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UK Account Manager - Supply Chain (17365-en_US)

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Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse's mission to provide clean energy solutions? At Westinghouse, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace. The UK Account Manager - Supply Chain role is a key conduit to ensure the smooth flow of information between the Business Unit (BU) and the GSCS (Global Supply Chain Solutions) Team. The priorities of the account management team in establishing the BU customer relationship are as follows:

  1. Aggregate demand for GSCS and supplier activities
  2. Lead Bid and Proposal (B&P) identification and execution
  3. Act as issue resolution point of contact for BU stakeholders
  4. Understand project delivery performance at BU level and manage/resolve variances
  5. Aid the GSCS Centers of Excellence (COE) in interactions with BU stakeholders
Your Day to Day:
  1. Create and align with the Business on a rolling 5-year forecast at a category demand plan level:
    1. Build and leverage relationships with BU leadership and WEC customer facing teams to understand and develop solutions across BU's portfolio and end-Customers (Nuclear Power Plants)
    2. Continuously translate BU sales pipeline of Backlog, Book & Build, and Unidentified into future 3rd party material and services needs
    3. Heavy involvement in the B&P activities to ensure: supplier selection, risk mitigation planning/ optionality, customer-desired contractual flow down risks, and schedule and cost feasibility preserve Margin as Sold vs Margin as Delivered as it relates to 3rd party supply base
    4. Special focus on leveraging Best Cost Country (BCC) capability to ensure WEC is competitive on a global basis
  2. Provide input into project planning proposals and approval stage-gates:
    1. Supply base technical capability
    2. Supply base commercial / T's&C's
    3. Supply base quality, performance, and risk
    4. Overall project schedule and cost feasibility as it relates to critical supply base performance
    5. Own all Limits of Authority (LOA) and GSCS policies as it relates to Business Units' supply chain activities
    6. Finalize with Business Unit and Project Management Office key accountabilities and raise concerns where there is a gap or a conflict that could negatively impact margin as sold, margin as delivered or Cost of Poor Quality.
    7. Ensure comprehensive risks are understood in a project-based, highly customized nuclear plant engineered solutions, where majority of procurement is First of A Kind (FOAK) order, with very low/no repeatability, meeting Nuclear Safety regulations and policies
  3. Own the execution and coordination by being the conduit with BU project stakeholders for:
    1. Contract flow downs, back-to-back protections, and contractual risks at the Purchase Order (PO) level
    2. Leverage shared service center transactional capability to drive pro-active reporting at PO level to ensure schedule, cost, quality compliance of third-party supply base
    3. Link to Supplier Qualification and Performance Engineering organization to ensure oversight plans are on track to mitigate risk when needed
    4. Drive Division of Responsibility (DOR), roles and responsibilities between Business Unit and Supply Chain organization (e.g. Quality requisitions, scopes of work/feasibility of specifications, supplier communications, problem escalation, goods receipt, approvals, etc.)
The UK Account Manager will first and foremost will be required to communicate business details in a firm and decisive fashion, but communications need to be done in a way that leaves all customers feeling confident and willing to work with the Account Manager. The Account Managers must have strong big-picture, strategic thinking skills, and must be adept at translating BU needs into actionable requests to the COEs. The UK Account Manager needs to place themselves as a trusted partner for all the customers in the Commercial COE team and the Business Unit or Internal Stakeholder team. The role combines several disciplines ranging from project management, detailed understanding of GSCS processes, material flow and lead-times, and logistics and a working knowledge BU products and business needs as they work to satisfy the needs of their end customers. Being firm, but kind, while delivering confident communications related to component details will be key tenants of this new role. Who You Are:High School EducationBachelors Degree preferred5+ years of experience in account management, project management, and/or supply chain supporting business functions with progressively responsible leadership positions.
  • Impact and influence in a project oriented, engineering, specialty, functional matrix environment
  • In-depth knowledge of sourcing and procurement principles and best practices and demonstrated ability to apply this knowledge to achieve results.
  • Experience working with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, preferably SAP
  • Familiarity with federal, local, corporate, and global regulations to ensure compliance and in specific to Nuclear Regulations
  • Knowledge of Nuclear or similar highly regulated industry with an understanding of the supply chain implications.
Why Westinghouse?Westinghouse Electric Company is the global nuclear energy industry's first choice for safe, clean, and efficient energy solutions. We enable our delivery of this vision by living our value system:
  • Safety and Quality
  • Integrity and Trust
  • Customer Focus and Innovation
  • Speed and Passion to Win
  • Teamwork and Accountability
Westinghouse offers competitive benefits to all our employees around the globe to keep them healthy and enhance their well-being. In the U.S. the following are representative of what we offer:
  • Competitive Salary
  • Comprehensive Health, Wellness and Income Protection Benefits
  • 401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match
  • Paid Vacations and Holidays
  • Opportunities for Flexible Work Arrangements
  • Educational Reimbursement Program
  • Employee Referral Program
While our Global Headquarters are located in Cranberry Township, PA, we have over 9,000 employees working at locations in 19 different countries. You can learn more by visiting http://www.westinghousenuclear.com. EOE of Minorities / Females / Vets / Disability.Get connected with Westinghouse on social media:
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