PO value. The target completion date is 1H 2026.

- Continue partnering with the Digital/IT team to develop a comprehensive Ariba PO and invoice report that will improve data efficiency.

Required Qualifications - What you will bring

- Bachelor’s degree in business administration or in a STEM field from an accredited university/college or equivalent work experience.

- Minimum of 3-5 years of experience working with large teams supporting their operational objectives and ensuring they meet their financial commitments.

Desired Characteristics - What makes you stand-out

- Demonstrates the GE Vernova Way: We Drive Innovation, We Serve Our Customers, Lean is How We Work, We Win as One Team, We Are Accountable

- Able to work cross functionally to identify & drive continuous improvement initiatives.

- Knowledge of SAP-based ERP, Accounts Payable and Invoicing systems.

- Ensure procurement activities comply with company policies and regulatory requirements.

- Self-directed, detail-oriented, well-organized, and adaptable.

- Developing and maintaining strong partnerships with Suppliers as well as internal teams.

- Ability and willingness to rapidly shift priorities based on business needs.

- Strong organizational skills (both written and oral) enabling inclusive communication with transparency to deliver outcomes.

- Ability to be a change agent and ask curious questions to aide in complex problem solving.

- Familiar with AI and desire to use going forward to drive operational efficiencies.

# Additional Information

GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

GE Vernova will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $89,300.00 and $148,700.00. The Company pays a geographic differential of 110%, 120% or 130% of salary in certain areas. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set.

Bonus eligibility: discretionary annual bonus.

This posting is expected to remain open for at least seven days after it was posted on December 18, 2025.

Available benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off.

GE Vernova Inc. or its affiliates (collectively or individually, “GE Vernova”) sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs GE Vernova reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a GE Vernova welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.