Grade HResponsible for supporting supply chain operations through the HSSE-assured, cost-optimized and competitive selection of supply sources to cover requirements, liaising with internal coordinators and third party supply partners to optimize the supply schedule and assist efforts to ensure sufficient supply of goods and products.Entity:
Customers & Products

Job Family Group:
Procurement & Supply Chain Management Group

Job Description:

We have an exciting opportunity to lead in supply chain strategy for our Industrial business in one of the core markets!!

You will collaborate with sales, marketing, and supply chain teams to identify and implement business value opportunities. Working closely with various teams, including IPM and Technology, to ensure flawless integration and impactful results.

This role involves active participation in cross-functional projects spanning procurement, planning, technology, and sales. As a key member of the global Industrial and GME supply chain team, you'll orchestrate value creation initiatives for our Industrial business in your core market.

Key Accountabilities:

• Support the supply chain agenda related to the Industrial business growth plan across key markets.
• Lead initiatives linked to successful delivery of Must-Win-Battle of cost competitiveness and grease. Working with cross functional partners including Sales, Marketing, IPM, Technology, Performance and Supply Chain.
• Find value creation opportunities in cost competitiveness, sourcing and logistics, scoping of them and then leading implementation along with the PU Supply Chain teams. The role is a blend of both having an eye for business and project management in scoping, planning, and owning the execution in the responsible core market.
• Use, coordinate, and assess business and supply chain data to make inferences and guide business decisions.
• Develop and provide vital supply chain insights through analytics, trends, and projections for the industrial business in your core market and be responsible for the implementation timelines.
• Partner and collaborate with Industrial and Supply Chain team in the core market with an important deliverable in establishing the newly formed I&GME Supply Chain organisation to provide a transformational experience to Industrial PU through integrated business partnering.

The key levers for driving cost competitiveness for Industrial business will be through:

• Product portfolio reviews
• Sourcing and network reviews, decisions, and implementation,
• NPI / tendering / competitive COGS deliveries,
• Localization. This role will also help in delivering cost competitiveness through thorough business understanding and analytical skills.

Essential Experience:

• Degree and / or professional qualification in science or engineering.
• Extensive years of supply chain experience with business understanding
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong project management skills.
• Good knowledge of the Lubricants Industry and its value chain.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity and equal opportunity. 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. These benefits can include flexible working options, paid parental leave policy among others.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Apply today!!

Travel Requirement
Negligible travel should be 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, Analytical Thinking, Commercial Acumen, Commercial acumen (Inactive), Communication, Cost Management, Creativity and Innovation, Decision Making, Digital fluency, Inventory Management, Negotiation planning and preparation, Resilience, Risk Management, Sourcing strategy, Supplier Performance Management, Supply Chain Development, Supply chain management, Sustainability awareness and action

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 disabilities may request a reasonable 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 accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us to 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.