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About BP

FINANCE

Join us in a crucial time of transition. We are bringing all of our finance and procurement activities for the group into one place, enabling better work.

For you this means working with us on:

Compliance - efficiently delivering external reporting requirements to ensure we continue to meet our regulatory ?obligations in all jurisdictions, supported by robust control environment across all three lines of ?defence.?

Stewardship - laying out a robust finance framework and providing ongoing management of the balance sheet and ?portfolio execution, supported by effective advocacy to the market.?

Performance - facilitating the effective allocation of capital, development of business plans and coordination of ?business performance interventions to ensure a consistent delivery between strategic aspirations, ?operational forecasts and delivered outcomes. Furthermore, you will be responsible for value creation through mergers and acquisition-led ?deals, commercial negotiations and integration of business opportunities.?

Transformation - driving digital transformation (centralising, digitising, optimising) across all elements of the finance entity to ?achieve sector-leading cost-performance.?

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Procurement & Supply Chain Management Group

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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations.

Job Profile Summary

Responsible for managing a team to provide procurement, programme and stakeholder management support for the hub or at site, conducting day-to-day non-category aligned procurement execution activities in order to meet the Service Level Agreements and Operational Level Agreements for procurement operations.

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Key Responsibilities:

• Helps to delivers value through providing support as instructed, to assist effective and efficient contracting activity.
• Prepares contract briefs, performs detailed proofreading and editing of contract materials and supports wider ad hoc pre-award contracts activity.
• Ensures contracts are implemented with the appropriate systems, compliance, and contract management set-up.
• Assists in executing post-award contract management, including interpretation and implications of terms and conditions, monitoring contract expiration dates and identifying need for extensions or renewals.
• Complies with BP's Code of Conduct and models BP's Values & Behaviours.
• Evaluates and negotiates contracts in compliance with BP contract templates and reimbursement structure standards.
• Generates complex contracts and agreements including interpretation of contract requirements, contract administration, risk management, change management, conflict resolution, and delivery and payment for products.
• Works directly with Legal, Tax and other functions to facilitate company objectives and resolve customer issues, providing customer satisfaction, and acts as the first point of contact for suppliers/contract holders for as long as the contract lasts.
• Ensures timely resolution to sourcing, updating procedures and new account plans, partnering with site procurement management to maintain ownership of all issues, and managing the dispute process to establish Service Level Agreements.
• Ensures contracts are implemented with the appropriate systems, compliance, and contract management set-up, and provides informal training/mentoring to less experienced contracts staff to build capability in this area.
• Complies with BP's Code of Conduct and models BP's Values & Behaviours.
• Evaluates and negotiates contracts in compliance with BP contract templates and reimbursement structure standards.
• Generates complex contracts and agreements including interpretation of contract requirements, contract administration, risk management, change management, conflict resolution, and delivery and payment for products.
• Works directly with Legal, Tax and other functions to facilitate company objectives and resolve customer issues, providing customer satisfaction, and acts as the first point of contact for suppliers/contract holders for as long as the contract lasts.
• Ensures timely resolution to sourcing, updating procedures and new account plans, partnering with site procurement management to maintain ownership of all issues, and managing the dispute process to establish Service Level Agreements.
• Manages a team of direct reports, aligning team activities to stakeholder priorities and ensuring all activities comply with relevant processes, procedures, and region-specific regulatory requirements.
• In line with continuous conversations, have regular honest and constructive dialogue with team members to support performance and career development.
• Ensures personal and team compliance with BP's Code of Conduct and models BP's Values & Behaviours.
• Supports the development and implementation of cross-category procurement strategies, processes, and plans.
• Supports sourcing contracting activity and/or local contract implementation, which may include changes to contracts, disputes, and claims, on boarding contract holders and suppliers, receiving goods and services, administration, and exit.
• Provides break-in and requisitioner support, as required.
• Provides local business, supplier, and demand insight to category teams to inform future strategy development and to the business for process development and improvement.
• Acts as a business interface for local contract owners/suppliers and/or a broad range of business stakeholders, providing updates, answering queries, and remedying issues.
• Complies with BP's Code of Conduct and models BP's Values & Behaviours.
• Provides analysis to support more senior procurement