Engineering, Fabrication

Location
- United Kingdom - Sunbury
- Travel required
- Negligible travel should be expected with this role
- Job category
- Procurement
- Relocation available
- This role is not eligible for relocation
- Job type
- Professionals
- Job code
- RQ074682
- Experience level
- Intermediate

Job summary

**Entity**:
Finance
**Job Family Group**:
Procurement & Supply Chain Management Group
**Job Summary**:
This role sits in the Projects Front End Engineering team within Infrastructure procurement at bp. This is an impactful position working across the global portfolio of resilient hydrocarbon projects. The team is at the forefront of supply chain engagement, as the decisions made in Projects Front End Engineering have a critical impact on Project Delivery.

The role’s remit supports the central management of Front End Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management Global Agreements and the related category strategies, it engages across all Major Project Strategy Developments at the very forefront of Concept Development / Concept Select and supports activity through to Handover to the Procurement Project Delivery Manager and Define Team. The role is ambitious and fast-paced with an added focus on providing category guidance and leadership across the lifecycle of all projects.

**Key accountabilities**
- Effectively manage sourcing activity and contracted spend management in support of Projects Front End Engineering demand, providing the supply chain context, market evaluation and strategic input to future project strategy development.
- Engage across Concept Development, the Infrastructure category teams and the Regional Project teams to ensure an integrated approach to the implementation of the procurement strategy and vision.
- Engage with existing Suppliers and identify new and innovative supply chain solutions and offerings, including the development and growth of a ‘greener’ supply chain in support of the energy challenge.
- Lead and deliver Post Award Contract Management including dispute resolution / negotiating.
- Assist in the management of global Supplier Relationship management with Strategic suppliers.
- Build effective and interpersonal relationships with partners to promote an adaptable and professional way of working using Agile Methodology.
- Support in delivery and creation of category strategies, adhering to the Category Management Policy framework.

**Essential experience**
- University degree in Procurement or other field
- A proven commercial approach and analytical skills with track record of delivery
- Business acumen and Interpersonal skills
- Experience with P2P systems processes and SAP system
- Knowledge and experience of working dynamically in e-sourcing, negotiation and contracting
- Ability to adapt and work in an agile way as a part of multi-disciplinary teams
- Willingness to work through ambiguity and embrace challenge demonstrating a collaborative approach

**Desirable experience**
- Genuine passion for supporting bp’s projects portfolio

**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, Business Acumen, Category spend profiling, Category Strategy, Commercial acumen, 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
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