Demurrage Team Leader

Bp

Bp

Budapest, Hungary
Posted on Jan 14, 2026

Entity:

Finance


Job Family Group:

Supply & Trading Group


Job Description:

Join our Supply Trading & Shipping function and advance your career as a

Demurrage Team Leader


In this role You will:

  • Act as a leader for the entire Demurrage team.

  • Develop individual/teams’ capabilities to enhanced delivery for bp. With a focus on both technical development and broader commercial/change skills.

  • Develop strong internal relationships with the trading benches and key teams to facilitate high quality delivery for bp. Maximising profits, minimising losses, and working collaborative to optimise delivery.

  • Develop strong external relationships with counterparties to support positive commercial relationships and leverage positive outcomes for bp.

  • Understand and engage with bench/GOE strategy to direct demurrage activity to support their delivery. Help negotiators to see and consider the complete situation.

  • Identifying and implementation strategic interventions to improve the Demurrage team’s performance and delivery. Develop team members to deliver initiatives.

  • Understand demurrage implications and support the trading and operations teams before, during and after deal transactions to deliver value for the business. Leverage relationships to ensure demurrage are engaged to provide pre-deal support.

  • Support the team through coaching of more complex claims, issue resolution

  • Responsible for the accuracy, timely response, and quality of negotiation within the Dirty claims’ portfolio

  • Support the Demurrage recruitment process

What You will need to be successful:

  • Relevant university (economy or finance) degree

  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in finance or trading, or shipping

  • Minimum 2 years of experience in managing various teams and projects

  • Knowledge about the trading or shipping industry, physical oil environment

  • Fluent English knowledge and ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing

  • Ability to quickly learn required technical aspects of the role.

  • Commercial savvy and alignment with GOE strategy.

  • Strong partner engagement and relationship build capability

  • Passion for continuous improvement and ability develop capability with team members.

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

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.


Travel Requirement

No travel is expected with this role


Relocation Assistance:

Relocation may be negotiable for this role


Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working


Skills:

Ancillary cost management, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Competitor intelligence, Customer service delivery excellence, Demurrage, Developing and implementing strategy, Group Problem Solving, Influencing, Inventory Management, Listening, Marine assurance, Mentoring, Negotiating, Shipping/transport, Supply chain management, Trade discipline and compliance, Trading and scheduling operations, Trading Fundamentals, Sentiment and Trends, Trading knowledge, Troubleshooting, Voyage operations


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.