Entity:

Customers & Products

Job Family Group:

Procurement & Supply Chain Management Group

Job Description:

This role supports the successful delivery of Global Supply Chain (GSC) commitments in APAC by leading cost competitiveness programs such as OCC, PCC, and Value 100. You’ll manage dependencies across teams, schedules, and business functions to ensure smooth execution.

You’ll also drive transformation across the APAC GSC by improving ways of working, building strong communication channels with markets, and advancing sustainability and critical initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of cost competitiveness programs (OCC, PCC, Value 100, and other value drivers) across APAC’s Global Supply Chain (GSC).
• Supervise project assurance, prioritization, resource allocation, and financial outcomes across APAC markets.
• Act as the key contact between the Central Team and GSC PU, ensuring smooth program execution and alignment with global functions.
• Champion continuous improvement and build a high-performing, diverse workforce focused on delivering committed savings.
• Develop a competitiveness roadmap for APAC markets, setting up working groups and change agents to embed cost-conscious thinking into benchmarks and culture.
• Build and manage a strong pipeline of cost-reduction projects using LA/LE principles for long-term operational efficiency.
• Design and implement frameworks for global supply chain programs (OCC, LA/LE, Loss workshops), ensuring benefits are tracked and realized.
• Apply rigorous project portfolio management and planning standards (PMO).
• Drive sustainability initiatives aligned with Castrol’s strategy across the supply chain.
• Lead industrialisation and Value 100 initiatives to boost operational excellence and cost efficiency.
• Establish effective communication frameworks and deploy GSC ways of working across the region.
• Support strategy implementation and governance processes, including exception handling.
• Integrate HSE and wellbeing into all cost and continuous improvement activities across APAC.

Qualifications & Experience

Education:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience or equivalent, ideally with substantial experience in the lubricants, consumer packaged goods (CPG), or chemical industry. Strong functional and leadership capabilities are essential to lead large-scale global supply chain transformation initiatives.

Experience:

• 10+ years in senior leadership roles, with a proven ability to influence and collaborate across multiple partners.
• Deep expertise in end-to-end supply chain operations, with a strong track record in leading teams and driving transformational change.
• Demonstrated success in commercial strategy and business transformation.
• Strong judgment and discretion in managing sensitive business matters.
• Advanced analytical, integration, and project management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication abilities, with the potential to contribute meaningfully to the broader Global Supply Chain (GSC) agenda.
• Skilled in coaching, ambitious, and influencing across subject areas and senior leadership levels.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities and deliver results in complex environments.

Skills & Competencies:

• Mastery in People Leadership, Business Partnering, and Commercial Savvy.
• Skilful in Project Management.

At bp, we provide the following environment and benefits to you:

• A company culture where we respect our diverse and unified teams, where we are proud of our achievements and where fun and the demeanor of giving back to our environment are highly valued
• Possibility to join our social communities and networks
• Learning opportunities and other development opportunities to craft your career path
• Life and health insurance, medical care package
• And many other benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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

Travel Requirement

Up to 25% travel should be 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, Commercial Acumen, Digital Fluency, Logistics Management, Negotiating, Negotiation planning and preparation, Project Management, Risk Management, Supplier Performance Management, Supplier Relationship Management, Supply chain management, Sustainability awareness and action, Value creation and management

Legal Disclaimer:

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.

If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.