Lead Materials Planner

**Lead Materials Planner**

**(Please note, this is for pipelining for future opening)**

**Are you passionate about materials planning?**

**Would you like to be part of a team delivering world class service to our customers?**

**Join Our Oilfield Services Team**

**Take ownership to ensure delivery targets**

Responsible for planning and scheduling of the materials required to execute the business. Works with the sales and commercial team, region personnel, AMO and supply chain to translate the demand (forecasts, sales orders and planned orders) across multiple time horizons into physical orders and ensures they are delivered to meet the customer requirements.

As a Lead Materials Planner, you will be responsible for:

- Works with the region sales and operations to create the regional forecast (12-18 months) and global forecasts.
- Works with the sales and operations team to convert the demand plans into physical orders.
- Understands business trends, opportunities and how they impact the demand forecast.
- Assists in the execution and drives consistency of the S&OP process
- Analyzes incoming demand, identifies order exceptions, misalignment with product rationalization strategy and opportunities to utilize existing inventory
- Plans and schedules order timelines to be consistent with customer requirements while minimizing inventory and shipping costs
- Works with the Product Line/Sales/Service Delivery to prioritize deliver dates as needed (push outs, pull ins)
- Performs various material management analysis such as statistical material consumption and forecasts, aged inventory, aged PO, in-transit material analysis, safety stock, etc.
- Implements inventory stocking strategies
- Monitor levels of safety stock, global and aging inventory and works with regions and manufacturing plants to address accordingly
- Works with the AMO organization to ensure spare parts and asset demands are captured
- Works to ensure new assets, repaired assets and spares are captured with the Sales & Operations Planning process
- Assists with product life cycle management for new and obsolete products to ensure they are incorporated into the S&OP process
- Assists 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 S&OP process

**Fuel your passion**

To be successful in this role you will:

- Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management or related field with at least 8 years of relevant experience
- Experience in oil & gas industry is an added advantage
- Experience in order management, inventory optimization and management, asset utilization & management
- Proficient knowledge of SAP and MRP functionality
- Ability to work with and influence stakeholders
- Strategic thinking and tactical execution with sense of urgency.
- Ability in data mining, visualization & analysis using digital tools, Excel, PowerBi, etc
- APICS Certification

**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:

- Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit in everything in and work when you are the most productive
- Occasionally remote working from home or another work location

**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.

**About Us**

With operations in over 120 countries, we provide better solutions for our customers and richer opportunities for our people. As a leading partner to the energy industry, we’re committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and we’re always looking for the right people to help us get there. People who are as passionate as we are about making energy safer, cleaner and more efficient.

**Join Us**

Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you

**About Us**:
With operations in over 120 countries, we provide better solutions for our customers and richer opportunities for our people. As a leading partner to the energy industry, we’re committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and we’re always looking for the right people to help us get there. People who are as passionate as we are about making energy safer, cleaner and more efficient.

**Join Us**:
Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company that values innovation and progress? Join us and become part of a team of peopl