NAO Materials Leader

Baker Hughes • Sugar Land, TX

6d

About The Position

The NAO Materials Leader is responsible for regional and global demand forecasting, translating demand plans into physical orders, and supporting consistent execution of the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process. The role analyzes demand, inventory, material consumption, and order timelines to meet customer requirements while minimizing inventory and shipping costs. It works with regional sales and operations, Product Line, Sales, Service Delivery, the AMO organization, and manufacturing plants to prioritize deliveries, implement stocking strategies, and incorporate asset and spare-parts demands into S&OP. The position also supports product life cycle management and the implementation of make-to-stock (MTS), make-to-order (MTO), configure-to-order (CTO), and engineer-to-order (ETO) standards within the S&OP process.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management or a related field, or equivalent experience (5+ years).
• Experience in order management, inventory optimization and management, and asset utilization and management.
• Intermediate knowledge of SAP and MRP functionality.
• Ability to work with and influence stakeholders.
• Strategic thinking combined with tactical execution and a sense of urgency.

Nice To Haves

• APICS certification.

Responsibilities

• Work with regional sales and operations to create regional (12–18 month) and global forecasts.
• Convert demand plans into physical orders with the sales and operations team, assessing business trends and their impact on forecasts.
• Assist with execution of the S&OP process and drive consistency.
• Analyze incoming demand, identify order exceptions and misalignment with product rationalization strategy, and identify opportunities to use existing inventory.
• Plan and schedule order timelines to meet customer requirements while minimizing inventory and shipping costs.
• Work with Product Line, Sales, and Service Delivery to prioritize delivery dates, including push-outs and pull-ins.
• Perform material management analyses, including statistical material consumption and forecasts, aged inventory, aged purchase orders, in-transit material, and safety stock.
• Implement inventory stocking strategies.
• Monitor safety stock, global inventory, and aging inventory, and work with regions and manufacturing plants to address them.
• Work with the AMO organization to ensure spare-parts and asset demands are captured.
• Ensure new assets, repaired assets, and spares are captured in the S&OP process.
• Assist with product life cycle management for new and obsolete products to ensure they are incorporated into the S&OP process.
• Assist in implementing MTS, MTO, CTO, and ETO standards in the S&OP process.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior