Buyer / 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.

As a Buyer/Procurement Specialist, your primary responsibility will be to manage the purchasing process for a designated range of goods or services. This will involve implementing the sourcing policy and serving as the bridge between the supplier and the organization in terms of specifications and budgets. The ideal candidate should have a strong grasp of procurement concepts, methods, procedures, and approaches.

Moreover, the successful candidate must meet the technical requirements outlined below, while also demonstrating a collaborative mindset to work effectively with both internal and external stakeholders in order to achieve strategic objectives.

Partner with the best

As Buyer/Procurement Specialist, you will be responsible for:

• Act as primary interface between Baker Hughes commercial / engineering teams, and the supplier on all contractual matters.
• 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.
• 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.
• Place and follow-up on POs.
• Managing relationships with suppliers for PO execution.
• Managing problems and schedule changes. Update ERP.
• Detects and signals flaws in approaches, methods, procedures and processes and suggests improvements.
• Handles communication with direct colleagues and the business about data gathering and analysis.
• Contributes to project as a team member. Work goals typically take 1-3 month to complete and results are seen immediately or within 1-2 months

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