Retail Assets Procurement Manager/Advisor - Hydrogen and Low Carbon Mobility

Job Description

Entity: Finance Job Family Group: Procurement & Supply Chain Management Group Job Summary: The Procurement team plays a meaningful role in realising bp Procurement’s aspiration to deliver a world-class service to the Customers & Products business. As a business interface to collaborators in the C&P business the role holder will provide specialistsupport for Hydrogen specific developments. They are accountable for ensuring business partners’ happiness with Procurement’s service and its outcomes across the end-to-end procurement lifecycle. This role supports the Senior Manager by partnering with the business to understand priorities & objectives whilst acting as a champion for business needs within a procurement context. As well as meeting business requirements, this role is wired into thebusiness, helping to craft and drive the business agenda.Working with other teams and GBS S2C teams, the ProcurementManager/Advisor supports the development of a detailed demand forecast including priorities and implements a jointly agreed activity plan, identifying business resources to support implementation as required. Next to that this role will build the Hydrogenequipment specific category strategies using sophisticated category management knowledge and conducting a range of procurement activities to support the business and procurement objectives.Responsibilities;

• Supports Procurement interface on a day-to-day basis with senior business partners in the Low Carbon / Hydrogen space
• Support the management of the operational relationship with GBS S2C
• Take a leadership role in effective communication between all relevant parties
• Support performance reporting against annual targets to business collaborators including finance
• Connect business partners with appropriate category expertise, translating category strategies for business customers as required
• Work with business to ensure appropriate business support and resource for implementation of Procurement plans or processes
• Actively give to the achievement of the value delivery target, through the completion of activities agreed with the Senior Manager and other Supply Facing category teams
• Ensure purchasing channel and process compliance to category strategies
• Represents bp for C&P suppliers / contractors and ensure that performance requirements are fulfilled
• Support to innovation and to the introduction of changes considering internal and external market challenges
• Support the Supply Facing teams to lead the interface between category strategy development and implementation by the delivery organisation for non-Hydrogen equipment specific categories
• Effective contract management, performance reporting, monitoring and managing escaped spend where it occurs
• Assist in developing the sourcing framework in conjunction with the retail assets team
• Champions supplier innovation with key business stakeholders and leadership which can contribute to bp’s success in the future.
• (co-)Lead the agreed elements of supplier management for the strategic segmented suppliers including issue resolution for
• Assurance of the integrity of all purchasing measures regarding policies, processes, tools and standards of BP the relevant categories
• Responsible for ensuring the usage of approved contractual templates and expertise in contract law to implement the contract strategy
• Observation of legal provisions and BP guidelines regarding safety, quality, finance and administration

Essentials;

• Strong preference for experience in the Hydrogen / Low Carbon space
• Experience in FMCG / Retail equipment and related construction and maintenance services
• Shown experience of developing procurement strategies
• Validated experience in procurement, demand planning, sourcing, and contracting with knowledge of the full value chain including purchasing/supply management
• Excellent communication skills with a track record of building positive relationships and delivering outstanding customer happiness
• Experience in collaborating with multiple teams and locations to drive common solutions and deliver a high-quality service.
• A continuous improvement attitude, ability to solve problems, and a collaborative spirit with a steadfast focus on customer end-to-end efficiency and innovation.
• Strong learning agility and ability to support a wide range of activities optimally

Thinking about applying Learn more about our amazing discretionary UK reward and benefits to help you get the most out of work and life.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: Agreements and negotiations, Analytical Thinking, Building sustainability, Business Acumen, Category spend profiling, Category Strategy, Commercial acumen, Communication, Cost modelling, Decision Making, Digital fluency, Market Analysis, Negotiation planningand preparation, Sourcing strategy, Stakeholder Management, Supplier Selection, 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/neurocognitivefunctioning, veteran status or disability status.Individuals with disabilities may request a reasonable accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screeningsor interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an accommodation related to the recruitment process, pleasecontact usto request accommodations.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.