Category Manager

2 days ago


Houston, Texas, United States Baker Hughes Holdings LLC Full time
Job Description

Are you passionate about developing strategies for global business and making a difference in our company? As a Category Manager, you will be responsible for developing and executing commodity strategies to enable growth, increase margin, reduce costs, and mitigate supply risks.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Create and communicate Category plans to business segments, ensuring adherence to supplier-selection guides.
  • Develop Sourcing pipelines and Supplier Performance Management (SPM) targets.
  • Communicate pipeline information to Product Lines, Regions, or BCC sourcing teams, and SPM targets to Supplier Managers.
  • Analyze historical category spend and key metrics, including contract coverage, On-Time-Delivery, payment terms, quality, capacity, and price.
  • Understand Product Lines' stakeholders, priorities, and future demand.
  • Create and maintain supplier-selection guides for Sourcing & Procurement.
  • Analyze supply markets and benchmark competition.
  • Consolidate Product Lines' forecasts and estimate spend for categories and key suppliers.
  • Define Critical suppliers for HQ Supplier Risk review and Business Continuity Plan (BCP).
  • Assess Category Risks (Supply, Finance, Quality, Compliance, Sustainability, Cybersecurity, Geopolitical, etc.).
  • Ensure accurate Supplier Segmentation (Regional / Global), Categorization (C&M, MFD, OFTS, IND, LOG), and positioning (Grow, Maintain, Phase out).
  • Ensure accurate part number categorization (as per taxonomy), supplier categorization, and single/sole source mapping.
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Finance, Engineering, or equivalent.
  • 8+ years of experience in Procurement, Category Management, or related field.
  • Previous experience working in Electrical, Electronics, and Controls.
  • Accomplished in Category Management and has commercial category expertise.
  • Demonstrated experience with negotiation of contracts and commercial terms and conditions, and able to coach others.
  • Dynamic global leadership and influence skills that inspire trust, collaboration, and operational excellence.
  • Ability to work in a highly metric-driven environment and deliver against challenging performance targets.
  • Key part of building a world-class Procurement function.
  • Ability to lead through influence, recommend sourcing strategies, and deliver business results.
  • Excellent interpersonal, motivational, and leadership skills.
What We Offer:
  • 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 benefits.

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.


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