Bp has recently revised our EV ambition, now with more than 100k chargers across 17 countries in the next 8 years we are entering an exciting period of transition; living and breathing our net zero ambitions as an integrated energy company! As part of our accelerated EV plan bp has a significant focus on EV charging infrastructure and support services to meet growth plans. This role will be providing a range of support to the EV category management team and wider EV pulse business in the area of operations and maintenance including but not limited to; • developing and implementing sub-category strategies, • establishing and leading supplier relationships, • liaising with business leaders and their teams across cultures and geographies.Entity:
Finance

Job Family Group:
Procurement & Supply Chain Management Group

Job Description:

Procurement Advisor - Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (EV)

Job Description Summary

Bp has recently revised our EV ambition, now with more than 100k chargers across 17 countries in the next 8 years we are entering an exciting period of transition; living and breathing our net zero ambitions as an integrated energy company!

As part of our accelerated EV plan bp has a significant focus on EV charging infrastructure and support services to meet growth plans. This role will be providing a range of support to the EV category management team and wider EV pulse business in the area of battery energy storage, load management and battery buffered chargers including but not limited to;
• developing and implementing sub-category strategies,
• establishing and leading supplier relationships,
• liaising with business leaders and their teams across cultures and geographies.

Job Description

Customer & products (C&P)

We're gearing up for the future. At bp our goal for C&P is to deliver the future of mobility, energy and services for our customers by innovating with new business models and service platforms.

C&P will become a hub, housing our midstream, lubricants, aviation, sale of chemicals, mobility and convenience, marketingand our next-generation businesses, making it a highly integrated and interconnected organisation. And with safety being our core value, our commitmentto safe and reliable operations will never change.

Want to join the team? This means:

• being customer-centric, agile and adaptable to changing customer needs and multifaceted markets
• focusing on growth and development of customer offers
• optimising the chemicals and fuels value chains to improve integrated value
• contributing to the reduction of carbon intensity of the products we create, and sell, by 50% by 2050 or sooner
• creating strategic partnerships that drive long-term value for C&P
• being digitally enabled and empowered by customer insights and data to deliver solutions.

Key Accountabilities:

• Within the EV category management team, ownership of the battery energy storage, load management and battery buffered chargers subcategories globally
• Manage the interface between Procurement category strategy development and implementation, working in partnership with the pulse business, regional interfaces and central support functions
• Communicate effectively through various channels using different styles and approaches to gain dedication and support from diverse partners internally and externally to help achieve business outcomes, create acceptance for decisions, build consensus or resolve conflict
• Generate communication content to ensure that category specific messages (such as status, plans, compliance and market insights) are effectively disseminated across the Procurement organization and the pulse business
• Support the objective of no compromise on safe and compliant operations
• Develop a strong working relationship with the key business teams
• Support the build out of a pipeline of procurement initiatives for the business for operating cost management, Capital Expenditure optimisation other value targets
• Support & run the Supplier Relationship Management framework for Strategic Suppliers
• Ensure the appropriate due diligence and risk mitigation measures are in place for Supplier/Partner Selection and contractual protection in conjunction with the aligned Procurement functions - Sourcing & Contracting (S&C), Global Business Services (GBS)

Essential Education:

• University degree in a technical or related equivalent business field or a comparable degree program
• CIPS graduate diploma or equivalent

Essential Experience and Job Requirements:

• Procurement of industrial scale energy storage solutions in geographically dispersed environments
• Proven experience in the EV category or a similar scale up business is preferable
• Category strategy development and execution
• Negotiation, sourcing, contracting and contract management
• Skilled application in supplier management
• Experience in Ariba e-sourcing or other e-procurement tools
• Good working knowledge of P2P processes, and SAP system
• Influencing and stakeholder management skills
• Interpersonal and project management skills
• Financial and market analysis skills
• Working in a matrix organisation with Agile techniques is preferable
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills

Desirable criteria:

• ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) Service Management experience or equivalent
• Senior supply chain management experience with distributed infrastructure deployment programs
• Product management experience including payment terminals
• Experience with power supplies and power conversion technologies
• Experience with logistics and supply chain planning for international supply chains
• Value engineering and value analysis skills
• Trained on the principles of total quality management

Additional Information:

• This is a start-up to scale-up industry with volatile demand and significant ambiguity.
• This role will most suite someone with high levels of emotional resilience and an ability to bring structure to the ambiguity.
• The successful candidate with help the business grow successfully based on the supply of highly reliable products and services, offering an outstanding customer experience, being available at the right time and place from market leading suppliers around the world.

At bp, we support our people to grow in a diverse and multifaceted environment. We are strengthened by diversity.

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, 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.

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Travel Requirement
Up to 10% 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:

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