Materials Manager - Global Aftermarket Valves Leader

Materials Manager
- Global Aftermarket Valves Leader

Would you like to lead strategic material planning for global valve projects? Are you passionate about optimizing inventory and driving operational alignment across manufacturing units?

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The Valves Global Aftermarket Materials Leader is responsible for coordinating and expediting the flow of materials from suppliers and across departments to meet production schedules. This role leads to master planning, material processes, and systems, ensuring alignment with production plans and KPIs. The position plays a strategic role in developing midterm plans for the manufacturing unit and contributes to the broader business unit strategy.

• Coordinating wing‑to‑wing Material Management processes (such as Cyberplan, Demand Planning, Input/Output model, Inventory targets, and S&OP), assuring consistency across all sites and ensuring operational alignment with production plans and performance KPIs.
• Evaluating the impact of Engineering Change Orders and taking subsequent actions.
• Evaluating the impact of KIT OTD and taking subsequent actions.
• Collecting and analyzing data and information from company functions, identifying deviations from the original schedule, and proposing corrective actions.
• Participating in Revenue Pacing Meetings as the main Global Manufacturing point of contact for other functions.
• Optimizing inventory levels and driving process improvements across the supply chain.
• Contributing to the development of the business unit’s strategic plan.
• Participating in cross‑disciplinary discussions to assess future developments and their impact on the business.
• Developing a strategic mid‑term plan for the manufacturing unit aligned with the overall business strategy.
• Playing a proactive role in coordinating cross‑functional teams (Engineering, Sourcing, Manufacturing, Project Management) to identify problems and provide solutions for issues affecting OTD project performance; managing master planning, material processes, and systems to support production schedules and purchasing needs; and conducting strategic interactions due to complex long‑term planning and customized sales processes.
• Coordinating Project Management, Finance, Engineering, Sourcing, and Manufacturing teams during planning and execution for plants, both internal and external, related to engineering, sourcing, and manufacturing activities; handling highly complex manufacturing processes involving technical variety, interdependent production cycles, and high‑value assets.

To be successful in this role you will:

• Possess a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college.
• Have a minimum of 10 years of experience in materials planning and execution, as well as process improvements.

• Possessing strong oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrating strong interpersonal and leadership capabilities.
• Having the ability to analyze and resolve complex problems.
• Being experienced in leading programs and projects.
• Having the ability to document, plan, market, and execute initiatives.
• Bringing established project management skills.

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:

• Working flexible hours – flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.

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,…