Job Description:

Key accountabilities:

• Ensure relationships with the regional stakeholders are fostered and the perception of the value of procurement is measured and improved over time. Assess their satisfaction through 'voice of the customer' workshops, surveys and other mechanisms and use this to develop improved segment strategies
• Ensure provision of timely supply market knowledge to regional stakeholders, relaying current and future impactful events and their potential consequences
• Represent procurement at all required LBM meetings, to ensure shortage/lengthening of supply markets and effects on available feedstock is understood and managed in production planning. Arrange for category teams to attend when required.
• Establish effective procurement governance and clearly accountable decision making.
• Working with business stakeholders to identify potential opportunities to deliver cost and other benefits.
• Single Point Accountability for procurement of 3P toll manufacture capacity and Purchased Finished Goods for the region/country. This involves supplier relationship management, contract review and negotiating terms and conditions, ensuring that all internal stakeholders are aligned with the sourcing strategies, developing a longer-term strategy for the categories and country team in partnership with global supply chain, category managers and marketing/sales.
• Develop a high-level understanding of key commodity/currency markets and how they affect raw material sectors and markets.
• Lead country procurement team, establishing and communicating vision and strategic direction, providing business context, coaching and direction to enable the team to meet its performance targets.
• Set country procurement team goals and objectives, define KPIs and manage and develop the team to high performance.
• A key member of the country GSC leadership team and act as escalation point for the CLT, resolving procurement issues appropriately.
• Be responsible for the development, performance management and career guidance of all direct reports, and oversee talent management across the country procurement team.

Essential education & experience:

Education

• University degree and equivalent work experience, in an appropriate technical and commercial field.

Experience

• Minimum 15 years of working experience
• Direct raw material category experience in global businesses. Advanced sourcing methodologies and tools.
• Minimum 5 years in senior leadership role.

Skills & Competencies

• Global sourcing category strategy development and implementation, dealing with global and regional supply basis, track record of multi-year business value delivery aligned to business and sourcing strategies. e-optimisation, AT Kearney Chessboard and experience of working within a global procurement matrix organisation desirable.

Why join us?

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. 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 adjustment to participate in the interview process.

Travel Requirement
Up to 25% 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:
Agility core practices, Agility tools, Business Acumen, Business Requirements Analysis, Category spend profiling, Category Strategy, Cost modelling, Digital Fluency, Negotiating, Negotiation planning and preparation, Product and market intelligence, Sourcing strategy, Supplier Relationship Management, Value creation and management

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