Value Stream Leader - New Equipment Standard

Baker Hughes

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About The Position

Value Stream Leader - New Equipment
Are you passionate about operational excellence, customer delivery, and flow‑based manufacturing?
Do you enjoy leading cross‑functional teams to deliver predictable outcomes while balancing customer commitments, cost, and throughput?
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Baker Hughes is a global energy technology company serving the oil and gas sector across more than 120 countries. The Commercial & Sales organization drives growth by building strong customer partnerships, commercializing hydrocarbons, and delivering integrated equipment and service solutions. With a focus on digital transformation and energy transition, the team leverages data-driven insights to optimize sales performance and maximize customer value.
Fuel your passion
The Value Stream Leader – New Equipment customer-facing operation owner responsible for execution of fast standardized product, repeatable production lanes and predictable delivery of configured products. This leader drives flow, takt adherence, and operational efficiency while enabling late-point identification to maximize responsiveness without disrupting production stability. The role focuses on throughput, cost control, and schedule discipline and leads complex order management, dynamic prioritization, and cross-functional coordination to meet unique customer commitments while protecting profitability.
As a Value Stream Leader, you will be responsible for:
Customer Activation & Ownership
Serving as primary customer advocate and escalation point.
Owning delivery commitments and schedules.
Leading kickoff, status, and recovery plans.
Proactively managing expectations.
Flow & Throughput Ownership
Owning end-to-end execution from order release to shipment.
Designing and maintaining flow‑based production systems.
Managing WIP limits and bottleneck removal.
Maintaining takt adherence and schedule stability.
Optimizing line balancing and staffing.
Demand & Capacity Management
Working with support function on level‑loading demand through S&OP and master production planning.
Setting daily and weekly production plans.
Working with supporting functions to make overtime, staffing, and outsourcing decisions.
Protecting schedule from disruptions and unplanned work.
Order Prioritization
Prioritizing orders based on standard service rules.
Minimizing expedites and firefighting.
Ensuring predictable promise dates.
Team Leadership & Continuous Improvement
Leading CSRs and/or Project Managers.
Running daily tier meetings and visual management.
Supporting Lean and Kaizen initiatives.
Working with supporting functions to reduce cycle time, changeover time, and waste.
Primary KPIs
Achieving On‑Time Delivery (OTD).
Improving Customer Satisfaction Score.
Reducing Lead Time and increasing Throughput Rate.
Maintaining Schedule Adherence.
Improving Labor Efficiency and reducing Conversion Cost.
Increasing Inventory Turns and reducing WIP Days.
Improving First Pass Yield and reducing Scrap Rate.

Requirements

• Have experience working with cross-functional teams.
• Have understanding of production planning, scheduling, and capacity management.
• Have ERP/MRP system experience.
• Have demonstrated success improving delivery and operational KPIs.
• Have experience in customer-facing roles.
• Have 5+ years of manufacturing or operations leadership role.
• Have a BAC+5 / MBA from a university or accredited higher education institution, a Diploma in Production Management / Project Management, and at least 10 years of experience in a position in a similar environment or function

Responsibilities

• Serving as primary customer advocate and escalation point.
• Owning delivery commitments and schedules.
• Leading kickoff, status, and recovery plans.
• Proactively managing expectations.
• Owning end-to-end execution from order release to shipment.
• Designing and maintaining flow‑based production systems.
• Managing WIP limits and bottleneck removal.
• Maintaining takt adherence and schedule stability.
• Optimizing line balancing and staffing.
• Working with support function on level‑loading demand through S&OP and master production planning.
• Setting daily and weekly production plans.
• Working with supporting functions to make overtime, staffing, and outsourcing decisions.
• Protecting schedule from disruptions and unplanned work.
• Prioritizing orders based on standard service rules.
• Minimizing expedites and firefighting.
• Ensuring predictable promise dates.
• Leading CSRs and/or Project Managers.
• Running daily tier meetings and visual management.
• Supporting Lean and Kaizen initiatives.
• Working with supporting functions to reduce cycle time, changeover time, and waste.

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
• You will be eligible to participate in Company-sponsored benefit programs, including health & welfare programs and the Thrift Plan (401k). You will have a choice of coverage options that best suit your needs. Coverage options and contribution amounts are related to your benefit elections, base salary level, and specific requirements of each of these plans.
• This position is eligible for our comprehensive and competitive benefits package, which can be found here, and is further eligible for 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: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees