Robert Retajczyk
Schenectady
Summary
Results-oriented achiever with proven ability to exceed targets and drive success in fast-paced environments. Combines strategic thinking with hands-on experience to deliver impactful solutions and enhance organizational performance.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Sourcing Specialist – Total Rewards
General Electric Vernova
01.2025 - 12.2025
- Negotiated all payroll and benefit related supplier contracts for North America region totaling an approximate annual spend of $37 million, while generating significant cost savings ($1.1 million in 2025).
- Collaborated with operational stakeholders to provide supplier market analysis, benchmarking and strategic vision for long-term operational success.
- Coordinated the development and implementation of supplier KPI’s and performance scorecards to ensure benefit process efficiency and compliance.
- Led Request For Proposal process for numerous Total Reward areas resulting in $250,000 in annual savings, while securing improvements on quality controls, cash flow and liability protections.
Global Operations – Lead Supplier Manager
General Electric
01.2011 - 01.2024
- Supplier manager for fifteen diverse external vendors supporting GE Retirement Benefits covering all aspects of 401k and pension administration. The role includes contract administration, budget analysis, performance metrics, implementing improvement initiatives, audit controls, participant issue resolution, accounts payable escalations and risk management.
- Supplier manager for both Ascensus and AON, who perform 401k and pension administration respectively for various GE Affiliate plans within GE Aerospace, GE Vernova and GE Healthcare.
- Lead - 401k plan merger including all activities required for movement of an acquired plan into the GE Retirement Savings Plan. Included; plan document vetting with Legal, development of participant communications, coordination with plan’s current and future recordkeepers and liaison function to Operations teams such as Payroll, Treasury and Benefit Operations. 150 successful mergers were completed totaling $2.1 billion in transferred assets.
- Project management for various GE company split initiatives. One such project included the segregation and re-deployment of 64,000 payroll and benefit file boxes to newly established separate company accounts and storage facilities. Another project involved the segregation and transfer of 12 million on-line company records to new suppliers. These projects included coordination amongst multiple GE operations and external suppliers resulting in enhanced legal compliance, cost reduction ($1.3 million annually) and improved document access.
U.S. Employee Services – Supplier Manager Family Services Plans
General Electric
01.2007 - 01.2010
- Oversight and supplier management of various GE Family Services & Other benefit plans with a combined annual budget of $2.7 million encompassing approximately 30,000 employee participants.
- Portfolio included Tuition Reimbursement, Commuter, Long Term Care Insurance and Outplacement Services.
- Lead projects including development of an online employee tuition reimbursement workflow, which streamlined the previous paper process. This change resulted in dramatically faster approval turnaround times as well as quicker employee reimbursements (Grade submittal to payment cycle time reduction from 5.1 to 1.5 days).
U.S. Employee Services – Genesis Project Financial Analyst
General Electric
01.2005 - 01.2007
- Financial analysis and budgeting lead for GE’s new PeopleSoft Benefit operations (Genesis Project) ($35 million annual budget). This role included forecast modeling, cost benefit analysis, invoice management and audit preparation.
- Lead supplier management for all project consultant contracts totaling $10 million annually. Included in this role were sole oversight of project funding and cost control implementations.
U.S. Employee Services – Payroll Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst
General Electric
01.2003 - 01.2005
- Financial analysis, budgeting and supplier management lead for GE’s domestic Payroll operations ($25 million annual budget). This entailed financial reporting, budgeting/forecasting, expense liquidation, process improvement implementation, capital asset control and completing periodic project requests for Payroll leadership.
- Financial lead for the development and implementation of the GE Going Rate calculations. This analysis is a critical component utilized within GE Union Negotiations. across multiple active and retirement employee populations determining compensation and benefit packages.
U.S. Employee Services – Pension Financial Analyst
General Electric
01.1999 - 01.2003
- Responsible for financial analysis and accounting of 72 GE Pension Plan accounts totaling approximately $2 billion. This role consisted of account reconciliation ownership and related quality control focusing on process accuracy, cost savings, aged dollar reduction and audit control.
- Functional lead for the US Employee Services account reconciliation relationship with GE Capital of India, entailing the management of 255 benefit related accounts totaling approximately $5 billion, while improving account reconcilement completion times by 35%.
- Led the development and administration of the US Employee Services Account Reconciliation Web Database, which included all aspects of the account reconciliation process such as account detail, back up documentation, real-time account status, historical library and scorecard report out to management and the benefit operational teams.
Education
Master of Business Administration -
College of St. Rose
Albany, NYBachelor's Degree - Finance
Siena College
Albany, NYSkills
- Contract negotiation
- Supplier management
- Budget analysis
- Performance metrics
- Project management
- Cost savings initiatives
- Market analysis
- Compliance oversight
- Process improvement
- Financial reporting
- Strategic planning
- Asset transfer management
- E-procurement systems
- Spend analysis
Professional Training
Professional Sales Seminar (P.S.S.) training, Six Sigma Quality certified, GE Professional Leadership Development training, GE Project Management training, GE Vernova Procurement Academy
Other
Held various Financial Analyst and Director roles in Education & Banking
Timeline
Lead Sourcing Specialist – Total Rewards
General Electric Vernova
01.2025 - 12.2025
Global Operations – Lead Supplier Manager
General Electric
01.2011 - 01.2024
U.S. Employee Services – Supplier Manager Family Services Plans
General Electric
01.2007 - 01.2010
U.S. Employee Services – Genesis Project Financial Analyst
General Electric
01.2005 - 01.2007
U.S. Employee Services – Payroll Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst
General Electric
01.2003 - 01.2005
U.S. Employee Services – Pension Financial Analyst
General Electric
01.1999 - 01.2003
Bachelor's Degree - Finance
Siena College
Master of Business Administration -
College of St. Rose