Entity:

Customers & Products

Job Family Group:

Retail 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.

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Area Manager for the Algarve region. This role is responsible for driving retail performance, fostering strong partner relationships, and ensuring operational excellence across our retail network.

In this role you will:

• Handle a group of small clients (up to 60 sites) to deliver outstanding performance against HSSE, Customer and Financial.

• Responsible for contracts negotiations within bp financial framework.

• Ensure that sites are operated in line with the bp and strategic partner operational guidelines and work with the Offer Management team to see opportunities for business development.

• Working on behalf of the entire network needs to program manage all activities related with marketing, promotions, campaigns, construction, maintenance, etc, so that their impact on site is understood internally and minimized externally.

• Improve sites profitability and financial performance of region through improving sales, franchise fee, waste management, costs control and optimization and profitable exploitation of the Retail Assets.

• Support performance improvements in the region in terms of store sales and gross margin, fuel volume and margin, accountable cost control, operational HSSE, and people metrics.

• Consistent delivery of superior customer service, implementing BP Standards relating to HSSE and bp brand as well as sites profitability are the key performance measures for this position.

• Establish a culture of operational excellence across all stores to ensure full compliance with legislation and company policies and procedures, and to deliver and maintain consistent operating and merchandising standards.

• Improve customer perception optimizing about the Site processes also reducing the workload, the costs and operational complexity of each Site.

• Align with business changes and in particular with the implementation of strategic projects that impact on day-to-day operations such that they are provided with the appropriate priority within the region.

What You will need to be successful:

• Higher Education Degree greatly preferred.

• Native speaker in Portuguese language.

• Proficiency in English.

• Residence in Algarve Region.

• Proven experience in commercial/negotiation roles.

• Experience in managing Relationships with 3rd party operators.

• Understanding of the Retail business and business processes.

• Good communication skills.

• Negotiation skills.

• Customer focus.

• Relationship Management.

• Strong analytical skills.

• Retail Business understanding.

• Retail Standards, Policies & Procedures.

• Time Management.

• Using Retail Financial Data.

• Understand and use Economic evaluation models.

• Lead Through BP Values.

• Maximise Value.

Why join us?

At bp, we support our people to grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity.

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, a generous paid parental leave policy, excellent retirement benefits, among others!

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.

Reinvent your career as you help our business meet the challenges of the future. Apply now!

Travel Requirement

Up to 50% travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:

This position is fully remote

Skills:

Agility core practices, Agility core practices, Agreements and negotiations, Analytical Thinking, Business Acumen, Business process improvement, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Conflict Management, Continuous Improvement, Continuous Learning, Creativity and Innovation, customer and competitor understanding, Customer centric thinking, Customer data knowledge, Data Analysis, Data visualization and interpretation, Decision Making, Digital Collaboration, Digital Fluency, Industry knowledge and advocacy, Integrated pricing, Leading transformation, market, Negotiation planning and preparation {+ 13 more}

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.