ITO Project Sourcing Lead

Are you seeking your next move in Procurement and Supply Chain within an engineering/manufacturing environment? Do you enjoy building relationships and managing multiple priorities?

Join our innovative team. We devise smarter systems to control and monitor oil and gas extraction. Innovating in the energy industry, our subsea and surface pressure capabilities are industry-leading. We manufacture an innovative, market-leading sub-sea production system for the Oil and Gas market for off-shore facilities.

As the ITO Sourcing Lead, you’ll drive global sourcing for complex, high-value tender opportunities, acting as the key link between commercial, engineering, and supply chain teams. You’ll shape competitive, compliant bids by leveraging supplier strategies, managing risk, and unlocking cost efficiencies—delivering strong outcomes while creating long-term value across the global supply base.

As a Senior Procurement Specialist you will be responsible for:

• Serving as the primary sourcing lead for global ITO tenders, partnering closely with the Commercial team to support strategic opportunities.
• Identifying and capitalizing on global and regional sourcing opportunities by leveraging market intelligence, demand aggregation, and supplier strategies.
• Reviewing customer subcontracting requirements to ensure full compliance and effective risk management within tender submissions.
• Supporting Product Line Strategic Sourcing teams in supplier selection, RFQ execution, commercial evaluation, and award recommendations.
• Ensuring robust cost confidence in tender submissions through accurate pricing, supplier alignment, and validated assumptions.
• Leading supplier engagement and qualification activities, collaborating with Commodity Leaders to align sourcing strategies with execution.
• Proactively identifying sourcing risks and opportunities, developing and driving mitigation and value creation plans to completion.
• Executing optimized sourcing strategies, including volume leveraging and early engagement aligned with Business Development Plans (BDP).
• Delivering cost reduction initiatives and driving lead time improvements across the supply base.
• Negotiating, implementing, and managing Long Term Agreements (LTAs) with strategic suppliers, supporting overall LTA coverage targets.

To be successful in this role you will require:

• Experience in direct sourcing and procurement within supply chain, ideally in manufacturing or heavy engineering.
• Solid understanding of strategic sourcing, category management, and global supply markets.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration across Commercial, Engineering, and Supply Chain teams.
• Advanced cost modelling and pricing analysis capabilities.
• Ability to identify, assess, and mitigate sourcing and supply chain risks.
• Strong self-management skills, managing multiple tenders concurrently.
• Proven track record delivering cost reduction and efficiency improvements.
• Have a permanent work permit in the UK.

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: 4 days from office, 1 day from home (remote).

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.

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.