Global Sourcing Leader
Do you thrive on leading global teams and shaping sourcing strategies that make a real impact?
Are you excited by the idea of influencing strategy at a global scale while driving measurable results?
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Baker Hughes is a global energy technology company serving the oil and gas sector across more than 120 countries. The Commercial & Sales organization drives growth by building strong customer partnerships, commercializing hydrocarbons, and delivering integrated equipment and service solutions. With a focus on digital transformation and energy transition, the team leverages data-driven insights to optimize sales performance and maximize customer value.
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Fuel your passion
Drive the vision and execution of world-class sourcing strategies across a global organization. You’ll lead a high-performing team, strengthen supplier relationships, and deliver innovative solutions that create measurable value for Baker Hughes and its customers. In this role, you’ll champion leadership development, optimize processes, and spearhead strategic projects that transform sourcing into a competitive advantage.
As a Global Sourcing Leader, you will be responsible for:
Defining and improving sourcing strategies at the business level.
Leading a global team of sourcing leaders.
Working with the broader sourcing organization to develop and implement supply strategies.
Managing supplier performance: cost, quality, lead time, OTD, and responsiveness.
Innovating thinking: leveraging experience to develop contracts and creative solutions to improve value for our customers and Baker Hughes.
Developing processes, KPIs, measurement systems, and related dashboards.
Managing projects: influencing all levels of the organization to drive completion of optimization opportunities.
Redesigning processes as required.
Communicating effectively with other functional areas and influencing peers to meet objectives.
Handling work requiring broad-range strategic thinking along with detailed analysis and interpretation.
To be successful in this role you will:
Have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college.
Have a minimum of 10 additional years of experience in sourcing management.
Preferred background in Chemicals or Petrochemicals
Possess domain expertise in supplier contracts, negotiation, and process improvement.
Demonstrate a proven history of team development and leadership.
Have strong working knowledge of supply chain, sourcing, materials management, and contract management.
Bring project management expertise with the ability to coordinate several projects simultaneously.
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
You will be eligible to participate in Company-sponsored benefit programs, including health & welfare programs and the Thrift Plan (401k). You will have a choice of coverage options that best suit your needs. Coverage options and contribution amounts are related to your benefit elections, base salary level, and specific requirements of each of these plans.
This position is eligible for our comprehensive and competitive benefits package, which can be found here, and is further eligible for additional forms of compensation such as bonuses subject to the terms of the applicable benefit plans or policies.
The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Sourcing Senior Manager - Sourcing Management
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college
- 10 years of experience in sourcing management
- Preferred background in Chemicals or Petrochemicals
- Domain expertise in supplier contracts, negotiation, and process improvement
- Proven history of team development and leadership
- Strong knowledge of supply chain, sourcing, materials management, and contract management
- Project management expertise to coordinate several projects simultaneously
Baker Hughes Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Baker Hughes and has not been reviewed or approved by Baker Hughes.
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Retirement Support — Feedback suggests retirement contributions combine automatic employer funding with a dollar‑for‑dollar match, with immediate vesting on the match. This structure can meaningfully increase savings for employees who participate consistently.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Feedback suggests a discounted employee stock purchase program with regular purchase periods and no brokerage fees provides accessible ownership upside. Program parameters are clearly laid out through the benefits hub and plan materials.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Feedback suggests exempt staff have flexible, manager‑approved time off while non‑exempt employees accrue vacation and receive paid personal time. Company‑paid holidays and paid parental leave further broaden time‑away options.
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