Entity:

Customers & Products

Job Family Group:

Procurement & Supply Chain Management Group

Job Description:

Are you ready to join a team that’s driving the future of lubricants & beyond and setting new industry standards? Discover how our diverse and passionate people at Castrol are shaping the industry – and how you can be part of this journey.

We’re seeking versatile experts who share our passion for innovation and excellence. Bring your outstanding perspective, collaborative spirit, and challenge our thinking as we continue to lead the way in the lubricants market & build businesses beyond lubricants. This is your chance to learn, grow, and thrive in a dynamic and inclusive organization.

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Castrol is a global leader in lubricants and part of the bp Group, one of the world’s largest energy companies. In India, Castrol is a publicly listed company, leading in the Automotive, Industrial, and Marine lubricant sectors. With iconic brands, relentless innovation, strong customer relationships, and a team of highly motivated employees, we have maintained our market leadership in India for over a century. Our robust manufacturing and distribution network in India helps us reach consumers through more than 135,000 outlets.

At Castrol, success knows no bounds. We offer a fast-paced learning environment where you can develop your career, whether in specialized functions or on a general management track. Castrol India has a proud legacy of championing top talent for leadership roles, both locally and globally.

We are currently looking for Global Supply Chain Thermal Management Operations Manager based at Pune with details mentioned below.

Let me tell you about the role!

This role will be the single point contact for all supply chain activities for TMF business and will work closely

with the PU supply chains, Procurement and TMF commercial team. The role will provide focused functional partnering; lead supply chain deliverables and enable growth of the TMF business.

What will you deliver?

• Lead the S&OP process for Thermal Management Fluids business and work closely with the commercial team on sales forecasts and business opportunities.
• Ensure GSC readiness and capability to meet current and future pipeline of thermal management business (Make vs Buy review, Supply network, Localization, Cost reduction initiatives)
• Lead the inventory deployment for TMF business across the PUs through close working with the commercial teams, PU supply chain teams and be responsible for inventory KPIs of SLOB, ageing and inventory productivity.
• Lead the cross functional partnership across Marketing, Plants and Procurement in New Product Introduction activities and deployment of new products.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to support the Thermal Management business like global account set-up, addressing customer specific requests, estimating product cogs for quotation.
• Lead from GSC on Global RFI and RFQ for key accounts like Microsoft, FBox, Bitmain Technologies.

What will make you successful

• 10 years of supply chain experience specially in Planning and / or Procurement
• A strong understanding of Supply Chain processes and capability will be important to make this role a success.
• High collaboration and influencing skills. This role will work with a wide range of stakeholders
• Both in supply chain and rest of the business - and across geographies.
• The role will work very closely with Thermal business team.

Culture

bp believes in creating a culture that allows you to live our purpose, play to win while caring for others - and there is a huge focus on diversity equity and inclusion. We are a very open and respectful organization, where there is a lot of respect given to listening to all perspectives and hence people are encouraged to speak up, contribute at all levels irrespective of level or department.

The marketing team is a bunch of young and passionate individuals from varied backgrounds, and we thrive on being able to learn from each other as well as a lot of external orientation from the best in the industry. we deeply value partnerships especially with our sales colleagues and strongly believe in the power of unleashing one team to be able to break barriers, challenge status quo and create new achievements.

Why join our team?

We support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and exciting 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.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential 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 eligible for relocation within country

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.