Sourcing Initiatives Manager

Job description / Role

Role Summary:

About Us:

Baker Hughes, a GE company (NYSE:BHGE) is the world's first and only fullstream provider of integrated oilfield products, services and digital solutions. Drawing on a storied heritage of invention, BHGE harnesses the passion and experience of its people to enhance productivity across the oil and gas value chain.

BHGE helps its customers acquire, transport and refine hydrocarbons more efficiently, productively and safely, with a smaller environmental footprint and at lower cost per barrel. Backed by the digital industrial strength of GE, the company deploys minds, machines and the cloud to break down silos and reduce waste and risk, applying breakthroughs from other industries to advance its own.

With operations in over 120 countries, the company's global scale, local know-how and commitment to service infuse over a century of experience with the spirit of a startup - inventing smarter ways to bring energy to the world.

Role Summary:

BHGE is seeking an experienced Strategic Sourcing Manager to support Eastern Hemisphere sourcing growth based in Dubai.

Essential Responsibilities:

- Provide category expertise to their assigned category
- Responsible to deliver sourcing projects
- Evaluation and selection of a high-performing supply base
- Execution of Request for Information/Quotation/information/Proposal, and bidding processes, minimizing risk and maximizing value in terms of quality, delivery and total cost of ownership
- Supplier evaluation, assessment, qualification, and selection processes, up to parts & process qualification
- The negotiation of prices and terms with suppliers in order to meet specified quality, delivery and cost objectives
- The review of the contracting process with suppliers in coordination the Contract Management Specialist
- Collaborates with business stakeholders to develop and execute strategies to enable growth, increase margin, reduce costs, and rationalize the supply base.
- Leads, facilitates, and implements strategic sourcing activities through a combination of tactical and strategic initiatives for assigned commodities and Product Lines.
- Participates in and supports category management activities globally, as appropriate.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with S&OP, Product Line, Operations, Quality, Engineering and Manufacturing organizations.
- Negotiate price, capacity, payment terms, supplier charge backs, and additional commercial terms and conditions, etc. with suppliers to establish various levels of supply agreements
- Drive supplier/product qualifications to successful completion.
- Contributes to detailed planning and execution of improvement actions with suppliers.
- Contributes to assessment of current risk factors & market situations (geopolitical, currency, etc.) and identification of opportunities.

Requirements

Qualifications/Requirements:

- Bachelor or Master Degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Manufacturing, Business or related discipline
- Strong knowledge of supply chain and sourcing principles
- Candidates having the ability to demonstrate sound business ethics and consistency with principles, values, and behavior.
- Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain management, engineering or related discipline
- Minimum 5 years of Sourcing/Procurement experience
- Demonstrated ability to negotiate commercial aspects with suppliers.
- Demonstrated ability to build and manage supplier relationships and long term partnerships.
- Strong analytical skills and comfortable with figures and in collecting, analyzing and interpreting data
- Strong professional relationship building skills, and ability to interface across the entire enterprise (Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, PL, etc.)
- Experience with SAP - Supply Chain / Finance modules
- Strong project management skills
- Ability to interact with and influence all levels of the organization

Desired Characteristics:

- Regional Experience

Locations:

- Dubai, UAE

Baker Hughes, a GE 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.

About the Company

GE is a diversified technology, media and financial services company, dedicated to creating products that make life better. From aircraft engines and power generation to financial services, medical imaging, television programming and oil and gas, GE operates in more than 100 countries and employs over 300,000 people worldwide.

GE's Oil & Gas business is a leader in the development and delivery of advanced product and service offerings for the global oil and gas industry. As a consequence of the rapid expansion of its technology base, GE's Oil & Gas is capable of addressing the largest and most complex engineering and application challenges entirely from its own worldwide resources. So whether it's the world's largest LNG compression trains, re-injection of high sulfur gas, enhancing the safety and productivity of the world's oil and gas pipelines, or equipment for the production of oil and gas from harsh environments, GE is leading the charge.