EngineeringCAPEXMaintenance Category Lead

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This is a role within the Castrol organisation and the successful candidate will become part of the Castrol ring-fence. If you are part of the ring-fence it is expected that your employment will move with Castrol to new ownership.

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.

Its an exciting time to join bp. Meeting the energy challenge requires many different approaches and solutions.

Were gearing up for the future. At bp our goal for C&P (Customer & Products) is to deliver the future of mobility energy and services for our customers by innovating with new business models and service platforms. C&P will become a hub housing our midstream lubricants aviation sale of chemicals mobility and convenience marketing and our next-generation businesses making it a highly integrated and interconnected organisation. And with safety being our core value our commitment to safe and reliable operations will never change.

Want to join the team This means:

• being customer-centric agile and responsive to changing customer needs and dynamic markets

• focusing on growth and development of customer offers

• optimising the chemicals and fuels value chains to maximise integrated value

• contributing to the reduction of carbon intensity of the products we create and sell by 50% by 2050 or

• sooner

• creating strategic partnerships that drive long-term value for C&P

• being digitally enabled and empowered by customer insights and data to deliver solutions.

Join our Castrol Procurement Team and advance your career as an Engineering/CAPEX/Maintenance Category Lead in Budapest.

The Global Category Lead assists in the management of key categories or sub-categories of spend working closely with others in support of their global category.

They support category management and global supplier relationship management helping to drive end-to-end spend management to mitigate supply chain risk and increase value delivery including sustainability within their category. They do this through collaborating across and beyond procurement including with regional business and FB&T resources.

In this role You will:

• Category Strategy leadership:
  Assist in the development of creative category strategies that address business needs both globally and regionally supply chain risk and sustainability. Contribute to the analysis of market factors to advise strategy excellence remaining attuned to market dynamics balancing needs with proactive transformational strategies.

• Build their external networks and expertise as a key part of supporting the category development

• Category excellence:
  Assist in the data led management of end-to-end category performance by working with the organization and their team to understand demand and ensure strategies that can be delivered effectively.

• Navigates bps multifaceted operational frameworks assisting in consistent strategy delivery and uninterrupted supply flow to make procurement easier for suppliers and stakeholders to work with.

• Considers regional factors like laws taxes and market conditions in category management planning.

• Cultivates purposeful partnerships and robust supplier relationships to navigate business challenges and unlock triple bottom line (people profit & planet) value

• Transformation and Change Management:
  Assists in the Implementation of transformation initiatives which deliver incremental business value. Ensure supplier performance in a dynamic business environment and help implement change across diverse stakeholder landscapes.

• Supports in using digital solutions to drive innovation improving efficiency effectiveness and value creation

• Partner with internal discipline teams to drive category excellence

• Contributes to effective communication helping promote new insights and strategies to gain agreement from others.

• Team integration:
  Work within a category team embracing a culture of collaboration excellence and continuous improvement. Act as an advocate for their category assist in sharing category knowledge across teams to ensure business needs are met.

• Helps build category knowledge across the wider procurement organization to ensure strategy execution

• Develops their technical capabilities in order to deliver category operational excellence

• Embraces accelerator skills; curiosity in external markets innovation and technological disruption digital proficiency data-driven insights and strong collaboration with both suppliers and partners

• Embraces an environment of psychological safety as a foundation for collaborative learning ideation and innovation

What You will need to be successful:

• Degree educated - something related to Procurement preferred - or equivalent relevant professional experience

• A basic understanding of how to ensure strategies flow through to execution in the businesses / assets

• An ability to develop an understanding of the supported businesses / regions / assets and its objectives

• Knowledge of procurement within a multinational business

• Some knowledge in relevant procurement categories with an understanding of the markets dynamics and its influence on procurement strategies

• Some experience in leading initiatives internationally preferred 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

• Embraces industry challenges and technological disruption contributes to development of innovative solutions whilst managing risk

• Foster strong supplier relationships bringing multiple parties together to collaboratively solve complex business problems

• Supports the translation of business requirements into a strategic category plan

• Uses critical thinking to make informed strategic decisions

• Stakeholder networking and influencing skills to ensure consensus and adoption

• Regular interaction with external suppliers and representing bp externally

• Supporting effective change management

• Persevering through organizational complexity and resistance to change

Desirable criteria:

• Post graduate qualification related to procurement desirable

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 bps success. You may be eligible to join bps 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 PwCs 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.

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