Lead Material Management Specialist - Material Plan & Execution

Job Description Summary

Coordinate and expedite the flow of materials (from suppliers and also within departments) according to production schedules. Plan and schedule material/production needs. Impacts departmental operations and responsible for planning/execution. The role has some autonomy but is focused on execution of activities within an operating discipline covered by standard functional practices and procedures. Some judgment may be required but this is typically with guidance.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities:

• Support preparation of S&OP review meeting operating rhythm, governance, minutes of meeting and action plan follow up to ensure meaningful review.
• Drive continuous improvement of S&OP process by ensuring order case are consistent across function & region and by driving regular back-testing.
• Stabilize S&OP data integrity by challenging sales team to perform regular update (execution date, scope, product, amount, segmentation (parts, maintenance & repair).
• Ensure load model consistency along with load drivers, productivity factor and direct connection with Standard Work.
• Support monthly S&OP review for service transactional: load model establishment when not available, provide free capacity available to Hydro Sales Manager, support indirect service supplier panel visibility and transfer function automation in digitalized tool.
• Support Make or Buy trade off by considering upcoming load for GE factories.
• Lead time review: Review the lead times bi-annual with Sourcing Team.
• Provide analysis of historical data to support the Sourcing team to take decisions of lead time change (real cycles based on historical data in comparison with current Standard Lead time).
• Drive the lead time reviews with Sourcing leaders (Global Commodity Leaders and Regional Leaders).
• Review the impact of changes and support actions plans when needed.
• Communicate appropriately the changes for functions involved.
• Support the reviews of BoM Templates and participate of Discussions to improve alignment between Engineering, Supply Chain and Site Installation.
• Review the BoM revision KPIs to found opportunities to improve.
• Support the management of Pre ECO/BoM Supply Chain Review Workflow.

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• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university
• Strong experience in Material Plan, S&OP, BoM and similar function
• Strong communication skills in both Portuguese and English
• Experience with complex formulas on Microsoft Excel and Power BI
• Ability to analyze and present data to senior leadership
• Previous experience working with international projects and standards is a plus