This is an exciting unique opportunity to join a small, agile, fast-moving team that supports the shipping operating business on the front line; you can expect impactful and rewarding effort in this Business Facing Team (procurement business partnering/advising role).The Procurement Advisor role will provide a range of support, often engaging through the end to end process, in support of the shipping fleet.The role will include but not be limited to:• Liaising with senior business leaders and their teams across cultures and geographies to understand the business requirements and demand• Working with Contract Accountable Managers (CAMs) and Budget Responsible Owners (BROs) to ensure effective contract management• Establishing and leading supplier relationships• Working alongside Sourcing teams to ensure business requirements are met during strategic sourcing projects• Partnering with Supply Facing and GBS teams to supporting development and implementation of category and execution strategiesEntity:
Finance

Job Family Group:
Procurement & Supply Chain Management Group

Job Description:

Finance

Join us in a crucial time of transition. We are bringing all of our finance and procurement activities for the group into one place, enabling better work.

For you this means working with us on:

• Compliance - efficiently delivering external reporting requirements to ensure we continue to meet our regulatory obligations in all jurisdictions, supported by robust control environment across all three lines of defence.
• Stewardship - laying out a robust finance framework and providing ongoing management of the balance sheet and portfolio execution, supported by effective advocacy to the market.
• Performance - facilitating the effective allocation of capital, development of business plans and coordination of business performance interventions to ensure a consistent delivery between strategic aspirations, operational forecasts and delivered outcomes. Furthermore, you will be responsible for value creation through mergers and acquisition-led deals, commercial negotiations and integration of business opportunities.
• Transformation - driving digital transformation (centralising, digitising, optimising) across all elements of the finance entity to achieve sector-leading cost-performance.

Role Synopsis

This is an exciting unique opportunity to join a small, agile, fast paced team that supports the bp operated LNG and Oil vessels of BP Shipping Ltd on the front line (procurement business partnering/advising role). You can expect impactful and rewarding effort within a flat structure, often with direct conversation with senior leaders.

The Procurement Advisor role will provide a range of support, often engaging through the end to end process, in support of the shipping fleet.

The role will include but not be limited to;

• Collaborating with senior business leaders and their teams across cultures and geographies to understand the business requirements and demand supporting strategic objectives;
• Working with Contract Accountable Managers (CAMs) and Budget Responsible Owners (BROs) to ensure effective contract management;
• Establishing and leading relationships of Core business suppliers;
• Working alongside Sourcing teams to ensure business requirements are met during strategic sourcing projects;
• Partnering with Supply Facing and GBS teams to supporting development and implementation of category and execution strategies;

Key Accountabilities

• Support the objective of no compromise on safe and compliant operations.
• Run the interface between procurement category strategy development and implementation, working in partnership with the shipping business, central support functions (Sourcing and Contracting) as well as the Buying Team (GBS).
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives within the team and champion change leadership.
• Join forces with the business partners to ensure upcoming demand requirements are understood and relevant sourcing cases are raised in a timely manner in Compass to ensure procurement activity is implemented in line with business requirements.
• As part of the team, act as the focal point for the business to provide procurement support for planned and unplanned demand, vendor performance issues and strategic projects.
• 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.
• Develop a strong working relationship with the key business teams
• Support & handle the Supplier Relationship Management framework for Strategic/Core Suppliers to the Shipping business.

Essential Education:

• University degree or equivalent experience in a related equivalent business field (procurement, supply chain, business, law) or a comparable degree program

Essential Experience and Job Requirements:

• Influencing and partner management
• Experience working in a fast pace, changing environment with tight budget controls and requirements
• Commercial awareness/analysis
• Supplier management
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Solid understanding of end-to-end procurement and P2P processes
• Negotiation, sourcing, contracting and contract management

Desirable criteria

• Extensive supply chain management experience at strategic and tactical execution level
• In depth knowledge of terms and conditions
• Working experience of agile techniques
• Project and change management
• Category strategy development and/or execution

Why join us

At bp, we provide a phenomenal 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 essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Additional Information

• This is a streamline side of the business with changing demand that requires a truly agile and pragmatic approach from the business facing team. This role will most suite someone who has an ability to bring structure to the ambiguity.

Travel Requirement
Negligible 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:
Agreements and negotiations, Analytical Thinking, Building sustainability, Category spend profiling, Category Strategy, Commercial Acumen, Commercial acumen (Inactive), Communication, Cost modelling, Decision Making, Digital fluency, Market Analysis, Negotiation planning and preparation, Sourcing strategy, Stakeholder Management, Supplier Selection, Sustainability awareness and action, Value creation and management

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 disabilities may request a reasonable 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 accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us to request accommodations.

If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.