Sourcing Manager - Customer & Products

Entity:

Technology

Job Family Group:

Procurement & Supply Chain Management Group

Job Description:

Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has focused on discovering, developing, and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner.

Join our Technology Procurement Team and advance your career as a Sourcing Manager - Customer & Products!

The Sourcing Manager supports various BP businesses with a range of medium-high, low complexity and strategic sourcing & contracting activities. In addition to sourcing, this role is responsible for developing supplier relationships, proactively identifying value opportunities and providing professional guidance to the broader team under their leadership.

This includes demand management, definition of sourcing strategy based on a predefined category framework, source selection, contract negotiation, and contract creation & operationalization via CLM.

The role contains leadership responsibilities; the Sourcing Manager will manage a team of sourcing leads and sourcing analysts and look after key partner relations and act as point for critical issues.

The ideal candidate has a strong team leadership background, extensive experience in Retail Assets and/or Convenience Retail related services and commodities, leading sourcing projects and proven knowledge of the given spend categories and marketplace, coupled with a strong commercial orientation, communication and management skills.

In this role You will:

• Driving and improving value for BP across the spend categories and activities managed 

• Ongoing tracking and reporting of value delivery (eg. savings) 

• Operational Excellence by ensuring stable, effective and customer-focused service delivery 

• Effective management of the activity triage & workflow with the Business Partners, resource allocation and backup

• Constantly achieving and delivering against the agreed Performance objectives incl. the respective Key Performance Indicators  

• Ensuring effective escalation management in line with the agreed operating model 

• Ensuring processes are embedded & adhered to consistently in the team 

• Ensuring team process and procedure documentations are maintained captured real-time

• Take an innovative approach and lead continuous process improvement initiatives Working closely with other leaders in the Procurement organization

• Developing and maintaining effective working relationships with key partners at all levels within the organisation, customers and external service providers 

• Align with BP’s Code of Conduct, taking a professional and disciplined approach to working with suppliers, to ensure transparency, consistency and fairness. Our procurement and supply chain management principles are always applied within that framework and in the context of relevant laws and regulations

• Supervising and assuring compliance to BP Business Controls and SOX requirements 

• Ensuring all processes are stays in sync with relevant ISO accreditation

• Ensure activities follow all BP’s Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSSE) policies and procedures

• The Sourcing Manager will have people management responsibilities, conduct performance appraisals and performance management

• The job holder is expected to provide coaching and professional guidance to their wider Team and proactively contribute to the development of sourcing capability and knowledge in S2C Procurement

• As leader of the team, role model effective sourcing execution via being involved and managing complex sourcing projects incl. supplier negotiations 

• Active involvement in task allocation and workload management of the team

• If delegated by the Sourcing Manager, they be point of escalation in the Team in specific categories/subcategories or regions supported

• Effectively represent the Team in the respective categories in conversations with our partners and suppliers

• Represent the Team and support junior team members in communication and engagement with senior collaborators

• Drive and coordinate issue resolution in complex scenarios propose improvement initiatives that result long term solution

• Drive usage of effective and up-to-date procurement techniques, tools and digital/AI technologies

What You will need to be successful:

• Bachelors’ degree or equivalent experience is required (preferably in business studies) 

• Proven experience in sourcing products and/or services

• Category specific experience (Retail Assets, Convenience Retail and related goods and services) 

• Several years of people/team leadership experience, preferably in a multinational/global environment

• Broad understanding of negotiation strategies & techniques coupled with strong negotiation skills  

• Excellent written & oral communication skill in English is a must

• Highly motivated and ambitious to drive value and Business partnering

• Strong business attitude and commercial competence

• Strong and proven stakeholder relationship management skills in engaging senior management  

• Passion to motivate, develop and retain people 

• Transformational approach and ability to motivate change 

• Good time management, prioritisation and organisation skills 

• Demonstrated process thinking and experience with a strong focus on continuous improvement 

Desirable criteria:

• Knowledge in an additional European language: German, Polish, Spanish, or Portuguese

• Experience with e-procurement, AI productivity and autonomous procurement solutions, workflow tools (Salesforce) and ERP systems, eg. Ariba

• Master Business Administration (MBA) 

• Procurement related professional certification

At bp, we provide the following environment & benefits to you:

· Different bonus opportunities based on performance, wide range of cafeteria elements

· Life & health insurance, medical care package

· Hybrid working arrangement aligned with team arrangements and business needs

· Opportunity to build up long term career path and develop your skills with wide range of learning options

· Celebrate in bp’s success. You may be eligible to join bp’s Global ShareMatch plan. This non-contractual benefit lets employees buy bp shares and receive matching shares, in line with plan rules

· Family friendly workplace e.g.: Extended parental leave, Mother-baby room

· Employees’ wellbeing programs e.g.: Employee Assistance Program, Company Recognition Program

· Possibility to join our social communities and networks

· Chill-out and collaboration spaces in our beautiful Budapest Agora and Szeged offices e.g.: Play Zones, Office massage, Sport and music equipment

bp Hungary won the Most Attractive Employer 2024 Award (SSC / BSC sector) fourth time in a row at PwC's annual employer research. Come and join us!

At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and ambitious environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering 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.

Disclaimer: Please note that, according to Hungarian law (2012/I. 113. §), mothers or single parents caring for a child under three years of age cannot be employed in night shift positions.

Travel Requirement

No travel is 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, Business Acumen, Contract Creation, Contract handover and implementation, Contract Management, Digital Fluency, Leading Self, Negotiating, Negotiation planning and preparation, Sourcing strategy, Supplier Performance Management, Supplier Relationship Management, Supplier Selection, Value creation and management

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