Material Planner

Baker Hughes • Tomball, TX

11d

About The Position

As a Material Planner within the Pressure Pumping HQ Integrated Supply Chain team, you will be responsible for planning and scheduling the materials required to execute the business. You will work with the sales and commercial team, HQ & region personnel, AMO, and supply chain to translate the demand (forecasts, sales orders, planned orders) across global operations into physical orders and ensure they are delivered to meet customer requirements. You will collaborate with Sales, Operations, Application Engineering, Service Delivery, Manufacturing, Logistics, and Supply Chain teams to ensure seamless material flow and effective demand fulfillment. By leveraging data-driven insights and proactive planning, you will support inventory optimization initiatives, improve asset utilization, and contribute to continuous improvement efforts that maximize value for the business and our customers.

Requirements

• Associates' education in Supply Chain or related field or equivalent experience (2+ years experience)
• Experience in order management, inventory optimization and management, asset utilization and management.
• Knowledge of SAP and MRP functionality, knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel)
• Be able to work with and influence stakeholders
• Strategic thinking with tactical execution with a sense of urgency
• Be able to communicate in English fluently (both written and verbal)

Nice To Haves

• APICS Certification

Responsibilities

• Working with the sales, operations, and application engineering teams to convert the demand plans into physical orders.
• Understanding business trends, opportunities and how they impact the demand forecast.
• Analyzing incoming demand to identify order exceptions, misalignment with product stocking strategies, and opportunities to utilize existing inventory.
• Planning and scheduling order timelines to be consistent with customer requirements while minimizing inventory and shipping costs.
• Working with the Service Delivery to prioritize delivery dates as needed (push outs, pull ins).
• Performing various material management analysis such as statistical material consumption and forecasts, aged inventory, aged purchase orders, in-transit material analysis, safety stock, etc.
• Responsible for creating the materials delivery tickets in SAP and coordinating with warehouse and logistics for delivery to destination.
• Monitoring levels of safety stock, global and aging inventory and work with regions and manufacturing plants to address accordingly.
• Responsible for meeting HQ’s inventory targets that are aligned to the product lines strategies.
• Working with the AMO organization to ensure spare parts and asset demands are captured.
• Assisting in executing continuous improvement projects to maximize value.

Benefits

• 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
• Company-sponsored benefit programs, including health & welfare programs and the Thrift Plan (401k)
• Choice of coverage options that best suit your needs
• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package
• Additional forms of compensation such as bonuses subject to the terms of the applicable benefit plans or policies

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree