Job Description:

FBT Procurement is an integral part of how the BP business and functions operate. FBT Procurement support delivery of BP business and functional strategies by driving efficiency and effectiveness. The FBT Procurement sourcing team is part of the sourcing pillar and drives the way in which BP approaches the market to source third party supply, balancing efficiency and value drivers in line with category strategy.

As a Line Manager, you will provide strategic leadership and oversight for BP's global sourcing activities within the Projects function across hydrocarbons, low carbon energy and retail businesses. You will be accountable for delivering value, handling risk, and driving excellence across sourcing and contracting processes. This role requires strong cross-functional collaboration, people leadership, and the ability to influence at senior levels across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: Provide direction and oversight for sourcing strategies within the Projects function, ensuring alignment with business goals and risk management frameworks.
• Partner Engagement: Act as a senior point of contact for key business partners ensuring sourcing priorities are aligned with business needs and delivering significant value.
• Sourcing Excellence: Champion the use of advanced sourcing techniques, market intelligence, and digital tools to drive innovation, speed to market, and commercial value.
• Negotiation Expertise: Applies advanced negotiation techniques to consistently secure high-value outcomes. Resolves stalled negotiations and adapts strategies based on situational needs to improve supplier value.
• Governance & Compliance: Ensure full compliance with CMP, FBT S2C procurement controls, regional governance, contract templates, and Delegation of Authority (DoA) requirements.
• Performance Management: Monitor and report on team performance using key metrics, including value delivery, cycle time, and partner happiness.
• Change Leadership: Lead the adoption of new systems, processes, and ways of working across the sourcing teams.
• Team Management & Development: Lead, mentor, and develop a team of sourcing professionals. Cultivate a high-performance culture passionate about capability building, career development, and continuous improvement.
• Psychological Safety & Inclusion: Create and maintain a psychologically safe team environment where individuals feel respected, heard, and empowered to speak up, share ideas, and challenge constructively without fear of negative consequences.
• Entrepreneurial attitude: Demonstrate and instill an entrepreneurial attitude within the team-encouraging innovation, ownership, and proactive problem-solving to unlock new value opportunities.

Essential Education, Experience And Job Requirements

• University degree and equivalent work experience, in Procurement or Engineering field.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
• 5 to 10 years of desirable upstream work experiences.
• 5 years of experience in major projects or equivalent environment in hydrocarbon industry will be an advantage.
• Proven track record of leading high-performing, multi-cultural global teams and delivering sophisticated sourcing strategies.
• Strong commercial competence, negotiation expertise, and supplier relationship management skills.
• Experience working in a global, matrixed organization with cross-cultural teams.
• Proven ability to influence senior partners and drive strategic outcomes.
• Ability to work on shift hours and work on remote location from the business.
• Believe in Agile ways of working.

Why join us?

At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and exciting 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, 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 essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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:

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