Manufacturing Excellence Leader

Baker Hughes

About the Role

Join Baker Hughes' Oilfield Services and Equipment Team, a leader in the oilfield services and equipment industry. This role is key in developing and project managing global manufacturing initiatives, including new site setups. The role defines improvements and manufacturing standards to drive consistent performance, safety, quality, and productivity.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading the planning and execution of new site setups and developing lower-cost solutions.
• Defining and maintaining global manufacturing standards across all plants.
• Creating centralized knowledge bases and playbooks while establishing standardized job roles, RACIs, and span-of-control guidelines across sites.
• Implementing consistent cost-allocation methods for direct and indirect manufacturing costs.
• Partnering with Finance to harmonize costing, variance analysis, and productivity tracking.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Graduated in engineering or related field.
• Major experience in multi-site manufacturing leadership, including greenfield/brownfield and new-site setups.
• Proven success establishing standards and governance across manufacturing networks.
• Good financial acumen in cost allocation, product costing, and variance analysis.
• Lean/Six Sigma capability, ideally at Black Belt level.
• Utilization of ERP systems, manufacturing analytics, and familiarity with PLCs/SCADA/OT cybersecurity.
• Effective stakeholder management, communication, and change leadership.

The internal title for this role is Manufacturing Senior Team Leader - Prod Process and Equip.