Sourcing Manager - C&P
Employer · bp
Supply and logistics manager
BuyerFull-timeBudapest
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 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.
Tasks
- 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 partner concern 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.
- 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 BPs Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSSE) policies and procedures
- Conduct performance appraisals and performance management
- Provide coaching and professional guidance to their wider Team and proactively contribute to the development of sourcing capability and knowledge in S2C Procurement
- 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
- 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 technologies, AI
Conditions & benefits
Different bonus
Requirements
- Bachelors' degree or equivalent experience is required (preferably in business studies)
- Proven experience in sourcing products and/or services
- Category specific experience (Convenience Retail, Retail Assets and related goods and services)
- Few years 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 savvy
- 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