Manufacturing Excellence Leader

Baker Hughes; Pune District; On-site; INR 4,200,000 - 6,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Baker Hughes in Pune, India, is seeking a Manufacturing Excellence Leader to drive global manufacturing initiatives, including new site setups, standardization, and cost governance across plants.

You will define and maintain manufacturing standards, build centralized playbooks, and partner with Finance to harmonize costing and productivity tracking while leading cross-site teams to improve safety, quality, and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or related field.
• Experience leading multi-site manufacturing networks.
• Proven ability to establish standards and governance across manufacturing networks.
• Strong cost accounting, costing and variance analysis skills.
• Lean/Six Sigma Black Belt level.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and execution of new site set ups and develop lower cost solutions.
• Define and maintain global manufacturing standards across plants.
• Create centralized knowledge bases and standardized roles, RACIs, and span-of-control guidelines.
• Implement consistent cost-allocation methods for direct and indirect costs.
• Partner with Finance to harmonize costing, variance analysis and productivity tracking.

Skills

Leadership

Cost accounting

Variance analysis

Stakeholder management

Change leadership

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

ERP systems

PLCs/SCADA

OT cybersecurity awareness

Job description

Job Description:

Manufacturing Excellence Leader

Would you like to work in a Manufacturing Centre of Excellence?

Would you like to play a key role in our business?

Join our Oilfield Services and Equipment Team

A leader in the oilfield services and equipment industry. Baker Hughes offers opportunities for qualified people who want to grow in our high-performance organization. Our leading technologies and our ability to apply them safely and effectively create value for our customers and shareholders.

Partner with the best

As a Manufacturing Excellence Leader, you will develop and project manage global manufacturing initiatives, including new site set ups. You will define improvements and manufacturing standards that drive consistent performance, safety, quality and productivity.

As a Manufacturing Excellence Leader, you will be responsible for:

• Leading the planning and execution of new site set ups and develop lower cost solutions
• Defining and maintaining global manufacturing standards across all plants
• Creating centralized knowledge bases and playbooks while establishing standardized job roles, RACIs, and span-of-control guidelines across sites
• Implementing consistent cost-allocation methods for direct and indirect manufacturing costs
• Partnering with Finance to harmonize costing, variance analysis, and productivity tracking

Fuel your passion

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have graduated in engineering or related field
• Bring major experience in multi-site manufacturing leadership, including greenfield/brownfield and new-site setups
• Showcase proven success establishing standards and governance across manufacturing networks
• Demonstrate good financial acumen in cost allocation, product costing, and variance analysis
• Exhibit Lean/Six Sigma capability, ideally at Black Belt level
• Utilize ERP systems, manufacturing analytics, and familiarity with PLCs/SCADA/OT cybersecurity
• Deliver good stake holder management, communication, and change-leadership effectiveness

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:

• Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive

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

The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Manufacturing Senior Team leader - Prod Process and Equip