Buyer specialist

Are you passionate about Procurement / Sourcing?

Do you enjoy building supplier relationships and ensuring customer success?

Join our team

The Indirect Buyer Specialist is responsible for the commodities assigned, managing wing to wing all the materials and services purchasing phases, from supplier scouting to order placing and contract management.
He/She is accountable to solve complex problems, execute objectives, and support short-term/long-term business goals. Is accountable for functional, business, and operational company objectives. Integrates and develops processes that meet business needs across the organization. Is involved in operational and financial planning and contributes to the overall business strategy..
 

Partner with the best

As Buyer Specialist you are accountable for materials and services sourcing and procurement within the assigned indirect commodities driving deflation, variable cost productivity, cash flow targets. Leading procurement operations, from request for quotation to order issuing, ensuring process execution is performed in compliance with company policies and procedures.

As Buyer Specialist you are responsible for:

• On a group of company strategic suppliers for the indirect buy, with orders of medium/high complexity or/and medium/high annual volume.
• Developing, implementing, and leading overall supplier strategy, in coordination with BH commodity strategy, including simplification, ensuring sourcing process integrity, and optimization of productivity, quality and fulfillment.
• Balancing strategy development with the tactical execution necessary to execute cost reduction projects through contract negotiation, process changes, and implementation of sustainable cost controls, including collaboration with Finance to validate the impact of projects to the general ledger.
• Influencing cross functional team involved in the purchase, being the focal point for a shared process in supplier selection, capable to drive decision making through influencing skills.
• Developing  technical and market expertise in assigned commodity area teaming and working closely with BH global indirect sourcing team and with businesses and functions
• Identifying and assessing supplier capabilities; measure and manage supplier performance and negotiating lowest possible cost while maintaining the highest quality of goods and services
• Interfacing with other BH business sourcing teams and participate in company strategic sourcing initiatives.

Fuel your passion

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have a Bachelor's degree from an accredited university.
• Have proven experience in Procurement, Operations, Supply Chain and/or Commercial background.
• Strong oral and written communication skills in English, including executive communication.
• Be willing to travel

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