Strategic Global Supplier Delivery Manager

Baker Hughes; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Life insurance

Disability coverage

Retirement programs

Wellbeing programs

Career development

Job summary

Baker Hughes is seeking a Supplier Delivery Manager to lead supplier performance, drive recovery plans, and mitigate risks across a global supplier base. The role requires close collaboration with planning, sourcing, quality, engineering, and manufacturing teams to ensure continuity of supply for critical products and services.

The position involves extensive domestic and international travel (up to 70–80%) and managing relationships with suppliers to meet delivery, quality, and cost objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in supply chain.
• Experience in supplier delivery/procurement in industrial environments.
• Experience with complex engineered long lead-time products.
• Strong supplier relationship and stakeholder engagement.
• Experience with ERP systems such as SAP or Oracle.

Responsibilities

• Manage supplier delivery performance to meet business and customer requirements.
• Build strategic relationships with suppliers; act as primary contact for delivery/operational performance.
• Drive supplier recovery plans, risk mitigation and performance improvements.
• Conduct supplier reviews and on-site assessments of operations and capacity.
• Collaborate with planning, sourcing, quality, engineering, manufacturing, and operations teams.
• Monitor supplier performance metrics; identify trends and implement corrective actions.
• Resolve supply chain challenges through proactive engagement and escalation management.
• Travel extensively (domestic & international) to supplier locations to support deliveries and improvements.

Skills

Supplier relationship management

Delivery performance

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical problem solving

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain/Engineering/Business

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Job description

Baker Hughes is seeking a Supplier Delivery Manager to lead supplier performance, drive recovery plans, and mitigate risks across a global supplier base. The role requires close collaboration with planning, sourcing, quality, engineering, and manufacturing teams to ensure continuity of supply for critical products and services.

The position involves extensive domestic and international travel (up to 70–80%) and managing relationships with suppliers to meet delivery, quality, and cost objectives.