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

Supplier Delivery Manager

Are you seeking your next move in Procurement and Supply Chain within an engineering/manufacturing environment?

Do you enjoy building strong supplier relationships and driving operational excellence?

Join Our Baker Hughes Team

Our Supply Chain organization provides industry-leading products and services that optimize the extraction, production, and processing of energy. As a team with integrity, we create value through impactful decisions by effectively connecting ideas and people. We champion an entrepreneurial culture that unlocks our full potential while bringing energy to the world.

Partner with the Best

As a Supplier Delivery Manager , you will play a critical role in ensuring suppliers consistently meet Baker Hughes delivery, quality, and operational performance expectations. You will be responsible for driving supplier execution, managing supplier recovery and improvement initiatives, mitigating supply chain risks, and leading cross-functional collaboration to support business objectives. This role requires extensive domestic and international travel to supplier facilities to assess operations, drive corrective actions, improve supplier performance, and ensure continuity of supply for critical products and services.

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Managing supplier delivery performance and ensuring materials, components, and services are available to meet business and customer requirements.
• Building strategic relationships with suppliers and serving as the primary point of contact for supplier delivery and operational performance matters.
• Driving supplier recovery plans, risk mitigation activities, and performance improvement initiatives to achieve delivery, quality, and cost objectives.
• Conducting regular supplier business reviews and on-site assessments to evaluate operational performance, manufacturing capacity, production readiness, and risk exposure.
• Collaborating with planning, sourcing, quality, engineering, manufacturing, and operations teams to ensure seamless execution of supply chain activities.
• Monitoring supplier performance metrics, identifying trends, and implementing corrective actions to improve on-time delivery and operational excellence.
• Resolving supply chain challenges through proactive engagement, escalation management, and stakeholder communication while ensuring business continuity.
• Traveling extensively to domestic and international supplier locations to support critical deliveries, supplier development initiatives, capacity assessments, audits, and operational reviews.

Fuel Your Passion

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Have a Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Operations Management, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience.
• Have significant experience in supplier delivery, procurement, sourcing, supply chain management, manufacturing operations, or supplier development within an industrial environment.
• Demonstrate expertise in managing suppliers of complex, engineered, long lead-time, and high-value products.
• Possess strong supplier relationship management, negotiation, and stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence outcomes across multiple functions.
• Have experience driving supplier performance improvement, recovery plans, root cause analysis, and corrective action implementation.
• Demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, including experience utilizing ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, or equivalent business systems.
• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively engage suppliers, customers, and senior leadership teams.
• Be willing and able to undertake extensive domestic and international travel (up to 70-80%) to supplier locations to support business priorities, operational reviews, supplier development, and delivery performance improvement initiatives.

Working with Us

Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all 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, reward talent, and develop leaders at every level to bring out the best in each other.

Working for You

Our innovations have revolutionized the energy industry for over a century. To continue shaping the future, we reward those who embrace change and drive results.

Join us, and you can expect:

• Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing programs
• Comprehensive private medical care options
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Tailored financial and retirement programs
• Additional elective and voluntary benefits
• Career development and learning opportunities within a global organization

The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Sourcing Senior Specialist - Buying/Procurement

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.