GE Aerospace Supply Chain Management - 12 Month Placement

Job Description

About GE Aerospace

Are you ready to see your future take flight? At GE Aerospace, we are advancing aviation technologies for today and tomorrow. Your work will contribute to the production of advanced jet engines, components, and integrated systems that power commercial and military aircraft. You’ll be part of a team that embraces your drive, your curiosity, and your unique ideas and perspectives. Most importantly, you’ll share in our pride and purpose that affects the lives of millions around the world!

Sourcing / Supply Chain

At GE Aerospace, our Sourcing and Supply Chain teams are a critical part of inventing the future of flight. Dedicated to finding the supplies and tools for our manufacturing and business processes. These teams work with a variety of supplier partners researching the best rates and negotiating contracts to support every step in our supply chain process.

Roles and Responsibilities

In this 12-month Supply Chain Management Placement, you'll gain hands-on experience in procurement, sourcing, logistics, supplier delivery, and supply chain management. Your specific responsibilities will depend on your location and role.

You may work on supplier engagement, order management, tender reviews, cost reduction, inventory management, or logistics support. You could collaborate on cross-functional process improvements, drive cost-out projects, and support initiatives like Product Cost and Defect PSR. Responsibilities could include data analysis, dashboard creation, problem-solving, and process optimization. You'll assist Operations Leaders with reporting, identify improvement opportunities, and ensure compliance with lean tools like Hoshin Kanri.

Role might involve project planning, lean manufacturing implementation, SQDC monitoring, and driving daily management activities to align with business strategy and achieve targets.

We have several types of roles in this area:

• Lean/Process Improvement - Caledonian, Dowty & Wales
• Materials and Planning - Caledonian & Cheltenham
• Sourcing Projects - Cheltenham
• Sourcing Fulfilment - Cheltenham
• Business Operations (Supply Chain) - Cheltenham
• Planning - Cheltenham
• Supply Chain Management - Dowty

You will be guided by structured goals and objectives and will have responsibility to deliver on inspiring projects supported by your People Leader and team around you. We will guide you throughout the year to ensure you make the best of your GE Aerospace experience. Your People Leader will offer coaching and mentoring, and you will be provided with the opportunity to connect with other placement students across the UK.

This opportunity is offered in our Cardiff, Caledonian (Prestwick, Scotland), Cheltenham, and Gloucester (Dowty, a GE Aerospace company) sites, during the process we will ask you to share your location and role preferences.

Qualifications / Requirements

• Currently studying a Business/ Supply Chain Management/ Engineering/ Project Management/ Data Science/ Computer Science/ Digital Technology/ Business Analytics/ Materials Planning/ Operations Management Bachelor's or integrated Master's degree
• Keen interest in Supply Chain Management
• Good understanding of Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• On course to achieve a 2:1 degree or above
• To be in your penultimate year of study and returning to education post placement

Desired Characteristics

• Able to roll up your sleeves and get involved in projects
• Organised & able to work towards deadlines
• Inspired and curious to learn
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Able to take ownership for projects
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Able to work as part of a team

Working at GE Aerospace

A placement at GE Aerospace is an opportunity to learn while doing. At GE Aerospace, you’ll work with business leaders in an atmosphere that will develop you, while doing work that makes an immediate impact.

Total Reward

At GE Aerospace we understand the importance of Total Reward. Our flexible benefits plan, called FlexChoice, gives you freedom, choice, and flexibility in the way you receive your benefits, as well as giving you the opportunity to make savings where possible.

As a new joiner to GE, we are pleased to be able to offer you the following as default in your benefit fund, which you can then tailor to meet your individual needs.

• Non-contributory Pension
• Life Assurance
• Group income protection
• Private medical cover
• Holiday Hourly equivalent of 26 days, with flexible options to buy or sell

Recruitment Process

As part of our recruitment process, you will be required to submit an initial CV application. After this, the stages include a video interview, testing and MS Teams online interview. Our recruitment team will be in touch with you at every stage to keep you updated and understand what is next in the process.

Please note our applications will close on Saturday 31st October but may close earlier depending on application volumes. We would encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Please only submit one application. If you submit multiple applications, we will progress the most suitable one. If in future you are deemed to be suitable for other opportunities, we will automatically consider you for these too.

Security Clearance

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance is required and must be maintained for this role.

Right to Work

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, sponsorship is not available for our Early Careers opportunities. Our placement roles are pipeline for our graduate roles so you would need the permanent right to work to be eligible.

Whether we are manufacturing components for our engines, driving innovation in fuel and noise reduction, or unlocking new opportunities to grow and deliver more productivity, our GE Aerospace teams are dedicated and making a global impact. Join us and help move the aerospace industry forward.