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Materials Planner

Baker Hughes
Sugar, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 11/27/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/26/2025
Essential Responsibilities:


  • The key responsibilities of the Lead Materials Planner may include the following as well as other items required to execute the role,
  • Works with the region sales and operations to create the regional forecast (12-18 mo.) and global forecasts
  • Works with the sales and operations team to convert the demand plans into physical orders. Understands business trends, opportunities and how they impact the demand forecast.
  • Assists in the execution and drives consistency of the S&OP process
  • Analyzes incoming demand identifies order exceptions, misalignment with product rationalization strategy and opportunities to utilize existing inventory
  • Plans and schedules order timelines to be consistent with customer requirements while minimizing inventory and shipping costs
  • Works with the Product Line/Sales/Service Delivery to prioritize deliver dates as needed (push outs, pull ins)
  • Performs various material management analysis such as statistical material consumption and forecasts, aged inventory, aged PO, in-transit material analysis, safety stock, etc.
  • Implements inventory stocking strategies
  • Monitor levels of safety stock, global and aging inventory and works with regions and manufacturing plants to address accordingly
  • Works with the AMO organization to ensure spare parts and asset demands are captured
  • Works to ensure new assets, repaired assets and spares are captured with the Sales & Operations Planning process
  • Assists with product life cycle management for new and obsolete products to ensure they are incorporated into the S&OP process
  • Assists in driving product line make to stock (MTS), make to order (MTO), configure to order (CTO) and engineer to order (ETO) standards are implemented in the S&OP process


Qualifications/Requirements:


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


Desired Characteristics: Not required but additional preferred elements

Certifications; APICS Certification

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.

The Good Stuff

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 challenge 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, Virtual Therapy Programs
  • Dependent and Partners Care
  • Pet Insurance
  • 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.

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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