Sourcing Finance Product Cost and Cash Leader

1 giorno fa

Milan, Lombardy, Italia Jobtailor Tempo pieno
  • Head a team within GE Gas Power's GSC Sourcing Finance organization
  • Collaborate with Sourcing, Engineering, and Manufacturing to drive cost reduction, cash flow improvement, fulfillment, and quality performance
  • Partner with the GP Sourcing Leader, Sourcing CFO, and GSC CFO to optimize sourcing costs, manage direct spend, drive deflation, and improve working capital
  • Plan, forecast, report, analyze, and influence inflation/deflation and PPV for direct material product commodities
  • Act as a strategic consultant to sourcing and partner with factory finance and procurement teams
  • Support strategic supplier negotiations and develop supplier partnerships to drive productivity, deflation, and cash flow optimization
  • Lead sourcing analytics and metric reporting, including direct material deflation, accounts payable days, and supplier terms
  • Partner with ITR teams through the escalation process and lead escalation process automation and AI projects
  • Oversee planning and forecasting for more than $10B in sourcing spend, including LRF, budget, monthly, and quarterly cycles
  • Align financial reporting with operational and business dynamics in collaboration with Sourcing CFO, Sourcing GMs, and GSC FP&A
  • Oversee working capital optimization, disbursement forecasting, supplier payment terms, and SCF programs
  • Coordinate with AP operations, banks, suppliers, legal teams, and sourcing leadership
  • Implement lean standard work, digitized solutions, and continuous improvement across sourcing finance processes
  • Influence strategy, resource control, policy formulation, and decisions within the discipline
  • Lead functional teams or moderately complex projects and provide strategic advice to management
  • Exercise high-level judgment, assess information quality, ask critical questions, and develop innovative solutions
  • Support finance transformation by automating, outsourcing, and streamlining processes

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college in Finance, accounting, economics topics or related field
  • Major experience in finance
  • Fluency in English
  • Supply chain / materials finance experience
  • People Leader experience
  • Strong oral and written communication skills
  • Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
  • Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems
  • Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects
  • Demonstrated success working with cross functional teams
  • Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs
  • Established project management skills
  • Self-motivated, results-oriented and assertive individual
  • Advanced experience of Microsoft suite
  • Preferred graduate of finance management leadership programs (e.g., FMP, CAS, OFLP)

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in financial planning, sourcing analytics, and supplier partnership development, with a strong focus on cost reduction and cash flow optimization. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and implement continuous improvement initiatives within sourcing finance processes.

Highest-signal resume keywords

  • Financial Planning
  • Sourcing Analytics
  • Supplier Partnership Development
  • Project Management
  • Cross-Functional Team Leadership

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

  • Financial Analysis
  • Cost Reduction Strategies
  • Cash Flow Optimization
  • Forecasting
  • Deflation Management
  • Lean Standard Work
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Sourcing Finance
  • Supplier Payment Terms
  • Accounts Payable Management

Soft Skills

  • Leadership
  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Communication Skills
  • Problem Solving
  • Results-Oriented

Certifications & Qualifications

  • Finance Management Leadership Programs
  • FMP
  • CAS
  • OFLP

Industry Keywords

  • Supply Chain Finance
  • Sourcing
  • Manufacturing
  • Finance Transformation
  • Working Capital Optimization

Tools & Technologies

  • Microsoft Suite
  • AI Projects
  • Digitized Solutions
  • Escalation Process Automation