Indirect Procurement Manager - China

Job Family Group:

Procurement & Supply Chain Management Group

Job Description:

Role Synopsis

The Indirect Procurement Manager delivers procurement in to a region / asset and is based in that region / asset. They ensure procurement activities, across the region / asset are aligned to both procurement strategic objectives and the region / asset strategic business priorities.

They have a deep understanding of and partner with the business to understand demand and challenge the business, where necessary, in order to deliver step changes in 3rd party spend by applying innovative solutions and change management. They have good commercial acumen to help in delivering secure optimal, compliant, and competitive, risk-managed procurement outcomes. 

They liaise with relevant procurement/sourcing teams to deliver their regions / assets priorities, e.g. working with categories to understand and deliver category plans in their region / asset or working with S2C on sourcing for their region / asset. They balance business needs with category plans ensuring they are in synergy.

They partner, collaborate, develop and support management of relationships with suppliers to the regional / asset in collaboration with the global category teams, ensuring local needs are met. They also work with their peers across procurement to understand and share best practice and bring it to their region / asset, making procurement more efficient and effective.

Indirect spend includes marketing, professional services, real estate, facilities management, engineering & maintenance, CAPEX projects, travel & events etc.

Key Accountabilities

Region / asset delivery: Delivers procurement services in to their region / asset.

• Procurement delivery – Delivers procurement performance to the region / asset that meet or exceeds relevant metrics, including those for safety and compliance.
• Delivers regional needs whilst also aligning to category plans - Consolidates demand plans for the business, working with categories to ensure category plans are aligned. Understands the local commercial landscape and market factors, aiding in the development of value-driven strategies.
• Undertakes supplier performance management or interventions, escalating to the relevant business stakeholders or category teams, as needed, to ensure timely resolution and prevent leakage.
• Advocates for opportunities to partner, collaborate, develop, and strengthen relationships with our contractors and suppliers
• Unlocks value in line with category management policy  

Team intergration: Helps to create and embraces a culture of collaboration, excellence, and continuous improvement in their team and the business. Develops their technical skills and represents the interests of their region / site / asset across procurement and the broader organization.

• Collaborates across procurement, with the business and, where appropriate, with suppliers to create a ‘one team’ mentality
• Builds region / site / asset knowledge across the wider procurement organization to ensure delivery of their objectives
• Develops their technical capabilities and accelerator skills
• Embraces psychological safety, and bp values, as a foundation for collaborative learning, ideation and innovation
• Compliant with Castrol policies and procedures.

Supplier & Stakeholder Management: Uses storytelling to communicate impactfully with stakeholders and external partners, respectfully challenging to achieve the right outcomes, resolving conflict and focusing on priorities. 

• Influences through complexity and ambiguity, managing virtual relationships with stakeholders in multi-discipline, multi-cultural environments​ 
• Builds good stakeholder relationships, bringing market insights and championing supplier value whilst taking time to understand business needs. Becomes a trusted advisor and critical partner to stakeholders
• Builds relationships with the procurement teams globally, understanding stakeholder feedback and proactively working to build procurements reputation and ROI

Transformation and Change Management: Delivers modernization & transformation activities, leading optimization of regional procurement delivery, and creating incremental value, aligned to the broader procurement and business transformation agendas.

• Leverages digital solutions to drive innovation, enhancing efficiency, effectiveness and value creation
• Partners with internal discipline teams to drive category excellence
• Use influencing, storytelling and communication to encourage adoption
• Delivers modernization & transformation activities, leading optimization of regional procurement delivery aligned to the broader procurement and business transformation agendas

Essential Education:

• Degree educated - something related to Procurement preferred - or equivalent relevant professional experience
• Post graduate qualification related to procurement desirable

Essential Experience and Job Requirements:

Functional knowledge: Must have an understanding of and be adept at developing and maintaining business context including an understanding of strategic direction,  priorities, stakeholders, and strategy.

• Knowledge of category management principles

• An understanding of how to ensure strategies flow through to execution in regions / assets 
• Ability to develop a quick understanding of business objectives and synergise it with category strategies

Business expertise: Good stakeholder management and influencing skills in order to develop a deep understanding of the supported businesses / regions / assets and their priorities, including long term objectives.

• Strategic thinking and commercial acumen
• An understanding of working in and navigating complex multi-national businesses
• Track record in collaborating with businesses / stakeholders to deliver continuous improvement

Leadership: An SME, who shares knowledge with the wider team and drives delivery of business and procurement priorities. Collaborates across procurement, the businesses, suppliers and beyond to achieve their regions / assets goals.

• Experience in leading initiatives internationally, recognizing cultural nuances, analyzing data-driven trends & insights, and employing agile/flexible approaches
• An advocate for our code, they incorporate the Operating Management System (OMS) and our safety leadership principles into strategies and everyday work

Problem solving: The role requires the ability to partner with the business to develop innovative solutions, clearing blockers and enabling delivery. It also requires judgement to translate business requirements into a demand plan.

• Embraces industry challenges and technological disruption, pioneers innovative solutions whilst managing risk
• Brings multiple parties (procurement, business, suppliers) together to collaboratively solve complex problems

• Manages conflict to successful resolution while maintaining relationships with key stakeholders

• The ability to evaluate innovative solutions and manage risk
• Good judgement in order to translate business requirements into a strategic delivery plan, aligned with the categories, to inform strategic decisions

Interpersonal skills: The role demands strong people skills to engage with diverse stakeholders. 

• Strong senior stakeholder networking and influencing skills to ensure buy in and adoption, building a reputation as a strategic partner to the regions / sites / assets
• Experience in regular interaction with external suppliers and representing Castrol externally
• Effective change management is key, requiring good influencing, engagement and storytelling abilities
• Persevering through organizational complexity and resistance to change, key to leading transformational change 

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:

Agility core practices, Agility tools, Analytical Thinking, Business Acumen, Business Requirements Analysis, Category spend profiling, Category Strategy, Cost modelling, Digital Fluency, Negotiating, Negotiation planning and preparation, Product and market intelligence, Supplier Performance Management, Supplier Relationship Management, Value creation and management

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