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You will leverage your expertise to create category presentations, reports, and other strategic documents that support decision-making and stakeholder engagement.\nYou will develop deep understanding and experience of executing category strategy plans, facilitating stakeholder engagement to gather insights and feedback on category strategy and implementation of complex and long-term agreements.\nYou will lead a category support team and evaluate incoming category requirements, assess urgency and complexity, and triage optimally to assign tasks based on priorities!\nDevelop high-quality presentations and reports that optimally communicate category strategy.\n\nSupport development of category strategies that align with business objectives and procurement goals including initiating market analysis and research to recommend future sourcing strategies.\n\nCollaborate with Category Managers on change management plans including creation of compelling cases for change and actions based on market analysis.\n\nMonitor and report on the progress of key performance indicators (KPIs) and change initiatives to ensure successful execution of category strategy.\n\nDrive continuous improvement in procurement processes through strategic insights and recommendations!\n\nEssential Education:\nAn undergraduate degree (ideally in procurement or business) or equivalent experience.\n\nMinimum 10 years professional experience in Indirect Procurement is required.\n\nExperience of working cross culturally and in an international environment\n\nAbility to communicate and influence across different levels in the organisation\n\nEngaging and collaborative way of working\n\nResilient and expert in working in dynamic environment\n\nEssential Experience and Job Requirements:\nBusiness Requirements Analysis- Use understanding of team member strategy and category knowledge to develop a viable, long term view of business requirements.\n\nPeople Management: Proven ability to lead and support a team within a cross-functional project environment, with a strong attention to detail and timelines.\n\nAnalytical Thinking- Applies analytical techniques to solve complex problems. Identifies, evaluates, and makes clear recommendations based on analysis.\n\nInnovation- Experiments with new insights. Brings together the creative ideas into a detailed approach or solution, seeking better solutions for new requirements.\n\nInfluencing- Proactively handles a wide range of stakeholders to overcome resistance and achieve a successful result from projects. Varies communication to address specific stakeholder needs and to gain commitment and support.\n\nCost Modelling- Proposes internal and external solutions to reduce costs over the life of the purchase and implements solutions as agreed.\n\nValue Creation & Management- Develops opportunities that provide mutual value and drive competitive advantage. Challenges suppliers to generate value-based solutions that deliver improved business results.\n\nSupplier Relationship Management- Works collaboratively with suppliers. Links value proposition to strategic objectives.\n\nContract Management- Manage contracts to efficiently control spend, reduce risk, avoid supplier driven scope. Handles BP’s and supplier’s compliance to the contract and proactively resolves issues before they become major problems\n\nCategory Spend Profiling- Develops insights on spend profiles that result in elimination of non-value add spend within the category. Identifies key external and environmental drivers and uses this to recommend sourcing initiatives.\n\nRelationship Management- Takes full ownership of engagement issues with partners, monitors relationships and acts on relevant feedback.\n\nMentors and coach’s category managers / specialists / analysts / lead in the use of analytical tools. Leads governance discussions with executive sponsors regarding progress and business results.\n\nProduct & Market Intelligence- Uses deep knowledge of supply markets to create strong sourcing solutions. Networks internally and externally and stay up to date via industry publications, conferences, and events.\n\nAt bp, we provide the following environment and benefits to you:\nA company culture where we respect our diverse and unified teams, where we are proud of our achievements and where fun and the attitude of giving back to our environment are highly valued\n\nPossibility to join our social communities and networks\n\nLearning opportunities and other development opportunities to craft your career path\n\nLife and health insurance, medical care package\n\nAnd many other benefits.\n\nWe are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.\nWe will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform crucial job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment\nTravel Requirement\nNegligible travel should be expected with this roleRelocation Assistance:\nThis role is not eligible for relocationRemote Type:\nThis position is a hybrid of office/remote workingSkills:\nAgility core practices, Agility tools, Analytical Thinking, Business Acumen, Business Requirements Analysis, Category spend profiling, Category Strategy, Contract Creation, Contract Management, Cost modelling, Digital Fluency, Negotiating, Negotiation planning and preparation, Product and market intelligence, Supplier Performance Management, Supplier Relationship Management, Value creation and management.\n\n Legal Disclaimer:\nWe are an equal opportunity employer. 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