Tooling Supply Chain Director

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­About GE Vernova:
GE Vernova is a planned, purpose-built global energy company that includes Power, Wind, and Electrification businesses and is supported by its accelerator businesses of Advanced Research, Consulting Services, and Financial Services. Building on over 130 years of experience tackling the world’s challenges, GE Vernova is uniquely positioned to help lead the energy transition by continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to decarbonize it. GE Vernova helps customers power economies and deliver electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. GE Vernova is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., with more than 80,000 employees across 100+ countries around the world.
GE Vernova’s Gas Power business engineers advanced, efficient natural gas-powered technologies and services, along with decarbonization solutions that aim to help electrify a lower carbon future. As part of the Gas Power One Field Services team, FieldCore installs, maintains, and upgrades power generation equipment, enabling operators of the world’s energy infrastructure to provide more reliable and affordable energy.
Job Summary:
The Tooling Supply Chain Director I manages the entire fleet of global tools, including developing, adapting, and executing global materials, plant data, inventory and warehouse management strategy; global CapEx and investment planning; inventory optimization and localization; industrial automation; inventory intelligence; and operational and compliance reporting. Reporting to the Global Operations Director, the role applies AI-enabled process simplification and aligns Supply Chain strategy and execution across all tooling value streams. Partners with Global Tooling Optimization Leaders and Regional Tooling Directors to drive execution excellence in tooling and meet or exceed operational targets.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Direct the planning, governance, and optimization of the $350M Global Tooling portfolio (tooling catalog of 155K+) and annual spend of up to $50M

• Own global materials, plant master data, inventory and warehouse management strategy, standards, and controls, including physical inventory, Free Trade Zone (FTZ), audit and compliance reporting, and inventory accuracy

• Own global tooling investment strategy and CapEx governance, including prioritization, approvals, budget execution, and value realization; leverage AI-enabled digital workflows to simplify tactical tracking and improve decision-making

• Lead inventory intelligence and planning, including MRP controller governance, demand and out-year forecasting, Min/Max optimization, scenario planning, and asset utilization analytics to maximize tooling availability while minimizing inventory and P&E spend

• Work closely with Value Stream Teams on tooling requirements for NPI, Live Outage productivity, TILs, and service bulletins, and develop the global strategy for introducing new tooling

• Achieve critical tooling KPI objectives including financial targets, tool utilization, tool liquidation, P&E, tool loss, forecasting, EHS, quality and external metrics such as tool recovery and on time demand

• Work closely with Global Strategic Sourcing, Regional Sourcing, and Finance to optimize investment dollars, strengthen procure-to-pay execution and controls, and leverage strategic supplier agreements

• Optimize the location of global tooling assets based on future forecasts, minimizing shipment out of regions and P&E spend, driving tool relocation as necessary

• Influence tooling innovation including vendor management for lower cost and higher quality, and kit optimization for high individual tool utilization within a container/kit

• Own global kit alignment and standardization; ensure ETM and connected plant, inventory, and warehouse data are maintained; and advance industrial automation and analytics to improve material flow, traceability, inventory visibility, accuracy, and productivity

• Some travel required

• May be assigned other duties to help proactively drive our FieldCore vision and align with our organization’s core values.

Required Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in related field

• 11+ years progressive experience and demonstrated success/knowledge

• 6+ years managing and/or developing multi-discipline teams, preferably with international reach across multiple service types

• 5+ years of specialized/industry experience

• English proficiency required
• Desired Characteristics:

• Master’s degree in related field preferred

• Deep domain expertise / highly advanced knowledge in respective service line (gas plant, steam plant, renewables, aeroderivative engines, oil & gas) including the product, maintenance and tooling.

• Ability to independently develop and execute functional strategies, apply critical thinking, and solve complex operational situations

• Effectively interfaces with executive leadership / GMs

• Highly effective and assertive in a matrix environment; able to influence enterprise decisions, align globally dispersed teams, and translate priorities into execution

• Strong change management, oral and written communication skills

• 10 - 15 years of leadership level experience in a global/complex environment

Compensation and Benefits:
The annual salary range for this position is $118,700 to $199,300.This is an exempt from overtime position.FieldCore benefits include insurance (medical, dental, vision, disability, and life), retirement savings, health and Wellness reimbursement, and a bonus or incentive program.Eligibility for FieldCore benefits is determined under the terms of the applicable benefits plan.
FieldCore is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, ancestry, genetic information, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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