Job Description:

As a leading global energy company, we provide heat, light and mobility to customers worldwide. Across the bp landscape, we're home to a range of brands across many areas of our industry. We're investing in today's energy system and helping build out tomorrow's. So while we're still in oil and gas, over the next decade we'll become a different kind of energy company. We're decarbonizing and diversifying our business, fundamentally transforming what we do so we can reach net zero by 2050 or sooner. We also have a strong mission to help the whole world reach net zero too - working across our industry to improve people's lives.

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 encouraging 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.

Join our Castrol Team and advance your career as a

Procurement Hub Manager - Europe & META

The Procurement HUB Manager - Europe & META will be accountable for the leadership of the country procurement team, leading all aspects of procurement strategy and activity and working closely with business collaborators as the key point of contact for procurement. This role reports into the Castrol CPO and is part of the Procurement Global leadership team.

The job holder will coordinate the delivery of delegated category sourcing and supplier post award management, and regional market intelligence; as well as the provision of procurement data, knowledge management and systems/process transformation activities in the region.

In this role You will:

• Manage relationships with the regional business partners and suppliers.
• Ensure provision of timely supply market knowledge to regional customers, relaying impact of current and future events and their potential consequences.
• Represent procurement at all required leadership meetings, to ensure shortage/lengthening of supply markets and effects on available feedstock is understood and managed in production planning.

• Establish effective procurement governance and clearly accountable decision making.
• Be working with business partners to identify potential opportunities to deliver cost and other benefits.
• Work with supply chain colleagues to understand raw material requirements and constraints.
• Act as Single Point of Accountability for procurement of 3P toll manufacture capacity and Purchased Finished Goods for the country (circa $100m). This involves supplier performance management, contract review and negotiating terms and conditions, ensuring that all internal customers are aligned with the sourcing strategies, developing a longer-term strategy for the categories and country team in partnership with GSC, category managers, GLT and marketing/sales.
• Develop a high-level understanding of key commodity/currency markets and how they affect raw material sectors and markets.
• Lead the regional procurement team, establishing and communicating the vision and strategic direction, providing business context, mentoring and direction to enable team members to meet their performance targets.
• Set regional procurement team goals and objectives, define critical metrics and manage and develop the team to high performance.
• A key member of the regional GSC leadership team and act as first point for the collaborators, resolving issues appropriately.
• Be responsible for the development, performance management and career mentorship of all direct reports and lead all aspects of talent management across the regional procurement team

What You will need to be successful:

• University degree and minimum 15 years of equivalent work experience, in an appropriate technical and commercial subject area with Lubricants and/or FMCG background.
• Direct procurement experience in global business.
• Proficient in written and spoken English.
• Knowledge of advanced sourcing methodologies and tools.
• Global sourcing category strategy development and implementation, dealing with global and regional suppliers, track record of multi-year business value delivery aligned to business and sourcing strategies.
• Contracting capability and negotiation skills.
• Experience of working within a global matrix organisation desirable.

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 3 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 equipmen

Travel Requirement
Up to 25% travel should be 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:
Agreements and negotiations, Analytical Thinking, Building sustainability, Category spend profiling, Category Strategy, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Cost modelling, Decision Making, Digital fluency, Market Analysis, Negotiation planning and 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/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.