Senior Tendering Team Leader – Production Control Systems (PCS)

Baker Hughes; Nailsea; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work-life balance policies

Private medical care

Life insurance and disability programs

Tailored financial programs

Additional benefits

Job summary

Baker Hughes is seeking a Senior Tendering Team Leader for Production Control Systems. You will lead a small team of tendering professionals, shaping commercial bids, and aligning technical proposals with business strategy across global opportunities.

You will collaborate with Sales, Engineering, Product Management and Supply Chain to ensure customer requirements drive viable solutions, while driving process improvements and performance metrics in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or a related discipline.
• Significant PCS experience, preferably in Tendering, Applications Engineering, Commercial Operations, Product Management, or Engineering.
• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to balance customer requirements, technical solutions, and business objectives.
• Proven experience leading small, highly efficient teams and developing people.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a team of tendering professionals to achieve objectives.
• Manage workload, priorities and resource allocation across tendering activities.
• Develop and execute tendering strategies aligned with growth objectives.
• Drive preparation, review and submission of high-quality technical and commercial proposals.
• Provide technical and commercial guidance for complex customer opportunities.
• Interface between Commercial, Sales, Engineering, Product Management, Supply Chain and Operations.

Skills

Leadership

Tendering

Commercial acumen

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Business or related discipline

Job description

Are you passionate about leading high-performing teams and shaping commercial success in a global engineering organization?

Would you like to combine your technical expertise with people leadership, business strategy, and commercial decision-making?

Join our Baker Hughes Team!

Our Oilfield Services business provides intelligent, connected technologies to monitor and control energy extraction assets. Through our Production Control Systems (PCS) portfolio, we deliver innovative solutions that help customers maximize production, improve reliability, and optimize operational efficiency.

As we continue to grow and innovate, we are looking for a strong leader to drive tendering excellence, support strategic business initiatives, and contribute to the development of future Production Control System solutions.

Partner with the best

As a Senior Tendering Team Leader – Production Control Systems (PCS), you will lead a small team of tendering professionals responsible for supporting commercial opportunities across the PCS product portfolio.

You will combine technical expertise, commercial acumen, and leadership skills to develop competitive proposals, support business growth, and contribute to long-term product and market strategies. Working closely with Sales, Engineering, Product Management, Commercial Operations, and other Product Lines, you will ensure customer requirements are translated into technically sound and commercially viable solutions.

This is a hybrid functional leadership position with responsibility for both tendering process and people management, business performance, commercial strategy, and tendering execution.

As a Senior Tendering Team Leader – Production Control Systems, you will be responsible for:

• Leading, coaching, and developing a team of tendering professionals to achieve business and operational objectives.
• Managing workload, priorities, and resource allocation across tendering activities.
• Supporting the development and execution of tendering strategies aligned with business growth objectives.
• Driving preparation, review, and submission of high-quality technical and commercial proposals.
• Providing technical and commercial guidance for complex customer opportunities.
• Acting as a key interface between Commercial, Sales, Engineering, Product Management, Supply Chain, and Operations teams.
• Ensuring proposals are aligned with customer requirements, business objectives, and company governance processes.
• Supporting pricing strategies, commercial evaluations, risk reviews, and profitability assessments.
• Developing and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Identifying market trends, customer requirements, and business opportunities to support growth initiatives.
• Contributing to new product development strategy by providing market feedback, customer insights, and commercial perspectives.
• Supporting business planning, forecasting, and strategic decision-making activities.
• Promoting continuous improvement in tendering processes, tools, and best practices.
• Collaborating with multiple product lines to ensure integrated customer solutions.
• Supporting leadership with business performance reporting and strategic initiatives.

Fuel your passion

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Have a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or a related discipline.
• Have significant experience within Production Control Systems (PCS), preferably in Tendering, Applications Engineering, Commercial Operations, Product Management, or Engineering.
• Demonstrate strong understanding of PCS products, systems, and customer applications.
• Have a good understanding of interfaces and integration with other Oilfield Services product lines.
• Possess strong commercial awareness with the ability to balance customer requirements, technical solutions, and business objectives.
• Have proven experience leading small highly efficient teams and developing people.
• Demonstrate strong stakeholder management and communication skills across all organizational levels.
• Have experience managing multiple priorities within a fast-paced commercial environment.
• Be confident influencing business decisions and driving strategic initiatives.
• Possess strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
• Be comfortable working in a global, cross-functional organization.

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:

• 4 days from office
• 1 day from home (remote)

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 must continue pushing boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their contribution.

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

The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Engineering Manager - Functional Management

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.

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