Materials Leader HTC

Baker Hughes•Houston, TX

About The Position

The HTC Operations Leader leads Production, Planning, and Materials Management for the site, with overall accountability for operational performance, customer delivery, inventory, productivity, quality, and execution against the production plan. The role leads a Production organization through two Production Supervisors and approximately 49 production employees manufacturing and assembling complex electro-mechanical products. The position provides leadership across Production, master planning, materials management, and production scheduling, aligning customer demand, material availability, manufacturing capacity, and business priorities. It works closely with Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Logistics, Sales, Procurement, and Maintenance to resolve constraints, improve manufacturing performance, and deliver customer commitments. The role owns master production planning, material planning, production scheduling, purchasing requirements, and associated planning systems. It drives safe and disciplined operations, effective production execution, inventory and schedule performance, continuous improvement, and the development of frontline leaders. The role is generally scheduled for 8 AM–5 PM.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.
At least 7 years of experience in materials planning, production planning, supply chain management, manufacturing operations, or a related discipline.
At least 3 years of leadership experience managing planning, materials, scheduling, or supply chain teams in a manufacturing environment.
Demonstrated experience in Master Production Scheduling (MPS), Material Requirements Planning (MRP), inventory management, and demand planning.
Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes, capacity planning, inventory control, and logistics operations.
Experience with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, or JD Edwards, or equivalent, and advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
Proven ability to manage cross-functional relationships across Operations, Logistics, Procurement, Sales, and Manufacturing.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, including balancing customer requirements, inventory targets, and operational constraints.
Experience driving continuous improvement using Lean, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including communicating planning priorities across all organizational levels.
Ability to work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, manage multiple priorities, and meet business objectives.
Demonstrated experience leading manufacturing operations involving complex electro-mechanical products, assemblies, or comparable engineered industrial equipment.
Experience leading manufacturing teams through frontline supervisors or team leaders in a production environment.
Strong understanding of production management, including capacity planning, labor planning, productivity, manufacturing flow, schedule adherence, and shop-floor execution.
Experience managing operational KPIs across safety, quality, delivery, cost, inventory, and productivity.
Experience in engineered-to-order, make-to-order, high-mix/low-volume, or complex assembly manufacturing environments.
Demonstrated ability to manage manufacturing constraints involving materials, labor, equipment, processes, quality, and engineering requirements.
Proven experience developing frontline manufacturing leaders and building accountability within production teams.

Nice To Haves

APICS/ASCM certification (CPIM, CSCP) or equivalent supply chain certification.
Experience leading planning and materials functions in an engineered-to-order, make-to-order, or industrial manufacturing environment.
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or higher certification.
Experience managing global supply chain operations and supplier collaboration.
Knowledge of S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) and Integrated Business Planning (IBP) processes.

Responsibilities

Lead the site's Production organization through two Production Supervisors, overseeing approximately 49 production employees in complex electro-mechanical manufacturing and assembly.
Provide accountability for safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and inventory performance across Production and Materials.
Ensure manufacturing activities are executed safely, compliantly, and in accordance with established processes, procedures, quality requirements, and production priorities.
Translate production plans into execution priorities and monitor daily and weekly performance, identifying constraints and implementing recovery actions.
Allocate people, equipment, materials, and manufacturing capacity to meet production requirements and respond to changes in demand, material availability, and business priorities.
Improve manufacturing cycle time, productivity, schedule adherence, work-in-process, quality, and on-time delivery.
Work with Engineering and Quality to resolve technical, process, and product issues affecting production flow and delivery.
Ensure manufacturing teams have the training, technical capability, standard work, tooling, and information needed for complex assemblies.
Develop Production Supervisors and strengthen frontline leadership, accountability, performance management, and employee engagement.
Establish operating rhythms to review safety, quality, delivery, productivity, material constraints, and recovery actions.
Lead structured problem solving and continuous improvement to remove manufacturing constraints, reduce waste, and improve performance.
Support introduction and industrialization of new products and manufacturing processes with Engineering, Quality, and other technical functions.
Own master production planning, material planning, production scheduling, purchasing requirements, and associated planning systems.
Develop and maintain an executable production plan aligned with customer demand, manufacturing capacity, and material availability.
Balance demand, supply, inventory, and capacity to support customer commitments while maintaining production flexibility.
Optimize inventory while maintaining material availability for manufacturing.
Identify material shortages, capacity constraints, and other schedule risks, and implement mitigation or recovery plans.
Coordinate with suppliers, subcontractors, Procurement, and Logistics to resolve shortages and expedite critical materials when needed.
Track manufacturing progress against customer delivery commitments and communicate risks, priorities, and recovery actions.
Improve planning accuracy, material availability, inventory performance, and production schedule adherence.
Serve as the primary operational interface among Production, Materials, Logistics, Procurement, Sales, Engineering, Quality, and Maintenance.
Align cross-functional teams on production priorities, capacity constraints, material availability, and customer commitments.
Lead continuous improvement across Production, Planning, and Materials using Lean, Six Sigma, structured problem solving, and data-driven performance management.
Establish and maintain KPIs and operating rhythms that drive accountability and identify improvement opportunities.
Build organizational capability through coaching, development, succession planning, and performance management.
Promote a culture of safety, quality, accountability, continuous improvement, and customer focus.