Pull Management Leader (m/f/d) - APAC & Upgrades, Steam Services Parts VS
GE Vernova · Mannheim
Job Description Summary
This role is part of the end-to-end Value Stream operating model, structured around 4 Value Streams to better support our customers from opportunity through execution. This model will strengthen accountability and cross-functional collaboration, enabling faster, more predictable delivery, improved customer outcomes, and sustainable growth.Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead pull management for EMEAA Upgrade Projects and APAC Flow Orders within Steam Services Parts VS, with accountability for customer order execution, issue resolution, fulfillment performance, and customer outcomes across the assigned scope.
- Oversee and drive sales order execution for EMEAA Upgrade Projects in close coordination with Material Management and Product Supply, ensuring aligned execution across project, material, and parts flows.
- Serve as the senior pull management interface for EMEAA Upgrade Projects and provide clear ownership across internal functions and external stakeholders.
- Drive proactive customer order behavior and ensure effective prioritization, schedule alignment, and execution across the value stream for EMEAA Upgrade Projects and EU East Flow Orders.
- Own prioritization and trade-off decisions across competing EMEAA Upgrade Project requirements, EU East Flow Order demands, execution constraints, sourcing risks, and customer commitments.
- Lead resolution of high-impact execution issues and complex operational barriers for EMEAA Upgrade Projects and EU East Flow Orders, driving cross-functional alignment and sustainable closure.
- Track sourcing risks and ensure supply requirements are addressed for EMEAA Upgrade Projects, including third-party qualification needs and other project-specific execution dependencies.
- Represent pull management in EMEAA upgrade project reviews and within the leadership team for EU East, providing leadership on execution status, risks, recovery actions, and decision needs.
- Drive cross-functional and cross-organizational coordination across project teams, Material Management, Product Supply, sourcing, logistics, quality, commercial interfaces, and regional stakeholders.
- Shape and mature operating mechanisms across the assigned scope, including prioritization, escalation governance, and standard execution practices.
- Lead implementation of improvement initiatives, standard work updates, and system-enabled ways of working to improve reliability, transparency, and execution speed.
- Lead, coach, and develop the team to build capability, accountability, and sustained execution discipline.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
- Significant leadership experience in project execution, customer order management, fulfillment, logistics, supply chain, operations, or service delivery.
- Proven success in leading teams and driving performance in complex operational and project-based environments.
- Demonstrated lean, AI, and transformation experience, with the ability to improve operating models, drive process maturity, and implement more effective system-enabled ways of working.
- Strong knowledge of Steam Services operational processes, market requirements, and upgrade project execution environments.
- Strong working knowledge of Steam Services tools, including OSERP and NEX.
- Deep experience in sales order execution, issue resolution, sourcing risk management, regional fulfillment, and cross-functional operational leadership.
- Strong judgment and decision-making capability in environments with high ambiguity, competing priorities, significant customer impact, and complex stakeholder landscapes.
- Proven ability to lead complex problem-solving and influence decisions across functions, organizational boundaries, and external stakeholders.
Desired Characteristics:
- Senior operational leader with the ability to manage both complex project execution and regional fulfillment scope.
- Able to make sound prioritization and trade-off decisions across multiple competing demands and constraints.
- Effective in leading through complexity, ambiguity, and business-critical escalations.
- Strong cross-functional and external stakeholder leader with the credibility to drive alignment and action.
- Comfortable operating as the single pull management interface in complex project environments while also leading regional execution performance.
- Improvement-oriented and able to shape more effective governance, prioritization, and execution mechanisms.
- Strong ownership mindset with clear accountability for execution outcomes and customer results.
- Resilient, decisive, and capable of building strong teams and operating discipline.
What We Offer:
In this position, you'll join a team delivering the most impactful and complex projects in the energy sector. Your work directly supports the reliability and safety of energy systems that millions of people depend on. The Value Stream business is a key business for GE Vernova, where cross-functional teams collaborate across engineering, operations, and commercial functions to deliver projects that matter. As part of our project management community, you'll work at the intersection of technical depth and strategic execution — coordinating across global stakeholders while making a tangible difference on the ground.
We offer competitive benefits designed to support you and your family, reward strong performance, and help you manage your personal and professional life. GE Vernova invests in your development — through structured on-the-job learning, access to a global network of experts, and opportunities to grow your career across projects, functions, and geographies.
Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: No