Business Transformation - Process Excellence

Baker Hughes; Aberdeen City; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Job summary

Baker Hughes is seeking a Business Transformation – Process Excellence professional to lead strategic process improvements across the organisation with senior leaders and cross‑functional teams. You will identify opportunities to simplify, standardise, automate, and digitise processes, delivering measurable business value in a global energy technology company.

In this hybrid role, you will influence multiple functions and drive enterprise-wide improvements while partnering with leadership,

Qualifications

• Experience leading transformation initiatives in complex environments.
• Ability to translate data into practical improvements.
• Strong leadership, communication and facilitation skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyze end‑to‑end business processes to identify inefficiencies, waste, duplication and cost drivers.
• Define and own the process blueprint, aligning with strategy and future operating models.
• Partner with SMEs to design, standardise and implement optimized processes across functions and sites.
• Lead continuous improvement using Lean, Value Stream Mapping and optimization methods to deliver gains in speed, quality and cost.
• Drive standardisation and automation opportunities across the enterprise.
• Engage senior stakeholders to support decision-making, prioritisation and adoption of new ways of working.
• Lead change management to ensure sustainable implementation and long-term behavioural change.

Skills

Process improvement

Stakeholder management

Lean methodologies

Job description

Would you like the opportunity to develop your career with a global energy company?

Do you enjoy working with financial data?

Partner with the best

Baker Hughes is a global energy technology company serving energy and industrial customers in more than 120 countries. Built on over a century of innovation, the company provides advanced products, services, and digital solutions that support efficient, safe, and lower-carbon energy operations. Its portfolio spans oilfield services and equipment, turbomachinery, industrial technologies, and emerging energy transition solutions such as hydrogen, carbon capture, and emissions management. Baker Hughes continues to help customers meet the world’s evolving energy needs through technology leadership, operational excellence, and a strong commitment to sustainability.

Be part of a team that keeps moving

As Business Transformation – Process Excellence , you will lead strategic process improvement and transformation initiatives across the organisation. Working closely with senior leaders and cross-functional teams, you will identify opportunities to simplify, standardise, automate, and digitise business processes, helping solve long-standing operational challenges and deliver measurable business value.

In this highly visible role, you will influence functional teams across the business, partner with leadership stakeholders, and drive enterprise-wide improvements that enhance operational effectiveness, reduce complexity, and support sustainable growth. Combining strategic thinking with hands-on execution, you will challenge existing ways of working, implement innovative solutions, and champion continuous improvement, automation, and digitalisation initiatives.

As a Business Transformation – Process Excellence you will be responsible for:

• Analyzing end-to-end business processes to identify inefficiencies, waste, duplication, and cost drivers.
• Defining and owning the organization's process blueprint, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and future-state operating models.
• Partnering with subject matter experts to design, standardise, and implement optimized processes across functions, product lines, and sites.
• Leading continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, Value Stream Mapping, and process optimization methodologies to deliver measurable gains in speed, quality, and cost.
• Driving consistency, simplification, and standardization across the enterprise, including opportunities for automation and digitization.
• Engaging and influencing senior stakeholders to support decision-making, prioritization, and adoption of new ways of working.
• Leading change management activities to ensure sustainable implementation and long-term behavioral change.

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have proven experience leading transformation, process excellence, in complex environments.
• Demonstrate strong expertise in process improvement methodologies.
• Bring the ability to translate complex data and insights into practical, actionable improvements.
• Be confident influencing and collaborating with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Combine strategic thinking with a hands-on, execution-focused mindset.
• Show high energy, resilience, and motivation to challenge the status quo and drive meaningful change.
• Possess strong leadership, communication, and facilitation skills.
• Experience or knowledge of Subsea Production Systems (SPS) and/or Surface Pressure Systems (SPSP/SSPS) would be advantageous, although this is not a mandatory requirement.

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 offer flexibility through a hybrid working model. The successful candidate can be based from a Baker Hughes location, with periodic travel required to support stakeholder engagement, workshops, and business transformation initiatives across the organisation.

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

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!

The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Business Management Advisor - Business Operations About Us:

We are an energy technology company that provides solutions to energy and industrial customers worldwide. Built on a century of experience and conducting business in over 120 countries, our innovative technologies and services are taking energy forward – making it safer, cleaner and more efficient for people and the planet.

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 people who will challenge and inspire you! Let's come together and take energy forward.

Baker Hughes Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.