What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manufacturing Experienced Professional - Production Planning & Scheduling position at Baker Hughes?
Do you enjoy balancing customer demand, inventory, and production requirements to ensure seamless operational execution?
Are you passionate about optimizing material planning and forecasting to improve customer delivery and business performance?
Join our Team!
Baker Hughes is recognized as a global energy technology company serving the energy sector across more than 120 countries. Our Supply Chain and Operations teams are enabling business success through effective production planning, inventory optimization, and collaboration across commercial, operations, and manufacturing organizations. We are committed to delivering the right products at the right time while driving operational excellence and customer satisfaction.
Partnering with the best
As a Manufacturing Experienced Professional – Production Planning & Scheduling, you are supporting production and materials planning activities by translating demand forecasts into executable orders and supply plans. You are partnering with Sales, Operations, AMO, and Supply Chain teams to ensure customer demand is met while optimizing inventory levels, asset utilization, and operational efficiency. You are analyzing demand patterns, managing inventory strategies, and driving continuous improvements that enhance supply chain performance.
As a Manufacturing Experienced Professional – Production Planning & Scheduling, you are being responsible for:
To be successful in this role you will:
We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:
Working with us
Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.
Working for you
Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we have to push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their input. Join us, and you can expect:
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.
The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Manufacturing Experienced Professional - Production Planning & Scheduling
About Us:
We are an energy technology company that provides solutions to energy and industrial customers worldwide. Built on a century of experience and conducting business in over 120 countries, our innovative technologies and services are taking energy forward – making it safer, cleaner and more efficient for people and the planet.
Join Us:
Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company that values innovation and progress? Join us and become part of a team of people who will challenge and inspire you! Let’s come together and take energy forward.
Baker Hughes Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
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Are you passionate about optimizing material planning and forecasting to improve customer delivery and business performance?
Join our Team!
Baker Hughes is recognized as a global energy technology company serving the energy sector across more than 120 countries. Our Supply Chain and Operations teams are enabling business success through effective production planning, inventory optimization, and collaboration across commercial, operations, and manufacturing organizations. We are committed to delivering the right products at the right time while driving operational excellence and customer satisfaction.
Partnering with the best
As a Manufacturing Experienced Professional – Production Planning & Scheduling, you are supporting production and materials planning activities by translating demand forecasts into executable orders and supply plans. You are partnering with Sales, Operations, AMO, and Supply Chain teams to ensure customer demand is met while optimizing inventory levels, asset utilization, and operational efficiency. You are analyzing demand patterns, managing inventory strategies, and driving continuous improvements that enhance supply chain performance.
As a Manufacturing Experienced Professional – Production Planning & Scheduling, you are being responsible for:
- Working with regional Sales and Operations teams to develop regional and global forecasts across a 12–18-month planning horizon.
- Collaborating with Sales and Operations teams to convert demand plans into physical orders and executable production requirements.
- Understanding business trends and market opportunities and evaluating their impact on demand forecasts.
- Analyzing incoming demand and identifying order exceptions, inventory opportunities, and alignment with product rationalization strategies.
- Planning and scheduling order timelines that support customer requirements while minimizing inventory and logistics costs.
- Working with Product Line, Sales, and Service Delivery teams to prioritize order delivery dates, including pull-ins and pushouts.
- Performing material management analysis including demand forecasting, inventory consumption trends, aging inventory reviews, aging purchase order reviews, in-transit materials analysis, and safety stock evaluations.
- Developing and implementing inventory stocking strategies to optimize inventory performance.
- Monitoring safety stock levels, global inventory levels, and aging inventory while collaborating with manufacturing plants and regional teams on corrective actions.
- Working closely with the AMO organization to ensure spare parts and asset requirements are accurately captured.
- Ensuring new assets, repaired assets, and spare parts requirements are incorporated into the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process.
- Supporting continuous improvement projects focused on maximizing operational value and supply chain performance.
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have an associate’s degree in supply chain or a related field, or equivalent experience with 2 years of relevant experience.
- Have experience in order management, inventory optimization, inventory management, asset utilization, and asset management.
- Have a basic understanding of SAP and MRP functionality.
- Have the ability to work with and influence stakeholders across multiple functions.
- Have strong execution capabilities with a sense of urgency and accountability.
We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:
Working with us
Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.
Working for you
Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we have to push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their input. Join us, and you can expect:
- Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities
- Comprehensive private medical care options
- Safety net of life insurance and disability programs
- Tailored financial programs Education Assistance
- Generous Parental Leave
- Mental Health resources
- Dependent Care
- Additional elected or voluntary benefit
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.
The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Manufacturing Experienced Professional - Production Planning & Scheduling
About Us:
We are an energy technology company that provides solutions to energy and industrial customers worldwide. Built on a century of experience and conducting business in over 120 countries, our innovative technologies and services are taking energy forward – making it safer, cleaner and more efficient for people and the planet.
Join Us:
Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company that values innovation and progress? Join us and become part of a team of people who will challenge and inspire you! Let’s come together and take energy forward.
Baker Hughes Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
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