Grade GResponsible for exploring and developing new business opportunities, managing the successful development of offers, building strong and effective relationships with appropriate partner/supplier contacts and project managing specific elements of strategic projects, whilst exercising a sound combination of commercial and technical rigor to help achieve BP's growth objectives.Entity:
Customers & Products

Job Family Group:
Strategic Planning & Business Development Group

Job Description:

At bp, we're clear that the world wants and needs a better, more balanced energy system - one that delivers energy that is secure and affordable, as well as lower carbon. This won't happen overnight and there's no single solution to the challenge. We are in action to help to solve problems for our customers both now and in the future. Demand from our customers for bioenergy is growing. That's why bp is investing billions of dollars in the sector, building on two decades of experience.

The Novel feedstock Commercial Developer will report to Novel feeds BD Manager leading a globally distributed team and responsible for delivery of the Origination, Business Development and Commercial Project agenda for cover crops, oil trees, and new feedstock technologies to develop SAF. The team is responsible for organic projects, JV, partnerships as well as potential inorganic regional M&A deals and Venture investment.

The person in role will need to build and maintain positive relationships within bp especially with across numerous departments. The job requires strong commercial competence, financial modelling, communication (e.g. executive ready PowerPoint decision support materials), structuring, research analytics, competitive benchmarking and project management skills.

This role offers an excellent opportunity to develop leadership and strategic thinking skills while expanding networks within the business development, strategy, commercial and technical fields, and is ideal for an individual looking to obtain deeper commercial exposure by reporting into and working closely with frontline origination team. You will support the team in the pursuit of major deals supporting bp's 2030 biofuels ambition.

Support the Novels Feeds team to drive origination through analytics, modelling, commercial support, internal decision-making documentation, and ad-hoc leadership requests by:

• Support senior management decision making by providing insight for the selection, shaping and endorsement of the right deals. Develop initial financial model, own developing of executive decision support packs.
• Demonstrate leadership on key commercial opportunities from inception through operations, including developing a project plan, guiding relevant resources, and ensuring successful commercial delivery.
• Commercial partner working with Origination assisting in the development of external agreements.
• Provide input into deal structure to help Originators develop a powerful business case
• Provide linkage and engagement with other business functions such as Legal, Compliance, Product Control, Credit, Settlements, Planning, Treasury, I&E, T&S to support deal development and sponsorship
• Provide support in completing business cases (LTAs, NAIs, AtNs and EFMs), economics, and approval documents that align with BP standards
• Conduct commercial research projects on specific topics e.g. competitor benchmarking, optimal crush ang logistics strategy, farmer route to market, risk management options etc.
• Collaborate with wider biofuels growth team and integrate novel feeds into asset development program

About You:

• Significant experience in commercial delivery, finance, trading and supply related roles
• Very strong organizational skills and the ability to adapt quickly to changing circumstances
• High level of competence in understanding and presenting to executive management information
• Proven ability to influence outcomes through inquiry and problem solving
• Strong project management skills and the ability to coordinate activity across multidisciplinary teams
• Strong commercial competence with quantitative toolkit
• Ability to work with people at all levels and across organization
• Confident in engaging senior external & internal partners

Other Desirable Criteria:

• Experience gained within a consulting firm
• Experience within Bioenergy and/or Agriculture industry
• Experience within Supply and Trading business
• An understanding of the coordinated energy value chain

Why join us?

It's crucial to us that the differences we see in the world around us are reflected in our workplace. Who you are is what counts, not where you're from or how you live your life. At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and complex 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. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, excellent retirement benefits, among others!

Discover your place with us and help our business meet the challenges of the future.

Travel Requirement
No travel is 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:
Acquisitions and divestments, Acquisitions and divestments, Agreements and negotiations, Analytics, Commercial acumen (Inactive), Commercial Business Development, Communication, Contractual risk management, Data visualization and interpretation, Deal structuring, Decision Making, Developing and implementing strategy, Economic evaluation methodology, Economic modelling, Financial Analysis, Financial Modelling, Influencing, Investment appraisal, Joint Venture Structuring, Long Term Planning, Managing change, Market Analysis, Project and programme management, Risk Management, Sector, market, customer and competitor understanding {+ 2 more}

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