Craig Schultz

Experience

1. Lead Sourcing Specialist - Commodity Management

   GE Aerospace

   Aug 2022 — Present

   Commodity Manager for closed die forgings, helps lead both the tactical and strategic relationship with dedicated suppliers on a portfolio of over $70MM in annual spend. Ownership ranges from the day to day Purchase Order process to the preparation and execution of negotiations for long term agreements with suppliers across your commodity. • Contract owner and commercial focal point for forging suppliers • Main go-to person responsible for the relationships with suppliers • Place and follow-up on POs. Manage problems and schedule changes. Updates ERP. • Developing in-depth knowledge of a discipline. Uses prior experience and acquired expertise to execute functional policy/strategy. • Impacts projects, processes and procedures in own field. • Focused on execution of activities/provision of advice within an enabling discipline covered by standard functional practices and procedures. Activities require professional judgment. • Utilizes technical expertise and judgement to solve problems. Leverages technical skills and analytic thinking required to solve problems. May use multiple internal sources outside of own team to arrive at decisions.