Procurement Leader

Baker Hughes; Nailsea; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy technology company in the UK seeks an experienced Procurement Leader to define sourcing strategies and lead procurement teams. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree and proven experience in sourcing and procurement, with strong communication and leadership skills. Flexible working options are available, including remote work once a week.

Benefits

Contemporary work-life balance policies

Comprehensive private medical care

Life insurance and disability programs

Tailored financial programs

Qualifications

• Proven industry experience in sourcing and procurement.
• Previous experience leading a procurement team.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and improve sourcing strategies at business or plant level.
• Lead and manage the controls execution team.
• Develop influential skills to achieve objectives.

Skills

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Influencing skills

Education

Bachelor's degree from an accredited university

Job description

Are you an experienced procurement professional with proven leadership experience? Would you like to work for a world-leading energy technology business?

Join our Subsea Production Systems team!

We devise smarter systems to control and monitor oil and gas extraction. Innovating in the energy industry, our subsea and surface pressure capabilities are industry-leading. We manufacture an innovative, market leading sub-sea production systems for the Oil and Gas market for off-shore facilities.

Partner with the best

The Procurement Leader will negotiate with dedicated providers according to specific policies. Achieve the best contractual conditions while also ensuring internal customer satisfaction. Develops notions on midterm developments for own department and elaborates suggestions for strategic plan of the larger unit (be it function or business unit).

As an Manufacturing Team Lead, you will be responsible for:

• Defining and improving sourcing strategies at business or plant level. May also include management of regional & business teams.

• Leading and managing the controls execution team, this includes from KPIs, team management, PO placements and escalations

• Understanding broader concepts, development of approaches and methods, and knowledge management. Solutions integrate multi-functional impact and perspective.

• Developing influencing skills to achieve objectives, strong influencing of others. Ability to develop team members.

• Delivering professional work.

• Handling professional work in the department. Employees are expected to choose approaches and methods to solve cases.

Fuel your passion
To be successful in this role you will:

• Have a Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college.

• Possess proven industry experience in sourcing and procurement.

• Have previous experience leading a procurement team

• Possess strong oral and written communication skills.

• Have interpersonal and leadership skills with the ability to analyze and resolve problems.

• Be able to lead programs / projects, document, plan, market, and execute programs.

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:

• Flexible working hours with the opportunity to work from home once per week.

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