ITO Procurement Specialist

Would you like to exercise a technical mindset, demonstrate business acumen and excellent negotiation skills in an exciting and innovative role?

Be part of a successful team

Panametrics, a Baker Hughes Business develops solutions for moisture, oxygen, liquid flow, and gas flow measurement, with proven technologies that are known across many industries, including oil and gas. Panametrics entered the ultrasonic flow market with a gas flow meter more than 60 years ago. Since then, the Panametrics brand has been known for its high-technology inline and clamp-on flow meters that handle the toughest applications and environments. Panametrics, a Baker Hughes Business is a division of Baker Hughes. We are an energy technology company. We are taking energy forward – making it safer, cleaner and more efficient for people and the planet.

Be involved

In this role as an ITO Procurement Specialist will be responsible for supporting the procurement strategy to price or quote any requirements that arise as part of commercial bids during the customer Inquiry to Order phase. This will include maintaining critical supplier relationships and negotiating the most commercially competitive pricing, lead time and contractual fulfillment obligations in relation to high value and technically complex projects. This will be used to support our bid to win orders, followed by handover to execution team once won. Candidate must be reliable, self-motivated & reactive, and work on their own or with others to meet deadlines.

The successful candidate shall meet the technical requirements listed below whilst being focused on collaborating with internal and external resources to deliver on strategic goals.

Partner with the best

As ITO Procurement Specialist, you will be responsible for:

• Act as primary interface between Baker Hughes commercial / engineering teams, and the supplier on all contractual matters.

• Working closely with commercial operations team to determine appropriate quote type required - budgetary or supplier to determine appropriate quote type required - budgetary or supplier.

• Providing cost and lead time modelling based on historical data, supplier feedback and current market trends for the impacted commodities if budgetary required. Assess pricing commodity risk, material index, define and drive execution of contingency plans.

• Handling global Panametrics proposal quotes. Drive suppliers to submit on time quotes and negotiate prices / conduct technical and quality evaluation of supplier offers / quotes. Collaborate closely with the application engineering team to address suppliers’ technical queries/clarifications.

• Preparing tender documents for procurement scope of works.

• Developing a strong relationship with commercial, engineering and product line teams to partner in driving key procurement and business objectives around cost, cash, supplier quality, ITO and fulfillment.

• Ensuring compliance with Baker Hughes sourcing and procurement policies and procedures.

• Driving and maintaining price / cost metrics and savings measurement.

• Reducing risks in supply chain by minimizing single / sole source situations.

• Driving standardization and continuous improvement of procurement processes with supply base to achieve price and cycle time reduction through consignment, VMI and other strategies.

• Ensuring clean handover to OTR team when tender is won, and customer order placed.

• Supporting ITO procurement leader to run and review key performance metrics and contribute to driving to excellence.

• Supporting  OTR and fulfilment activities as required during project execution.

Fuel your passion

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent knowledge and experience.

• Have min 2-3 years of procurement / materials experience.

• Have experience dealing with suppliers and supplier metrics.

• Have PC and database proficiency.

• Have strong financial, negotiation and business analytical skills.

• Have an excellent communication, interpersonal and facilitation skills.

• Have high level of organization, ability to prioritize workloads and meet deadlines.

• Have an ability to coordinate multiple priorities at one time.

• Have highly motivated, results/metrics driven with demonstrated influencing skills.

• Have digital mindset with strong ability to learn and navigate systems.

• Have technical expertise in mechanical engineering.

• Have strong oral and written communication skills

• Have an approachable and able to connect with employees at all levels.

• Strong customer service focus, with a high level of responsiveness.

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