Global Process Excellence & Transformation Lead

Baker Hughes Company; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Life insurance

Disability programs

Tailored financial programs

Wellbeing activities

Job summary

Baker Hughes Company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Business Transformation – Process Excellence professional to lead strategic process improvement across the organisation. You will work with senior leaders and cross‑functional teams to simplify and digitise business processes, delivering measurable value and sustainable change.

Based in the UK with a hybrid working model, you will define process blueprints, drive automation opportunities, and engage stakeholders to prioritise and adopt new

Qualifications

• Experience leading transformation and process excellence in complex environments.
• Strong expertise in process improvement methodologies.
• Ability to translate data into practical, actionable improvements.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Process improvement

Lean

Value Stream Mapping

Change management

Stakeholder management

Job description

Baker Hughes Company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Business Transformation – Process Excellence professional to lead strategic process improvement across the organisation. You will work with senior leaders and cross‑functional teams to simplify and digitise business processes, delivering measurable value and sustainable change.

Based in the UK with a hybrid working model, you will define process blueprints, drive automation opportunities, and engage stakeholders to prioritise and adopt new