Job Description:

As bp transitions to an integrated energy company, we must adapt to a changing world and maintain competitive performance. Bp's customers & products (C&P) business area is setting up a business and technology centre (BTC) in Pune, India. This will support the delivery of an enhanced customer experience and drive innovation by building global capabilities at scale, demonstrating technology, and developing deep expertise. The BTC will be a core and connected part of our business, bringing together colleagues who report into their respective part of C&P, working together with other functions across bp. This is an exciting time to join bp and the customers & products BTC!


Job Summary:

Think Circular is PATH360's number one guiding principle, supporting Castrol's carbon and plastic reduction aims. Improving people's lives is its foundational principle.

This role is to be the SPA for the delivery of the supplier side of Castrol's sustainability and circularity programmes, thereby delivering a material part of its aims, by coordinating and driving the ongoing development and execution of Castrol's sustainability (environmental and social) and circularity strategy for raw materials. Co-ordinating implementation across the PU's and business functions


Shift Timing: UK Hours 2:30pm to 11:30pm

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategy: Project lead, inspire and support the cross-functional circularity team to continually develop and execute Castrol's circularity programme in support of Castrol's carbon and plastic reduction aim with a major focus on raw materials.
• Drive progress on Castrol's supply chain ethical and human rights programme including policy development, stakeholder engagement and implementation
• Planning: Embed the delivery of Castrol's circularity and supply chain ethics programme into Castrol's business plans, helping ensure sufficient resources are made available, including business development resource, and potentially conflicting priorities are raised and understood.
• Alliance and Partnership: Support and drive the development of strategic relationships with third parties in line with the organisational objective of "differentiating through sustainability", "created and delivered sustainably" to secure the materials and routes to market required to safely deliver its circularity strategy.
• Market Insights:
  
  
  • Lead, proactively, in bringing market insights and competitive intelligence into the businesses to keep them informed and up to date on the wider market.
  • Support timely provision of market knowledge to the business, understand where and when business and sustainability objectives may diverge and ensure the LT and decisions makers are briefed and equipped to make balanced decisions.
• Value: Lead creating value for the business circularity enabling Castrol to secure competitive value and deliver compelling customer offers.
• Stakeholder Management:
  
  
  • Lead the engagement and alignment of key decisions with senior stakeholders in Finance, Marketing, Sales, Technology & Supply Chain.
  • Engage wider bp functions including finance procurement, global product stewardship, logistics, safety, and quality teams as required.

Education:

• Master's or equivalent professional qualification is essential and relevant work experience in an appropriate technical and commercial field.

Experience:

• Overall Exp 10 Years + Relevant Exp of which 5 Years in driving social (labour rights and modern slavery)
• Proven experience of successfully delivering cross functional transformation programmes
• Experience of commercializing sustainability solutions
• Experience in managing supplier environmental and social aspects
• Deep understanding of managing labour rights and modern slavery programmes
• Business development experience
• Experience in corporate reporting and experience in policy development
• Strong networking and relationship management skills.

Skills & Behaviours Competencies:

• Programme management: Expert
• Business transformation: Expert
• Business development: Expert
• Supply chain management: Expert

• Passion for sustainability
• Respect - Build strong relationships based on trust and honest discussion
• Excellence - Learn and apply the best practices of BP, act with professionalism and strive for excellent execution
• Excellent influencer - able to navigate conflicting priorities

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, a generous paid parental leave policy, and excellent retirement benefits, 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. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status

Travel Requirement
No travel is expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:
This role is eligible for relocation within country

Remote Type:
This position is not available for remote working

Skills:
Change control, Commissioning, Conflict Management, Construction, Cost Estimating, Design development and delivery, Frameworks and methodologies, Governance arrangements, Performance management, Portfolio Management, Project and construction safety, Project execution planning, Project HSSE, Project Leadership, Project Team Management, Quality, Requirements Management, Reviews, Risk Management, Schedule and resources, Sourcing Management, Stakeholder Management, start-up and handover, Strategy and business case, Supplier Management

Legal Disclaimer:

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics like race, religion, color, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, 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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