Entity:
Customers & Products
Job Family Group:
Procurement & Supply Chain Management Group
Job Description:
Bp is looking for Procurement Hub Manager Middle East and Africa to lead the Procurement Hub activities for critical locations within META (Middle East,Türkiye and Africa). All these locations have been identified as key growth regions for Castrol. The regions come under the umbrella of META ,but do have local Regional Leadership – where procurement plays a critical role in strategy, sustainability, network optimization and COGS.
- To be accountable for the procurement operation of the META hub and oversee all procurement strategies and activities
- To develop and deliver procurement strategies for new market entries in close conjunction with global categories.
- To develop and maintain working relationships with business stakeholders, providing a key point of contact for META stakeholders, routinely assessing their satisfaction and developing improvement opportunities
- To oversee the delivery of delegated category sourcing- Base Oil and Additives, post award supplier integration market intelligence and analytical support to the supply market segment sourcing teams,
- To ensure compliance of procurement contracts and with corporate policies and processes, defined governance and delegations of authority
- To oversee the provision of procurement data, knowledge management and systems/process transformation activities in the META
- To ensure that all activities meet BP’s standards of business ethics; contract compliance standards; risk management expectations; HSSE requirements and minimize reputational risks to BP.
Why join to our team?
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 crafting 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, collaboration spaces in a modern office environment, and many others benefits! We operate a hybrid model with 60% from the office and 40% from home with flexibility as agreed with line management.
Key accountabilities:
Business relationship & Stakeholder Management:
- Engage with META business stakeholders, assessing their satisfaction through ‘voice of the customer’ workshops, surveys and other mechanisms, using this output to develop improved segment strategies
- Ensure provision of timely supply market knowledge to META stakeholders, relaying current and future impactful events and their potential consequences
- Represent procurement personally or with delegated team member at all required LBM meetings, to ensure shortage/lengthening of supply markets and effects on available feedstock is understood and managed in production planning. Arrange for key segment team to attend when required.
- Ensure relationships with the META stakeholders are fostered and the perception of the value of procurement is measured and improved over time
- Establish effective procurement governance and clearly accountable decision making within the META
- Working with META and global business stakeholders to identify potential opportunities to deliver cost and other benefits.
- To assist new market entry teams in sourcing raw material supply into these markets ensuring cost competitive sourcing and suitable local suppliers where appropriate
Leadership:
- Lead procurement activities, establishing and communicating vision and strategic direction, providing business context, coaching and direction to enable the team to meet its performance targets and aligned with regional control and consistency agenda.
- Oversee and ensure effective META cluster communications with business stakeholders.
- Promote compliance with BP’s code of conduct, ensuring by personal example and coaching that BP staff understand and practice ethical business behaviour
- Champion the development of new sourcing opportunities – espy new markets., identifying the potential benefits and risks and planning and implementing projects to deliver cost savings to Lubricants (and where relevant/appropriate other parts of BP)
Procurement management:
- Define and monitor performance measures for the META procurement hub, reflecting market segment sourcing and business requirements
- Oversee delegated sourcing (including delivery of targeted savings), post award supplier integration, market intelligence and analytical support are provided to the supply market segment teams
- Ensure effective data, knowledge management and systems/process leadership.
Supplier relationship management:
- Oversee robust and consistent supplier relationship management in the META, as supported by the regional procurement hub
- Develop new and robust supplier relationships in connection with new business strategies
Team leadership and capability development:
- Set procurement hub team goals and objectives, define KPIs and manage and develop the team to high performance
- Be responsible for the development, performance management and career guidance of all direct reports, and oversee talent management across the META procurement hub
- Ensure through effective capability development the immediate and long term availability of sufficient competent and motivated staff to meet business needs
Procurement Transformation:
- Local lead to ensure successful roll out of all initiatives to improve procurement technology performance
- Local lead to ensure successful roll out of all initiatives to improve compliance, process and LBM interfaces for procurement to best in Class
Education:
- Science or Business Degree essential.
- Procurement professional (CIPS or equivalent) preferred
- Multilingual a plus
- Masters degree or MBA a plus
Experience:
- Strategic thinker, combined with a bias for action.
- The post-holder must have excellent networking skills, a federal and open style.
- Ability to work well under pressure with competing priorities and ambiguity.
- A sound understanding of commercial and business fundamentals and drivers of the wider lubricants business in ME and also those fundamentals from the perspective of a manufacturer.
- The post-holder will have excellent leadership skills, specifically showing a wide range of interpersonal skills applicable in different situations with staff, internal peers and external contacts.
- Expert communication and presentation skills both verbal and written
Travel Requirement
Up to 25% 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:
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.
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.
