Global Supply Quality Leader

Job Description Summary

The Electrification Supply Quality Leader role is responsible for owning and governing the Supply Quality standard across GE Vernova's Electrification Segment, ensuring supplier qualification, performance, and non-conformity management processes are robust, consistent, and aligned with segment priorities. This role reports to the Electrification Global Quality & Lean Leader, and is dotted line to Electrification Sourcing Leader .

This position drives cross-Business Line coordination on shared suppliers, owns the scorecard architecture and KPI framework underpinning supplier performance visibility, and builds the capability and standard work needed to develop a high-performing Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE) / Supplier Process Engineer (SPE) community. The role plays a central part in linking supplier quality performance and corrective actions to the Zero Defect Framework, ensuring systemic issues are addressed at the source and preventive actions are embedded across the supply base.

This is a high-impact opportunity to shape supplier quality standards at a global scale, strengthen governance across a complex, multi-Business Line supply chain, and drive measurable improvements in cost of poor quality, delivery performance, and supplier capability across the Electrification Segment.

Job Description

Supply Quality Standard & Governance

• Own the Supply Quality standard and governance framework, including minimum qualification criteria across Electrification and the Non-Conformance Report (NCR) process.
• Own governance of Supplier Inspection processes, including source inspection criteria, incoming inspection standards, inspection plan requirements (e.g., level of inspection, sampling plans), and consistent deployment across suppliers and commodities.
• Ensure Supply Quality policies are deployed effectively and kept current with business and sourcing requirements and priorities.
• Enforce a zero-tolerance policy on critical quality concerns and drive proactive resolution of systemic supplier issues, with clear linkage to the Zero Defect Framework.

Scorecard Architecture & Reporting

• Own the scorecard architecture, defining common KPIs and data sources, and lead continuous improvements within Quality Suite.
• Own segment-level reporting on supplier Cost of Poor Quality (CoPQ), recovery dollars, top Pareto issues, and associated improvement plans.
• Ensure Supply Quality KPIs remain relevant from a central, Product Line, and local standpoint, implementing new metrics as needed.

Cross-Electrification Coordination

• Coordinate closely across Business Lines on shared suppliers, ensuring consistent standards, aligned qualification status, and unified escalation paths.
• Establish regular operating reviews and governance forums to track suppliers performance and resolve across Electrification.

Supplier Qualification & Non-Conformity Management

• Own management of Supplier Regulatory Guidelines (SRG) and qualification audits; ensuring critical commodity suppliers remain fully compliant with the Supplier Quality Policy.
• Ensure gaps identified in supplier audits are closed with action plans, with no critical suppliers left without a compliance path.
• Act as the ultimate escalation point for major supplier non-conformances, ensuring corrective and preventive actions are deployed and linked to systemic root causes within the Zero Defect Framework.

Capability & Standard Work

• Define and own the SQE/SPE competency model, including training pathways and certification requirements.
• Identify training needs across the Supply Quality population, covering generic quality training (e.g., ISO 9001) as well as specific tools such as 8D, Six Sigma, and process capability studies.
• Mentor and coach Supplier Quality Engineers and Supplier Development Engineers to build a strong, capable community of practice.

Supplier Development

• Support supplier improvement and development initiatives for shared commodities, partnering with Product Lines to launch time-bound performance improvement programs for underperforming suppliers.
• Collaborate with Lean and Continuous Improvement teams to drive supplier-focused improvements in process, quality, and fulfillment.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in the industry, with at least 5 years in Supplier Quality.
• Experienced in 8D/5-Whys problem-solving methodology and process audits, including process capability studies (Cpk, CAPA).
• Strong alignment with the GE Vernova Way culture and va