Materials Specialist - Sales & Operations Planning

Baker Hughes; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy solutions company in Kuala Lumpur seeks a Sales & Operations Planning Specialist to manage the S&OP process and enhance forecast planning. This role involves working closely with various teams to aggregate forecasts, ensure demand and supply alignment, and drive improvements in operational efficiency. The ideal candidate should possess strong analytical skills, excellent communication ability, and experience in S&OP processes. The position supports initiatives for work-life balance and offers comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Contemporary work-life balance policies

Comprehensive private medical care

Life insurance

Tailored financial programs

Qualifications

• Experience in Sales & Operations Planning processes.
• Ability to analyze and communicate business trends.
• Demonstrated capability to manage cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage and execute the S&OP process compliant with governance.
• Communicate with S&OP planners to understand trends and forecasts.
• Develop regional forecasts in partnership with sales and operations.
• Conduct Monthly S&OP Calls and drive continuous improvement projects.

Skills

Forecast planning

Data analysis

Communication

Process improvement

Job description

Responsible for managing and executing the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process and the process outcomes.

The sale & operation planning organization drives growth by building strong forecast planning partner with operation focus in 18 months period to foresee ahead business and operation outlook. With a focus on material number details forecast as well as Integrated Business Planning, the team leverages data-driven insights to optimize sales and operation planning.

Partner with the best.

The Sales & Operation planning specialist supports the effective operation of the materials by delivering analytical, administrative, and reporting across the sales and commercial plus operation planning function. This role drives continuous improvement of processes and systems, ensuring consistent, high-quality forecast planning aligned with organizational standards. By enabling data collection and following up with planning in advance, the specialist helps strengthen performance, efficiency, and planning across global CWI.

Responsibilities

• Accountable and responsible for implementation of the S&OP process and compliance to Head Quarter governance including S&OP output graphs/datasets, KPI’s and S&OP actions
• Communicates with regional and product line S&OP planners to fully understand business trends, opportunities and demand forecast
• Works with the region sales and service delivery to create the regional forecast (12-18 month) for material level and unit of activity (UoA) level.
• Accountable for the aggregation of the region forecasts into a global product line forecast and Responsible to net the region demand plans against the inventory to create a region netted demand plan
• Responsible to net the region demand plan against regional supply plans and Works with operations to locate existing inventory or substitutions for open orders
• Schedule and lead Monthly S&OP Calls and Develop and prioritize continuous improvement projects to maximize value of S&OP
• Ensure demand, supply, and other signals are aligned and communicated to the proper end users and Ensure product life cycle management for new and obsolete products are incorporated into the S&OP process
• Ensure that the HFM COGS, supply and DP forecast are aligned. Identify key projects and what support is needed from Supply Chain.

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 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