SMR Materials Leader

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Job Description Summary

The SMR Material Planner manages critical supply chain data, ensuring accurate information flow between Product Lifecycle Management tools and the ERP system. They also align sales forecasts with material requirements to proactively mitigate supply risks and support long-term strategic planning. As a business lead for SMR materials management, they balance MRP outputs with project timelines, ensuring consistent material availability and operational agility. Ultimately, this role serves as a vital bridge between the commercial pipeline, procurement operations, and project execution

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Data Governance & Lifecycle Management Material Master Data: Maintain and govern Material Master Data within the ERP system to ensure accuracy across all supply chain transactions. Ensure Material Items are classified correctly and with specific attributes that align with the appropriate specifications, quality and regulatory requirements. PLM/Teamcenter Integration: Manage the seamless flow of technical data from Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)/Teamcenter to the ERP, ensuring engineering specifications and BOMs are correctly reflected in procurement tools.

• Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) Long-Term Forecasting: Participate in S&OP cycles to provide visibility into long range material requirements, aligning project pipelines with supply chain capacity. Strategic Capacity Planning: Collaborate with leadership to identify potential material constraints 12–18 months in advance, facilitating proactive vendor engagement and capacity reservation. Develop scenario planning models to simulate sales forecast and material availability. Supply/Demand Alignment: Translate long-term sales projections into actionable material plans, ensuring the material buy plan is aligned to the supply chain strategy and supports the project growth trajectory.

• Powermax Implementation Leadership Key Business User: Act as the primary point of contact and subject matter expert for materials management to support the Powermax implementation, representing supply chain requirements and business processes. System Deployment: Lead user acceptance testing (UAT), workflow design, and transition activities to ensure the new system optimally supports BWRX-300 material planning objectives.

• MRP System Administration Data Integrity: Maintain the Material Requirements Planning (MRP) tool by updating lead times, safety stocks, and demand signals to reflect current project realities. Supply/Demand Balancing: Regularly review MRP outputs to identify potential material shortages or inventory excesses; take proactive corrective actions to mitigate supply chain risks.

• Procurement & Requisition Management Purchase Requisition (PR) Management: Draft, submit, and track purchase requisitions in the ERP system, ensuring all technical specifications and commercial terms are accurate.

• Strategic Sourcing & GCL Interface Quote Identification: Interface directly with GCLs to proactively define material buy requirements and identify upcoming requests for quote (RFQs) based on current and future demand. Demand Planning: Collaborate with GCLs to ensure they are positioned to secure competitive pricing and favorable delivery terms based on full understanding of long-term purchasing volume projections. Status Reporting: Provide regular updates to Strategy team and GCLs regarding material status, identifying bottlenecks, and providing action plans to mitigate shortage risk to forecast.

• Project Execution & Lean Need-by Date Synchronization: Coordinate with the project execution team to validate onsite “need-by” dates, ensuring that procurement schedules support construction or installation timelines. Division of Responsibility (DOR) Definition: Act as the primary point of contact for defining and documenting DORs for GVH-related activities. Ensure clear accountability between the supply chain team, engineering, and project management. Lean: Deploy lean strategies to reduce lead times and increase material velocity through the supply chain, including kanban, kitting or supermarkets for raw and semi-finished materials.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree related to Business Engineering or Finance (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 10 years of experience in Materials and Production Planning.
• including 5 years of experience in Material Requirements planning.
• US Export Controlled position
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 20% of the time as required.

Desired Characteristics

• Data Stewardship: High attention to detail regarding Master Data and PLM-to-ERP system integration.
• Systems Implementation: Proven ability to lead and drive business process changes within complex system environments (Powermax).
• Strategic Planning: Analytical skills to support S&OP and long-term capacity forecasting.
• Systems Proficiency: Advanced understanding of MRP/ERP tools.
• Cross-Functional Communication: Ability to bridge the gap between long-term sales strategy and immediate project procurement execution.
• Project Governance: Expertise in managing DOR structures and project lifecycle Management.
• Lean Mindset: Experienced lean practitioner with understanding of single piece flow, plan for every part and detailed problem solving.

The base pay range for this position is $104,600-174,400 USD Annual. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set. This position is also eligible for a 15% performance bonus/variable incentive compensation/equity. ​

*The Company pays a geographic differential of 110%, 120% or 130% of salary in certain areas.

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.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government. ​

Additional Information

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: No

For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $104,600.00 and $174,400.00. The Company pays a geographic differential of 110%, 120% or 130% of salary in certain areas. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set.

Bonus eligibility: discretionary annual bonus.

This posting is expected to remain open for at least seven days after it was posted on October 17, 2026.

Available benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, 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 Vernova 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 financial planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off.

GE Vernova Inc. or its affiliates (collectively or individually, “GE Vernova”) sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs GE Vernova 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 GE Vernova welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.