Recruitment at Baker Hughes

Baker Hughes, a GE company (NYSE:BHGE), is the world’s first and only fullstream provider of integrated oilfield products, services and digital solutions. Drawing on a storied heritage of invention, BHGE harnesses the passion and experience of its people to enhance productivity across the oil and gas value chain.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Tender Manager – Drilling and Completions Fluids

Job ID: R150046
Location: Nigeria (Remote)

Join our Team

• Baker Hughes has a new opportunity for a Tender Manager, within our Oilfield Services & Equipment (OFSE) product company to be based in Aksai, Kazakhstan, or an alternative suitable location. This role reports into the segment commercial operations leader.
• The role is responsible for assisting in the development of the commercial strategy for the assigned regions and segment, as well as executing it.
• This requires interfacing with a broad range of customers and internal stakeholders for Early Engagement (EE) and Must Win (MW) OFSE and cross-PL opportunities, as well as strategic single-PL opportunities, as applicable.
• The team is responsible for ensuring the best technical and commercial solutions are delivered to the customer, at the best price and lowest risk to BH, and while upholding the integrity of the ITO process.

Partner with the best:

• As a Tender Manager you will be responsible for protecting and driving profitable revenue growth through ownership and oversight of the inquiry-to-order (ITO) process inclusive of price maintenance and risk mitigation.
• The role functions as the main owner of tendering activity for the segment. It is responsible for articulating the winning strategy for tenders based on tailored value propositions.
• It will be responsible for gathering all necessary input on capacity, costing and pricing relevant to the tenders as well as keeping all stakeholders involved throughout the tendering cycle.

Responsibilities
As a Tender Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Developing proposals; may negotiate with customers; ensure deals deliver shareholder value; drive competitive pricing. May include compiling and submitting required tender documentation
• Handling products and systems requiring thorough technical knowledge and knowledge of the environment where the products and systems will be used. Sales processes require technical analysis and adaptation to client conditions.
• Validating risk and reward balance, considering factors such as terms and conditions, technical risks, margin, security of payment
• Driving Pricing and conditions to a certain degree of granularity. Works on the basis of predefined contracts price frameworks. Some latitude to deviate from prices and conditions.
• Promoting the business value propositions of BH to customers and internal stakeholders, providing a better customer experience through solution-based selling.
• Working in in close collaboration with Global PL Headquarters (HQ), Global OFSE HQ, and Region OFSE Sales teams, inclusive of market intelligence, early engagement, sales, technical sales, ODS sales, accounts, commercial pricing, commercial risk, and commercial contracts teams.
• Upholding the integrity and oversee the governance of all commercial processes, policies and procedures; assist in evolving the segment commercial teams as new processes, policies and procedures are developed and released by the Global OFSE HQ teams
• Working with the OFSE and segment sales teams within the regions to build and maintain a pricing strategy for the segment and region; identify and tag pricing actions
• Supporting OFSE and cross-PL MW opportunities and tenders; work in collaboration with the Global OFSE HQ Commercial Operations team and Global IS HQ Commercial Operations team for select projects
• Driving Segment and cross-PL pricing opportunities and price benchmarking for tenders; work in collaboration with the Global OFSE HQ Commercial Operations, HQ Pricing team and Global IS HQ Commercial Operations team for select projects for price benchmarking
• Ensuring understanding of customer requirements to provide the best technical and commercial solutions for all tenders/quotes; achieve competitive technical and commercial outcomes at the lowest risk to BH and with the best profitability
• Collaborating with engineering, technology, supply chain, etc. to provide product cost-out options and other profitability pathways
• Using standardization, knowledge sharing, best practices, and customer intimacy to drive simplification of contractual needs and responses
• Conducting AAR (After Action Review) lessons learned reviews on high value strategic deals lost, and communicate back to the organization, including takeaways and follow up actions
• Coordinating and collaborate across several functional groups – sales, technology, engineering, supply chain, service delivery, quality, HSE, legal, finance, etc.
• Owning the ITO-to-OTR handoff process to ensure we can execute on our promises to the customer

Requirements
To be successful in this role you will:

• Have a Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university or college
• Have a Master’s degree from an accredited university or college (preferred)
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in either a Sales or Commercial role
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Drilling and Completions Fluids
• Experience with Commercial Tools, analytical systems and platforms like Deal Machine, Quote Machine /CPQ to drive effective margin management & price execution
• Broad experience in the ITO process; projects business; P&L management; and commercial discipline
• Proven analytical, problem-solving and process management skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Ability to influence others and lead various-sized teams
• Lead initiatives and projects of medium and high scope and impact
• Ability to manage several medium-to-high profile projects simultaneously
• Effective problem identification and solutioning skills
• Proven leadership ability
• Ability to travel 20% of the time

Additional requirements:

• Live the BH values every day:
  • Grow – see challenge as opportunity, and learn every day
  • Collaborate – inspire, be inclusive, and bring out the best in each other
  • Lead – make, invent, and perform with impact
  • Care – do the right thing, always, for our customers, our people, and the environment
• Lead by knowing our strategy and activating the new Baker Hughes
• Collaborate across product companies, regions, functions
• Know that HSE, compliance and quality are each employee’s personal responsibility

Work in a way that works for you
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:

• This role has a standard working schedule Monday-Friday (Working flexible hours – remote work opportunity)
• Location: Aksai, Kazakhstan , or a mutually agreed suitable location

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
• Additional elected or voluntary benefits

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Site Director – Contract Performance Management

Job ID: R152876
Location: Bonny Island, Rivers
Employment type: Full-time

Partner with the best

• As a Site Director- CPM, you will be involved in all contract performance related activities.
• The position is required to be responsible for project management planning/coordinating activities typically in the context of a production or services project to fulfill a customer order or need according to financial/commercial parameters and ensuring customer satisfaction.

Job Description
As a Site Director-CPM, you will be responsible for:

• Performing in the role as the interface between the customer and the project team, managing the transfer of information and requests.
• Assuring timely resolution of issues and keep the customer advised of the progress of the project and negotiating changes and variations and solutions to any issue arising.
• Be responsible for adherence to contract service, operations, and performance specifications, as well as financial & technical metrics specific to the contract. Performing proposal negotiation and contract administration functions on assigned proposals/contracts with minimal supervision.
• Providing support to managers and senior contracts personnel on assigned contracts.
• Functioning as the liaison for the customer on contract matters.
• Presenting product/program strategies, technical roadmaps, risks and recommendations to senior leads (EB and SEB) across Baker Hughes.
• Handling complex medium-term project processes.
• Variety due to customization to client needs.
• Handling important business unit clients.
• Complex processes require the involvement of many stakeholders, both at the client side and internally.

Fuel your passion
To be successful in this role, you will:

• Have a Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university or college.
• Have a minimum of 10 years of experience in Contract Performance Management (CPM).
• Extensive experience in gas turbine
• Extensive experience in mangling customers
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with excellent interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
• Be able to work and communicate well with others.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online