Grade HResponsible for supporting retail operations through the development and maintenance of operational support tools, ensuring that initiatives are delivered in a safe, sustainable and customer-focused manner, and that processes, programs and policies are in place to drive excellence and reduce risk,Entity:
Customers & Products

Job Family Group:
Retail Group

Job Description:

The role of the Cost Programme Manager is key to delivering projects that will support our Mobility and Convenience business in the UK to reduce the cost base. Working closely with the European Op Ex Cost Optimisation Programme team and the market leadership teams you will be responsible for delivering projects that deliver sustainable cost reductions for bp within our retail space.

Key Responsibilities:

• To identify and deliver cost savings across the business through employing process improvement methodologies and the application of innovative thinking
• To identify trends and process variations as part of establishing a continuous improvement monitoring system
• To take ownership of change initiatives from evolution/efficiency identification through to project delivery via internal governance and controls
• To elicit requirements and drive process change using staff interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, business analysis and workflow analysis
• Develop project plans for all individual projects and ensure that milestones are met on time, within budget and managing and mitigating risk for all cost projects and programmes.
• Construct and submit end to end P&L business cases.
• To actively monitor project risks to foresee/identify potential problems and proactively determine solutions to address in advance.
• To complete post implementation reviews to ensure successful delivery has been achieved and to ensure that improvements can be made for future projects

Key Skills:

• Project management qualifications particularly agile methodology desirable
• Experience in cost transformation project management including cost/benefit analysis, cash and capital management
• Experience operating in a multifaceted, multifunctional organisation and evidence of inspiring change initiatives essential
• Business/retail/commercial acumen combined with strong stakeholder influence
• Interpretation and utilisation of financial data
• Able to solve challenging problems and propose innovative solutions
• Ability to communicate at all levels across the organisation with an emphasis on oral presentation skills, facilitation, coaching and feedback.

This role is based 3 days per week in our Milton Keynes office.

At bp, we provide an excellent working environment and employee 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.

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 crafting an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.

There are many aspects of our employees' lives that are significant, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, collaboration spaces in a modern office environment, and others benefits.

Reinvent your career as you help our business meet the challenges of the future.

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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:
Agility core practices, Agility core practices, Agreements and negotiations, Analytical Thinking, Business process improvement, Commercial Acumen, Commercial acumen (Inactive), Communication, Conflict Management, Continuous improvement, Continuous Learning, Creativity and Innovation, Customer centric thinking, Customer data knowledge, Data Analysis, Data visualization and interpretation, Decision Making, Digital Collaboration, Digital fluency, Industry knowledge and advocacy, Integrated pricing, Leading transformation, Negotiation planning and preparation, Offer and product knowledge, Offer execution and growth {+ 11 more}

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