Tolling Leader

Baker Hughes • Sugar Land, TX

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About The Position

The Tolling Lead – North America Land provides operational leadership and development for third-party manufacturing partners supporting Baker Hughes’s North America Land chemicals business. The role is responsible for ensuring safe, compliant, reliable, and cost-effective supply while building external manufacturing capabilities to meet future business needs. It works closely with toll manufacturers and internal stakeholders to manage performance, capacity, supply reliability, costs, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Chemistry, Supply Chain, Operations, Business, or a related discipline.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience in chemical manufacturing, plant operations, supply chain, or external manufacturing.
• Experience managing manufacturing performance, operational priorities, or external manufacturing relationships.
• Understanding of manufacturing operations, including HSE, quality, production planning, inventory, logistics, cost, and supply reliability.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and project-management skills.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to lead across functional and organizational boundaries.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and drive issues through resolution in a dynamic operating environment.
• Valid work authorization in the country of employment; the employer cannot sponsor work authorization for this role.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with third-party or contract chemical manufacturing.
• Experience with toller qualification, technology transfer, localization, or new product introduction.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen.
• Experience working across Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Technology, Quality, HSE, Sourcing, and Commercial organizations.
• Ability to drive accountability, continuous improvement, and operational performance through influence.

Responsibilities

• Lead operational governance and performance management of assigned toll manufacturers across HSE, quality, delivery, cost, and capacity.
• Establish performance reviews, operating rhythms, escalation processes, and corrective actions with tolling partners.
• Partner with Planning and Supply Chain teams to align manufacturing capacity, production schedules, raw materials, inventory, and logistics with business demand.
• Identify supply, capacity, and operational risks and develop mitigation and business-continuity plans.
• Manage tolling economics and identify productivity, cost-reduction, and network-optimization opportunities.
• Support commercial negotiations and ensure operational execution aligns with contractual requirements.
• Lead manufacturing readiness for new products, technology transfers, localization, and manufacturing transitions.
• Coordinate toller qualification and performance with Technology, Quality, HSE, Regulatory, Sourcing, Product Management, and Commercial teams.
• Drive resolution of manufacturing, quality, inventory, delivery, and supply-reliability issues.
• Develop tolling capability and capacity to support business growth and long-term supply requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement and accountability across the external manufacturing network.

Benefits

• Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities.
• Comprehensive private medical care options.
• Life insurance and disability programs.
• Tailored financial programs.
• Additional elected or voluntary benefits.
• Company-sponsored health and welfare programs.
• Thrift Plan (401k).
• Competitive benefits package and eligibility for additional compensation such as bonuses, subject to applicable plans or policies.

What This Job Offers

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