Project Buyer

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Hiring Remotely in USA
Remote
95K-126K
Senior level
Energy • Manufacturing • Solar • Renewable Energy
GE Vernova is accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy.
The Role
Responsible for procuring goods/services, managing supply chains, issuing purchase orders and ensuring compliance with procurement processes to support project goals.
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Job Description SummaryKey member of a dynamic and growing projects team. Procure and manage supply chain of goods and services to geographically diverse locations, while driving commercial advantage through the achievement of each project’s delivery schedule, cost, and quality goals.

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Job Description

About Us:

Come bring your energy to change the world!

Grid Solutions, part of the GE Vernova portfolio of energy businesses, serves customers globally with over 12,000 employees. Grid Solutions provides equipment, systems, and services to bring power reliably and efficiently from the point of generation to end power consumers. We electrify the world with advanced grid technologies and accelerate the energy transition.

GE Vernova, a dynamic accelerator comprised of our Power, Renewable Energy, Digital and Energy Financial Services businesses, is focused on leading a new era of energy - electrifying the world while simultaneously working to decarbonize it.

If you are ready to make a difference and usher in a new era of energy, come join us.

Why we come to work:

Grid Solutions is serving customers globally with over 20,000 employees in around 80 countries. Grid Solutions equips 90% of power utilities worldwide to bring power reliably and efficiently from the point of generation to the end power consumers.  Grid Solutions offers advanced products and services ranging from power electronics, high voltage equipment, automation & protection, software solutions to projects & services. As part of Projects & Service, GS provides Turnkey Projects & Consulting, Electrical Balance of Plant, HV substations and maintenance & asset management. Currently GS has a $8B backlog (11,000 projects).

Essential Responsibilities:

  • Develop/maintain a complete, accurate procurement plan that will ensure purchase orders are placed with the appropriate lead times to meet project specific schedules, budgets, deliveries and risk mitigation targets. 

  • Communicate status regularly to the project and leadership teams.

  • Manage the addition/modification of supplier records to the required purchasing systems including required document collection from the respective suppliers. 

  • Responsible for issuing purchase orders (PO), collecting PO acknowledgements, issuing PO change orders, leading invoice resolution activities, coordinating weekly monitoring of supplier progress to promise/need by dates, expediting suppliers, escalating to Project Sourcing Leads for commercial leverage and proactive communication with the project team.

  • Manage the submission/follow-up of RFQs and lead negotiations of product and services in order to achieve cost out goals. 

  • Maintain a quote library of all RFQs received. 

  • Support the negotiation of contractual agreements where required.  Responsible for uploading executed contracts to Oracle Contracts Database.

  • Escalate supplier quality challenges and ensure supplier recovery of costs due to quality issues.

  • Enable faster project cycle by accelerating the procurement process while ensuring compliance. 

  • Drive supplier on time delivery performance while anticipating risks and escalating appropriately.

  • Contribute to standardization and continuous improvement of procurement processes.

Requirements:

  • Bachelors Degree from an accredited university/college

  • Minimum 7 years experience in procurement

  • Minimum 7 years working in Oracle or SAP purchasing systems

  • Ability and willingness to travel 10% domestic and international. Must comply with all relevant travel and tax policies.

Desired Characteristics:

  • Previous project buying experience

  • High attention to detail

  • Advanced organizing and planning skills

  • Ability to operate proactively and with a sense of urgency

  • Ability to perform under pressure

  • Ability to deliver to deadlines

  • Experience working productively with vendors

  • Strong problem solving skills

  • Strong communication skills, written and verbal

  • Ability to work in a cross-functional matrixed organization

  • Self-starter, resourceful

  • Strong skills in Microsoft (MS) Office Applications

  • Experience working in Oracle Primavera (P6)

We deliver integrated project solutions to enable large scale electrification and support our customer needs.

The salary range for this position is 94,600.00 - 126,100.00 USD Annual. The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate’s experience, their education, and the work location. In addition, this position is eligible for a performance bonus.94,600.00 - 126,100.00 - 157,700.00 USD Annual (US range ONLY, not used for Canada)

Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach, 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 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 planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness.  
General Electric Company, Ropcor, Inc., their successors, and in some cases their affiliates, each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a “Sponsor”). Each Sponsor 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 Sponsor’s welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual. 
Projected Close Out: October 15th, 2025

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: Yes

#LI-Remote - This is a remote positionApplication Deadline: October 15, 2025

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The Company
HQ: , Cambridge, MA
75,000 Employees
Year Founded: 2024

What We Do

GE Vernova is a planned purpose-built company on a mission to electrify the planet while simultaneously working to decarbonize it.

If we want our energy future to be different…we must be different.

Our mission is embedded in our name. We retain our treasured legacy, “GE,” in our name as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy that GE Vernova will help deliver.

GE Vernova brings together GE’s portfolio of energy businesses including Power, Wind, Electrification and Digital businesses. With focus, GE Vernova is accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy, while helping our customers power economies and deliver the electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life.

Together, we have The Energy to Change the World.

Why Work With Us

Join our team, to evolve and grow, surrounded by some of the brightest minds in the industry who help you get better every day. You’ll get the chance to rewrite the rules, work on cutting-edge technology, and be part of a global team for positive change.

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