Entity:

Customers & Products

Job Family Group:

Procurement & Supply Chain Management Group

Job Description:

Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has focused on discovering, developing, and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner.

About the opportunity:

We are now looking for a Procurement and Engineering Global Packaging Senior Manager, who will have the great opportunity to input to the creation of global functional procurement strategy, goals, and objectives. In this role, as the successful candidate, you will lead the Packaging Market Sector team, setting the vision and goals for the team and overseeing the development and engineering of Packaging market sector strategies. You will also:

• Ensure the Packaging strategy drives the business and operating unit strategies and delivers on the objectives and requirements of internal customers

• Establish cross-business relationships with senior leaders with the SPU and segment

• Work with the Hub Managers to drive effective global and regional Packaging sourcing activity

• Lead and oversee effective strategic interaction with key Packaging global suppliers

• Engender a high-performance culture in the Packaging team and ensure procurement activities are completed in accordance with corporate policies and processes, defined governance, and delegations of authority

• Ensure Packaging team remains aligned and compliant with all governance frameworks

What you will deliver:

In more detail, some of your key responsibilities will be:

• Lead the Packaging team, communicating vision and strategic direction, coaching and direction to enable the team to meet its performance targets

• Shape and spearhead Packaging market segment strategy development and related key sourcing initiatives

• Develop functional and sustainable packaging solutions for across multiple markets

• Establish and communicate global Packaging procurement strategies to key internal and external stakeholders

• Drive organisational change within the Packaging team to achieve best-in-class procurement performance

• Lead engagement with business stakeholders, ensure relationships with the business are fostered and the perception of the value of procurement and the Packaging team is improved over time

• Represent bp with key global and regional Packaging suppliers, ensuring bp’s performance requirements are understood and met

• Oversee robust and consistent supplier performance and relationship management with key global and regional Packaging suppliers to realise differentiated and sustainable benefits for the SPU

• Set Packaging team goals and objectives, define key performance indicators and manage and develop the team to achieve high performance

• Instil a high-performance culture within the Packaging Team

• Be responsible for the development, performance management and career guidance of all direct reports, and participate in talent management across the department

• Establish and embed effective procurement-based risk practices throughout the Packaging team

• Circa $300m of global Packaging spend

What you will need to be successful (experience, job requirements & qualifications):

• University degree and equivalent work experience, in an appropriate technical and commercial discipline

• Extensive experience in lubricants or chemicals packaging engineering and procurement

• Strategic procurement experience in global package businesses. Building sustainable procurement organisational capability

• Be able to develop a business integrated packaging sourcing strategy and build supply market capability that creates sustainable business growth

• Be able to lead the technical development of packaging for the business and drive sustainability through engineering

Why join our team?

We support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to crafting 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. These benefits can include flexible working options, collaboration spaces in a modern office environment, and many others benefits!

Apply now!

Travel Requirement

Up to 10% 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, Business Acumen, Business Requirements Analysis, Category spend profiling, Category Strategy, Cost modelling, Digital Fluency, Negotiating, Negotiation planning and preparation, Packaging, Packaging Strategies, Product and market intelligence, Sourcing strategy, Strategic Procurement, Supplier Relationship Management, Sustainable Procurement, 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.