Entity:

Customers & Products

Job Family Group:

Procurement & Supply Chain Management Group

Job Description:

• To be accountable for the development and implementation of regional Base Oil sourcing strategy within the Base Oil supply market segment.
• To develop and maintain deep relationships with business partners ensuring sourcing strategy supports local business strategy and vice versa.
• To develop and maintain the relationship with regional suppliers and local relationship with global suppliers.
• Handle the category across all 5 pillars of the procurement strategy aligned to business goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Give to development of base oil strategy, plans and priorities.
• Course correct the category's evolving position based on the risk and opportunity using the procurement chessboard.
• Subject matter expert for Base Oil category and maintaining key partner connectivity.
• Track market developing an improvement plan to create more value from supply base interactions.
• Define and meet performance measures for the category, reflecting business requirements and market opportunities.
• Track levels of risk and provide management information on risk assessments and feedback to the Global Base Oil Director via agreed risk reporting mechanism.
• Own the full sourcing process to ensure delivery of business plans and category strategies in collaboration with business partners.
• Generate the supplier portfolio, select suppliers, and lead the supplier negotiation. Integrate suppliers through the implementation of new contracts, ensuring efficient change management.
• Maintain an outward focus on the supply base with pro-active, investigative supply market tracking and receptiveness to innovation and change instigated by suppliers.
• Support and drive OD&I activities to promote supply and specification developments in line with business needs and supplier capabilities.
• Ensure full compliance with all category, regulatory and BP corporate social, environmental and financial risk and HSE.
• Support provision of timely supply market knowledge to the business, relaying current and future impactful events and their potential consequences.
• Work collaboratively with the wider GSC and IST shipping to ensure no Base Oil stock outs at the plants occur.
• Support supplier management, including ongoing contract management and control, collation of performance data (through supervising supplier performance data collection and analysis), and plan and complete supplier meetings.
• Identify, select, and handle key suppliers for continuous improvement through rigorous cost and value analysis across circa $700m spend.

Key Experiences and Qualifications

• University degree and equivalent work experience, in an appropriate technical and commercial field.
• Direct raw material category experience in global businesses. Advanced sourcing methodologies and tools.
• Lubricants industry experience is an added advantage however open to FMCG/Commodities industries.
• Shown competence of working in multiple regions with cross functional partners.
• Shown expertise to Lead negotiations with strategic suppliers and deliver value to the business.
• Contract Negotiations and Management experiences.
• Senior partner management experiences.
• Supplier Relationship and Performance Management experiences.
• Shown Commercial competence.
• Sound Financial Management of the Category.

About bp

bp is a global energy business with a purpose to reimagine energy for people and our planet. We aim to be a very different kind of energy company by 2030, helping the world reach net zero and improving people’s lives. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. Join bp and become part of the team building our future!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Travel Requirement

No travel is expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Agility core practices, Agility tools, Analytical Thinking, Business Acumen, Business Requirements Analysis, Category spend profiling, Category Strategy, Cost modelling, Digital Fluency, Negotiating, Negotiation planning and preparation, Product and market intelligence, Supplier Performance Management, Supplier Relationship Management, Value creation and management

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