Job Description Summary

The Renewal Parts Commercial Leader provides commercial leadership, quote review discipline, and process ownership for the Peterborough Renewal Parts team within GE Vernova Power Conversion – Rotating Machines Peterborough. This role supports customers by providing spare parts, technical-commercial solutions, and lifecycle support for large industrial motors, generators, controls, and related components. The position requires strong commercial judgment, practical product knowledge of modern and legacy GE products built in Peterborough and Schenectady, and the ability to support customer commitments, supplier engagement, Inquiry-to-Order execution, and cross-functional order readiness.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities

• Lead and facilitate commercial quote reviews for distributors, key customers, nuclear parts, controls parts, and complex Renewal Parts opportunities, with a focus on pricing, margin, lead time, contractual requirements, customer commitments, and commercial risk.

• Own and support commercial quotations for both transactional spare parts and complex custom-engineered components related to GE direct current and alternating current machines, synchronous and induction machines, controls, and associated Renewal Parts offerings.

• Maintain and continuously improve Renewal Parts Inquiry-to-Order processes, Customer Order Tracking System (COTS) documentation, product catalogue data, service codes, customer and fleet information, supplier cost data, lead-time inputs, parts and obsolescence records, and Inquiry-to-Order to Order-to-Remittance handover practices.

• Use Peterborough Renewal Parts knowledge to support accurate scope definition, supplier engagement, customer communication, purchase order review, order checking, order entry, and commercially sound order execution.

• Coordinate Request for Quotation activities with engineering, design, supply chain, supplier quality, project management, finance, warranty, logistics, accounting, order entry, and regional sales teams to support timely and reliable customer responses.

• Serve as a technical-commercial point of contact for industrial and nuclear customers by helping identify required parts using customer descriptions, part history, legacy design data, drawings, and manufacturing bills of material.

• Gather and analyze supplier costs, third-party contractor inputs, lead times, scope assumptions, and appropriate margin levels to support revenue growth, throughput, profitability, and reliable customer commitments.

• Coach and train Parts Services Specialists on quote development, Customer Order Tracking System usage, order processes, SAP stock reviews, customer and supplier information management, and practical renewal parts commercial decision-making.

• Act as the team’s technical firewall by owning commercial tasks and workflows while collaborating with the Renewal Parts Technical Leader on the technical scope of work and leveraging historical knowledge, best practices, and lessons learned from the Renewal Parts business.

Required Qualifications

• Demonstrated commercial experience combined with a general ability to read, interpret, and extract relevant information from drawings, manufacturing bills of material, part records, and historical data pertaining to modern and legacy GE Peterborough and Schenectady parts for motors and generators, as well as control panels supplied by the Peterborough and Renewal Parts businesses, or experience in a comparable technical-commercial parts environment.

• Working knowledge of Renewal Parts Inquiry-to-Order processes, Order-to-Remittance interfaces, commercial tools, Customer Order Tracking System usage, SAP/Fusion interactions, supplier quote review, order processes, and non-standard commercial issue resolution, in order to continuously coach and train new/fellow Parts Services Specialists.

• Commercial product knowledge of GE large motors, generators, controls, medium- and high-voltage rotating electric machine components, instrumentation, accessories, electrical materials, and related spare parts.

• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and execute high-volume quotations, support order generation, contribute to margin performance, respond to customer needs, and coordinate across functions.

• Ability to lead quote reviews, support process ownership, coach colleagues, manage priorities, communicate clearly, and make sound commercial decisions in a high-volume, technical-commercial environment.

Desired Experience and Characteristics

• 10+ years of in-depth Renewal Parts experience, or comparable experience in a technical-commercial parts business serving complex industrial equipment of legacy GE Peterborough & Schenectady.

• Subject matter expertise in Peterborough Renewal Parts commercial tools, quoting practices, process documentation (e.g., PBOWI-QMS-90-001 and 003), product catalogue management, purchase order reviews, order entry processes, and the resolution of cross-functional and interdepartmental issues.

• Experience navigating undefined scope, ambiguity, legacy product information, supplier constraints, and customer needs while setting a clear path for execution teams.

• Strong customer focus, ownership mindset, attention to detail, professional ethics, and ability to influence across sales, engineering, supply chain, project management, logistics, finance, and quality functions.

• Ability to strengthen team capability by sharing knowledge, coaching others, and creating repeatable practices across the Renewal Parts commercial lifecycle.

Education

College certificate or diploma, or university degree, in administration, management, technology, or an equivalent field; or a high school diploma with a minimum of seven years of relevant experience in the applicable job family group or function.

Eligibility Requirements

The successful candidate must be able to work from the Peterborough, Ontario site as required to lead and support the Renewal Parts business, collaborate with local and global stakeholders, and maintain continuity with the established Renewal Parts business tools, processes, customer history, fleet and product knowledge, supplier relationships, and execution practices.

Additional Information

This role leads and supports the Renewal Parts business by strengthening commercial execution, improving consistency in quote development and customer commitments, supporting supplier and cross-functional coordination, and maintaining continuity of critical product and process knowledge. The position is intended to help improve responsiveness, order readiness, margin discipline, and repeatable practices across the Renewal Parts commercial lifecycle.

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