Business Transformation - Process Excellence
BAKER HUGHES, Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne
Business Transformation - Process Excellence
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BAKER HUGHES, Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 1 week ago, 24 Oct | Get your application in now before you're too late!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
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Full Job Description
As Business Transformation - Process Excellence, you will lead strategic process improvement and transformation initiatives across the organisation. Working closely with senior leaders and cross-functional teams, you will identify opportunities to simplify, standardise, automate, and digitise business processes, helping solve long-standing operational challenges and deliver measurable business value. In this highly visible role, you will influence functional teams across the business, partner with leadership stakeholders, and drive enterprise-wide improvements that enhance operational effectiveness, reduce complexity, and support sustainable growth. Combining strategic thinking with hands-on execution, you will challenge existing ways of working, implement innovative solutions, and champion continuous improvement, automation, and digitalisation initiatives. As a Business Transformation - Process Excellence you will be responsible for:
- Analyzing end-to-end business processes to identify inefficiencies, waste, duplication, and cost drivers.
- Defining and owning the organization's process blueprint, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and future-state operating models.
- Partnering with subject matter experts to design, standardize, and implement optimized processes across functions, product lines, and sites.
- Leading continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, Value Stream Mapping, and process optimization methodologies to deliver measurable gains in speed, quality, and cost.
- Driving consistency, simplification, and standardization across the enterprise, including opportunities for automation and digitization.
- Engaging and influencing senior stakeholders to support decision-making, prioritization, and adoption of new ways of working.
- Leading change management activities to ensure sustainable implementation and long-term behavioral change., 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 Join Us Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you! The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Business Management Advisor - Business Operations
- Have proven experience leading transformation, process excellence, in complex environments.
- Demonstrate strong expertise in process improvement methodologies.
- Bring the ability to translate complex data and insights into practical, actionable improvements.
- Be confident influencing and collaborating with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
- Combine strategic thinking with a hands-on, execution-focused mindset.
- Show high energy, resilience, and motivation to challenge the status quo and drive meaningful change.
- Possess strong leadership, communication, and facilitation skills.
- Experience or knowledge of Subsea Production Systems (SPS) and/or Surface Pressure Systems (SPSP/SSPS) would be advantageous, although this is not a mandatory requirement.
Baker Hughes is a global energy technology company serving energy and industrial customers in more than 120 countries. Built on over a century of innovation, the company provides advanced products, services, and digital solutions that support efficient, safe, and lower-carbon energy operations. Its portfolio spans oilfield services and equipment, turbomachinery, industrial technologies, and emerging energy transition solutions such as hydrogen, carbon capture, and emissions management. Baker Hughes continues to help customers meet the world's evolving energy needs through technology leadership, operational excellence, and a strong commitment to sustainability.