Recent Job Vacancies at General Electric, 7th September, 2018

Global Operations is GE’s multi-functional shared services. We operate worldwide, transfer knowledge and work with every GE business to make our company simpler, better and more customer-focused. Our culture promotes innovation, knowledge sharing, and collaboration in an open office environment that has leaders both sitting and working alongside their team. We’re looking for entrepreneurial problem-solvers who are passionate about exploring new, efficient ways of working, while gaining exposure across multiple industries. Join the team and help us deliver tomorrow’s GE, today. We are recruiting to fill the position below: Job Title: Regional Product Sales Lead - XD/GE High Voltage Ref Id: 3168874 Locations: Angola, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa; Lagos, Nairobi, Johannesburg and Luanda Job Function: Sales Business Segment: Power Grid Solutions Role Summary

The role is responsible for meeting sales target on the XD/GE High Voltage Product Line portfolio, including working closely with the customer to determine requirements and promote the business value proposition of XD/GE products and solutions.

Essential Responsibilities As the Region Product Sales Lead - XD/GE High Voltage Product Line, you will:

Be responsible for meeting the order target outlined in the annual OP in your geographic region
Work closely with regional GE Power Grid Solutions sales/commercial team with strategy and within guidelines to maximize GE market share in the region
Develop customers/accounts and identify potential opportunities in assigned area for XD/GE product line
Understand customer needs and market trends and formulate market strategy and NPI (New Product Introduction) suggestions
Provide technical/commercial support to XD/GE commercial team on submitting competitive and quality bid documents to improve hit rate
Negotiate terms and conditions with customer in bidding and execution stages
Provide necessary support to project managers during execution phase
Create forecasts based on pipeline data
Success is measured by meeting to the stated service levels, conversion rates, and orders volume
Accountable for high Say/Do Ratio on all activities as measured by agreed upon time/quantity/quality metrics

Qualifications/Requirements

Degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited college or university or equivalent knowledge or work experience
Minimum of 7 years of experience in sales position in transmission and distribution (T&D) industry
Fluent in English and Portuguese desired
Strong technical/commercial background on selling High Voltage electrical products to different industries/segments in region
Experience with Databases and/or Customer Relationship Management Systems
Working knowledge of GE portfolio and can leverage that to understand customer’s needs and find integrated solutions to meet those needs
Ability and willingness to travel as necessary within assigned region
Wiliness to work with team members in different time zones
As for the citizens of Nigeria: A valid NYSC discharge or exemption certificate will be required (please indicate clearly on your resume) and must have validauthorization to work full-time without any restriction in Nigeria
As for the citizens outside of Nigeria: Must have validauthorization to work full-time without any restriction in the role’s location

Desired Characteristics:

Knowledge of XD/GE product
Strong oral and written communication skills
Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
Conveys deep understanding of industry/customer intelligence
Ability to maintain professional demeanor and interact with all levels of customers
Flexible and adaptable; open to change and modification of tasks
Ability to share ideas and work well in a team environment
Customer focused attitude with proven positive results
Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.

Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply Job Title: 12C Cash Collector Location: Lagos, Nigeria Job Function: Finance Business Segment: Global Operations Account Receivables Center of Excellence Role Summary

Responsible for driving the cash collection process.

Essential Responsibilities Collections:

Build relationships with customers and supported businesses aimed at enabling timely payment, issue resolution and building compliant process
Customer contact for early collection, escalation and resolution to ensure collection per payment terms
Resolve customer inquiries promptly & accurately, by understanding customer market & needs
Proactively and timely partner with P&L, finance & operations teams to drive past dues reduction
Support prompt customer resolution of issues; proactively raise customer disputes, initiate escalations and follow up on snag for timely resolution
Manage assigned portfolio and set collections targets including review of client data, patterns and key trends
Proactive follow up on timely and accurate cash application through provision of support
Delivery of manual customer invoices and dispatch of statements
Identify and log customer complaints, disputes in the system
Be responsible for customer financial order approval/releases (if needed), by balancing the needs of the customer with the financial realities of their liquidity
Have a controllership overview of the dunning cycle/letters
Deposit/Banking of customer cheques where the need arises
Support Cash Application team gathering payment details from customer and reconcile account if needed
Accomplish all responsibilities in line with GE's compliance and integrity requirements

Reporting, Metrics + Op. Mech.:

Ensure completeness of documentation and weekly visibility of collectible and non-collectible AR
Track all non-collectibles, initiate dispute tracking where applicable and provide accurate/complete details
Escalate all accounts with payment risk and follow up for appropriate actions
Publish weekly AR status and quarterly trends by customers as well as cash forecasts
Drive consistent metric definitions & process for measurement across all platforms

Leadership + Controllership:

Ensure compliance/adherence to Global Enterprise Standards & Controllership guidelines
Coordinate O2C and WCS teams, GE businesses, Controllership & Compliance teams

Qualifications/Requirements

In Nigeria: a valid NYSC discharge or exemption certificate will be required (please indicate clearly on your resume)
In Nigeria: must have valid authorization to work full-time without any restriction in Nigeria
In other countries than Nigeria: must have valid authorization to work full-time without any restriction in the role’s location
Degree in Finance or Business Management or equivalent knowledge or experience or sound collections (3+ years) experience
3+ years O2C or finance experience & exposure to virtual/remote team
Experience of work with multiple teams both GE & 3rd party across region
Ability to influence & work collaboratively with matrixed teams
Strong communicator, building relationships with internal partners & external customers

Desired Characteristics