Sourcing Manager- Oilfield Services & Equipment at Baker Hughes

Partner with the best

• As the Sourcing Manager, you will negotiate with dedicated providers to achieve the best contractual conditions and ensure internal customer satisfaction.
• You will also develop operational plan for your department while adding contributions to the plan of the larger unit.

As a Sourcing Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Defining and improving Sourcing strategies at business or plant level. May also include management of regional & business teams.
• Developing regular redesigns of processes due to changing circumstances or management needs.
• Elaborating process improvement targets while taking into consideration broader functional context.
• Communicating effectively with other functional areas required. Influencing peers to meet the objectives.
• Providing services as the go-to service unit to the functional area or directly to the business.
• Manage, train, develop Sourcing team members across West Africa, including coaching and driving compliance to certification initiatives.
• Partner with sourcing quality to drive supplier quality, compliance and risk mitigation, including execution of regional Supplier Social Responsibility Program (SSRP), utilization of key Sourcing tools (iSupplier, e-invoice, etc.).
• Support supplier selection, rationalization and drive improved supplier performance.
• Assess supplier’s capabilities and capacity to support growth, and drive Supplier Performance scorecard reviews for key strategic suppliers.
• Handling any related analysis and interpretations. Procedures don't cover all the exceptions. Approaches for exceptions have to be developed.

Fuel your passion!

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have a bachelor’s degree in any related field.
• Have a minimum of 5-7 years of experience in Sourcing Management/Procurement/Supply chain management.
• Demonstrate high attention to details with ability to be rigorously analytical and have a well-developed commercial acumen.
• Show excellent negotiating and persuasive skills, both in one-on-one and group situations.