Solution Owner - Stafford, United Kingdom - GE Renewable Energy

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Job Description Summary:

The Solution Owner is accountable for the competitiveness of the reference solution, the KPIs inked with the role are cost, time to execute this reference solution against market benchmark.

The Solution Owner leads action plans, involving engineering teams, sourcing and procurement teams and operation teams to bring commercially and operationally quantifiable benefits to the specific solution.

A reference solution' is a baselined design which encompasses the best practices from previous projects. The solution encompasses all elements of a converter station; strategic, technical and commercial.

The 'solution' is not a prescriptive 'one size only' design but, rather, emphasises on selling and then building an overall solution that provides the lowest risk by focusing on known business abilities whilst both minimising and managing that which is new.

The solution encompasses the entire life cycle of a converter station from pre-tender to refurbishment/decommissioning.

The Solution Owner will be expected to actively engage with external activities (Cigre, IEC, conferences, etc.) in order to promote GE and its capabilities aligned with the business unit.


Roles and Responsibilities

Strategic:


  • Technical solution definition based on customer needs analysis
  • Monitor market expectations and competition actions/innovations
  • Understand GE IP portfolio related to the solution and freedom to operate
  • Recommend major R&D investments as necessary to follow market divergence
  • Technical gap management (make or buy)
  • R&D requirements definition to maintain and/or develop the solution+ CI

Technical:


  • Chair technical change management reviews
  • Drive coordination between business functions
  • Product care liaison

Commercial:


  • Cost review and challenge scope definition between GE and partners
  • Programme review and challenge

Personnel:


  • Build marketplace visibility through external engagement

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