Lead, Material Planning at Baker Hughes

Join Our Key Materials Planning Team

• We devise smarter systems to control and monitor oil and gas extraction. Innovating in the energy industry, our subsea and surface pressure capabilities are industry leading.
• We collaborate with multiple internal teams to make sure that material deliveries meet the manufacturing schedule to create our final product.

Partner with the Best

• As the Lead, Material Planning, you’ll coordinate and expedite the flow of materials to meet production schedules. You’ll leverage analytics and liaise with colleagues to implement process and procedural improvements. Connecting to the broader business, you’ll ensure on-time delivery for customers by forward planning, optimizing inventory and supporting fulfilment.

Responsibilities
As the Lead, Material Planning, you will be responsible for:

• Managing and overseeing the planning of production schedules and purchasing needs to shape successful on-time product launches.
• Understanding the business trends, opportunities and how they impact the demand forecast.
• Managing master-planning, processes and systems to ensure operational alignment with production, whilst optimising cost and process improvements
• Working to ensure new assets, repaired assets and spares are captured with the Sales & Operations Planning process.
• Redefining processes and procedures regularly and collaborating cross-functionally to achieve consistency.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to provide support for execution and delivery of customer projects and requirements.
• Assisting in driving product line Make to Stock (MTS), Make to Order (MTO), Configure to Order (CTO) and Engineer to order (ETO) standards are implemented in the standard operating process.
• Tracking key deliverables to ensure accurate recording of traceability, inventory and potential risks through the manufacturing process.

Fuel Your Passion
To be successful in this role you will:

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university or college
• Must have at least 5 years relevant experience in Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Planning or Project Management or equivalent knowledge and experience
• Demonstrate effective problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Experience in order management, inventory optimization and management, asset utilization and management.
• Demonstrate the ability to lead and coordinate multiple projects simultaneously, influencing across different teams.
• Have good IT knowledge and be comfortable using a variety of software tools including Excel and SAP
• Be willing to learn and follow internal Health, Safety and Environmental policies to ensure compliance.
• Demonstrate effective organizational and time management skills.

Work in a Way that Works for you
We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

• Occasional home working possible.
• Starting early / finishing early
• Starting late / finishing late

Working with us:

• Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work.
• We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.

Working for You

• Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century.
• But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we have to push the boundaries today.
• We prioritize rewarding those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their input.

Join us, and you can expect:

• Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities.
• Comprehensive private medical care options.
• Safety net of life insurance and disability programs.
• Tailored financial programs.
• Additional elected or voluntary benefits.