Strategic Logistics Leader

**Job Description Summary**: The Strategic Logistics Leader plays a critical role in driving efficiency, cost optimization, and resilience in the supply chain in ITO and OTR. Your responsibilities extend beyond daily operations to long-term strategy, innovation, and risk management.
A strategic logistics leader is not just about moving goods from point A to B; they are a key driver of business profitability, customer satisfaction, and supply chain resilience.

**_ 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)._

**Responsibilities**:
**1. Supply Chain Strategy & Optimization**
- Develop and execute logistics strategies that align with overall business goals.
- Optimize transportation, warehousing, and distribution networks to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
- Implement **Lean, Six Sigma, and digitalization** to enhance supply chain performance.

**2. Supplier & Carrier Management**
- Build and maintain strong partnerships with key logistics providers to ensure service reliability and cost efficiency.
- Develop **dual-source strategies** to mitigate risks and enhance supply chain resilience.
- Negotiate contracts and performance metrics (KPIs) to drive accountability.

**3. Cost & Efficiency Management**
- Drive cost-out initiatives to improve **EBITDA and working capital**.
- Reduce lead times and optimize freight spend through **route optimization, modal shifts, and network design**.
- Implement **Duty & Tariff strategies** to maximize savings and compliance.

**4. Risk & Resilience Management**
- Identify and mitigate logistics risks, including geopolitical, economic, and natural disaster impacts.
- Develop **contingency plans** for critical supply chain disruptions.
- Ensure compliance with trade regulations, customs requirements, and ESG policies.

**5. Digital Transformation & Analytics**
- Leverage **AI, IoT, and data analytics** for real-time visibility and predictive decision-making.
- Utilize KPIs and dashboards to monitor logistics performance and identify continuous improvement opportunities.

**6. Cross-functional Collaboration & Leadership**
- Work closely with **procurement, operations, finance, and commercial teams** to align logistics strategies with business priorities.
- Benchmark high-performing logistics teams.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence

**The Strategic Logistics Leader will**:

- Ensure that for a given tender/project all internal units and external suppliers involved in the tender/project will be effectively managed in order to provide the best execution in terms of cost, quality and delivery.
- Be responsible for ensuring that competitive transport quotations as well as firming, cost solidity and risks are documented and delivered to the tender manager based on the bid timeline in order to win orders. It is important to ensure that the costs delivered will allow the project to execute the project within budget or below budget.
- Ensures proper schedule cycles are included in tenders for transportation to ensure successfully execution of projects once awarded.
- Develops project and logistics strategies to optimize total landed costs and transportation cycles
- Ensures complete robust Contracts and SOWs are put in place to mitigate risks, drive cost reductions and maintain cycle
- Works closely with the project planning to establish proper schedules for delivery of materials/documentation
- Supports the logistics providers claim processing working closely with contract management

**Requirements**:

- Bachelors Degree in Logistics or equivalent degree
- Minimum 10 years of experience