Job Description:

At bp, our people are our most valuable asset. The People, Culture & Communications (PC&C) function fosters a diverse, inclusive culture where everybody can thrive. As part of an integrated energy company, PC&C is embarking on a major transformation to be more competitive, responsive, and customer-focused.

We're investing in key locations such as India, Hungary, Malaysia, and Brazil, offering an exciting but challenging opportunity to shape a fast-moving PC&C function, establishing teams and structures and driving continuous improvement.

We're looking for driven, high-reaching enthusiasts who thrive in fast-paced environments and are passionate about people. If you're ready to build something transformative, this is the place for you.

Key Accountabilities and challenges

The role supports delivery of BP business and functional strategies by driving efficiency and effectiveness across the end-to-end Procurement processes. The role provides expertise managing Procurement policies, standards and controls.

• This role will work as individual contributor in process excellence team focused on, continuous improvement and innovation, that will encompass process specialization, delivery performance.
• Inspire, coach, and partner with business partners, development teams, business product owners and potentially 3rd party vendors to define roadmap to deliver outcomes whilst ensuring an inclusive culture
• End to end Procurement to pay expertise, extraordinary presentation, data analytics and excellent communication skills required to handle, support and or lead large scope tactical and strategic procurement projects
• Provide PTP related advice and information to staff across bp and outside bp as and when required.
• Work globally with the GPO (Global Process Owner) to drive the continuous improvement agenda and compliance to process standards. Ensuring efficient working capital management through paying what we owe in the most efficient manner and paying according to agreed terms and accurate cash outflow forecasting
• Partner with the wider procurement organisation to ensure the end-to-end PTP activities are achieving optimal performance against metrics, delivered in accordance with our internal controls and in compliance with our policies and procedures.
• Driving process standardisation across Procurement across a sophisticated system landscape (e.g. SAP PRE, SAP PRC, JDE) with different workflows, integrating with other tools as appropriate
• Ensuring compliance to relevant policies that may differ from country to country whenever possible, failing which may result in a negative impact on BP
• Keeping abreast with developments in rapidly changing industry guidelines, as well as BP's internal policies and procedures to ensure full compliance and drive continuous improvement.

Portfolio management

• Management for the portfolio of procurement projects in support of FBT Procurement critical initiatives, risk, controls, promote deployments and sustain initiatives to ensure successful delivery of scope, schedule, cost, and quality criteria.
• Ensure projects and initiatives are handled to the scope signed off by the FBT Procurement Leadership, and relevant Project Management & Governance groups
• Ensure Portfolio schedule integration, optimizing activity sequencing, accurately schedule and track plan reporting to assure on-time delivery
• Establish and maintain systematic cross-functional integration between swim lanes
• Resource management optimisation to assure constraints are identified and minimized or mitigated
• Effective and coordinated change control processes
• Risks and issues are identified and led, including building a risk culture within the teams
• Lessons Learned captured and embedded into similar projects/ initiatives
• Collaborative team member ensuring embedded and sustainable operational readiness to the new ways of working

Accelerator Accountabilities

• Constantly scans for improvement opportunities and implements ground-breaking solutions that solve our most high-reaching and sophisticated procurement problems.
• Moves at a high pace while collaborating, leading risks, communicating, thinking globally and while demonstrating BP's values, behaviours and approaches
• Builds capability through inspiring teams to learn new skills, adopt new practices and seek growth opportunities
• Act as resolver of issues/partner concerns for PTP space and engage collaborators.
• Drive innovative approaches to improve and support operations.
• Strong experience of end-to-end procurement, outstanding data analytics, communication and outstanding power point presentation skills

Qualifications, Competencies, Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in commerce, Finance, Accounting, or related field
• Excellent understanding of accounting concepts and experience of F&A process (specifically end to end Procure to pay process)
• Minimum 12 years of experience handling a client / shared-service oriented accounting function with experience in management of large corporate initiatives/projects, critical thinking, relationship management and FNA processes.
• Must have hands on experience of SAP ERP, outstanding presentation and excellent MS excel skills.
• Direct agile and transformation management experience including protocols, driving innovation, continuous improvement, technologies, processes, procedures and tools
• Managing projects (should have detailed knowledge about DMAIC) to assure they are well defined and completed within scope, schedule, and budget.
• Understanding and exposure to globally recognised Change Management methodologies, processes and tools
• Understanding of business or functional area Procurement supports - this includes strategy, market, challenges and processes
• Experienced in recruiting, developing and coaching employees
• Experience of working cross culturally and in an international environment
• Ability to communicate and influence across different levels in the organisation
• Engaging and collaborative way of working
• Resilient and experienced in working in multi-faceted environment

Key Competencies

• PTP Processes Expertise - Comprehensive end‑to‑end knowledge of Procure‑to‑Pay (PTP) processes, including purchase order and invoice management, payment processing, vendor helpdesk operations, GR/IR monitoring, and balance sheet reconciliations. Experienced in ensuring process accuracy, compliance, and operational efficiency across the PTP value chain.
• Project & Program Management - Leads complex strategic programs composed of multiple interdependent projects, often driving new business directions, solution implementations, policy and process enhancements, and organizational transitions. Skilled in delivering both tangible (cost optimization, operational efficiencies) and intangible (people, capability-building) benefits, while handling stakeholders and ensuring successful end‑to‑end outcomes.
• Innovation - Proactively research, imports and applies innovations or current trends in the industry into new concepts or ideas. Brings together the creative ideas into a systematic approach or solution, seeking better solutions for new requirements.
• Problem Solving - Applies problem-solving methodologies and tools to diagnose and solve complicated and/or sensitive problems
• Risk Management - Leads the identification of risk, interconnectivities between different risks and identification of new risk mitigation measures. Identifies major supply chain risks and takes appropriate remedial action in a timely manner through organisational channels in instances of non-compliance.
• Analytical Thinking - Identifies and addresses complex, organization-wide or sensitive issues
• Digital Fluency - Acts as a digital champion for the business by adopting and advocating the deployment of new devices, applications, software tools and services.
• Decision Making - Makes decisions affecting both own tasks and those of others. Combines a variety of factors including commercial awareness, risk and financial expertise to make appropriate decisions and derive insights.
• Business Acumen - Identifies new or alternative approaches to performing business activities more efficiently. Interprets financial performance and describes how initiatives/projects supply to the delivery of the overall strategy.
• Change Management - Leads groups or teams through the whole organisational process including problem solving and creative thinking. Embraces innovative approaches, systems, structures and method
• Energize People - Leads teams to successfully achieve goals and objectives. Demonstrates humility and curiosity in interactions with individuals at all levels.
• Build Enduring Capability - Develops teams and successors with required expertise and experience. Engages in development and career planning dialogues with employees.
• Maximize Value - Aligns work and priorities to the strategic expectations of the operation. Supports employees in their efforts to achieve job goals by providing resources and removing obstacles.
• Influencing - Identifies areas of alliance and disagreement, evaluates options and potential outcomes, and plans influencing strategy. Identifies short term customer needs and communicates benefits to the collaborator. Knows when and how to use the chain of command.
• Relationship Management - Proactively builds mutually effective working relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders and with engages them to obtain input and feedback.

Why bp?

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 crafting an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. Diversity Statement: At bp, we provide an excellent environment and benefits such as an open and inclusive culture, a great work-life balance, tremendous learning and development opportunities to craft your career path, life and health insurance, medical care package and many others!

Diversity sits at the heart of our company and as an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our mission by ensuring that our place can be anyone's place. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application and interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Travel Requirement
No travel is 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:

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.

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