Procurement Packaging Manager
Bp
Operations
Budapest, Hungary
Posted on Aug 20, 2025
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Customers & Products
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Job Description:
As a leading global energy company, we provide heat, light and mobility to customers worldwide. Across the bp landscape, we’re home to a range of brands across many areas of our industry. We’re investing in today’s energy system and helping build out tomorrow’s. So while we’re still in oil and gas, over the next decade we’ll become a different kind of energy company. We’re decarbonizing and diversifying our business, fundamentally transforming what we do so we can reach net zero by 2050 or sooner. We also have a strong mission to help the whole world reach net zero too – working across our industry to improve people’s lives.
As bp transitions to an integrated energy company, we must adapt to a changing world and maintain competitive performance. bp’s Customers & Products (C&P) business area is setting up a Business and Technology Centre (BTC) in Budapest. This will support the delivery of an enhanced customer experience and drive innovation by building global capabilities at scale, leveraging technology, and developing deep expertise. The BTC will be a core and connected part of our business, bringing together colleagues who report into their respective part of C&P, working together with other functions across bp. This is an exciting time to join bp and the Customers & Products BTC!
We are expanding our team in Budapest and currently looking for a Procurement Packaging Manager to join us.
In this role you will be accountable for the development and implementation of regional packaging sourcing strategy within the packaging supply market segment. You will develop and maintain deep relationships with business partners ensuring sourcing strategy supports local business strategy and vice versa. You will also develop and manage the relationship with regional suppliers and local relationship with global suppliers.
This role is a part of our European Procurement team of circa 7 people, supporting our European Business. The role therefore offers an international outlook whilst being based alongside the Budapest team. It is also a People Manager position (with two direct reports).
Key Accountabilities:
Build and maintain strong market / supplier knowledge and insight on all subcategories of spend that sit within the category, becoming a source of expert knowledge. From this develop regional and global category sourcing strategies and plans aligned to the needs of the business.
Lead the delivery of the strategic sourcing process to ensure delivery of defined category management strategies, in collaboration with business stakeholders.
Ensure all category sourcing arrangements are fully compliant to all corporate social, environmental, financial, risk, E&C and HSSE policies and standards and that all sourcing is performed in line with defined Delegations of Authority.
Accountable for the delivery of the contracts compliance agenda within the region as it appertains to Packaging.
Promote a culture of knowledge sharing and encourage close liaison between regions and segments to improve the overall performance of the team.
Set technical strategy and oversee activities to identify and implement opportunities to deliver quality and resilience across our packaging spend.
Lead all work on technical innovation and packaging development globally in line with business needs and priorities.
Define and monitor performance measures for the technical team, tracking levels of risk and provide management information on risk assessments.
Create and ensure strong involvement of the technical teams in OD&I activities to promote specification developments in line with business need.
Build liaison points with key suppliers within the remit of the team and be involved in business-critical final negotiations with them if required.
Represent BP with key market segment suppliers, ensuring BP’s performance requirements are understood and met, and provide visible and credible support at a leadership level to those who manage the interfaces; oversee robust and consistent supplier relationship globally.
Engage and work collaboratively with business stakeholders on a regional / global basis.
Be responsible for the development, performance management and career guidance of all direct reports within the reporting team.
Encourage / enable / manage direct reports interactions with the Procurement Hubs, in line with our operating model.
Essential Experience & Job Requirements:
Degree Qualified: A bachelor's degree (or equivalent) is required.
12-15 years of experience in an appropriate technical and commercial discipline.
Proven experience managing raw material categories within global organisations.
Strong expertise in advanced sourcing methodologies and tools.
Demonstrated ability to develop and implement global sourcing category strategies, managing both regional and global supplier bases.
Consistent track record of delivering multi-year business value in alignment with overall business and sourcing strategies.
Familiarity with e-sourcing/optimisation tools and experience working in a global procurement matrix organisation is highly desirable.
Strong influencing and negotiation skills.
Previous experience within energy/oil & gas sector would be highly advantageous.
Strong interpersonal skills combined with a collaborative working style.
Motivated self-starter with attention to detail and excellent relationship building skills.
At bp, we provide the following environment & benefits to you:
Different bonus opportunities based on performance, wide range of cafeteria elements.
Life & health insurance, medical care package.
Flexible working schedule: home office up to 2 days / week, based on team agreement.
Opportunity to build up long term career path and develop your skills with wide range of learning options.
Family friendly workplace e.g.: Extended parental leave, Mother-baby room.
Employees’ wellbeing programs e.g.: Employee Assistance Program, Company Recognition Program.
Possibility to join our social communities and networks.
Chill-out and collaboration spaces in our beautiful Budapest Agora and Szeged offices e.g.: Play Zones, Office massage, Sport and music equipment.
Assets like phone for private usage and company laptop are provided from the first day of employment with other equipment if requested.
At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and ambitious environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life.
bp Hungary won the Most Attractive Employer 2024 Award (SSC / BSC sector) fourth time in a row at PwC's annual employer research. Come and join us!
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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.
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