Procurement Supervisor - Temporary

Title:

Position Title: Procurement Supervisor

(Temporary Operational Procurement Supervisor) BP Secondee

Work Location: Baku, BP Xazar Centre

OVERVIEW

The Category Delivery Advisor delivers a specific category into a region / asset and is based in that region / asset.  They ensure category activities, across the region / asset are aligned to the categories and procurements strategic objectives, as well as the regions / assets strategic business priorities.  They work with the global category team to deliver their regions / assets priorities, balancing business needs with category plans ensuring they are in synergy.  They are the primary point of contact for suppliers to that category in their region and partner, collaborate, develop and support management of relationships with them, ensuring local needs are met. They also work with their peers across procurement to understand and share best practice and bring it to their region / asset, making their category more efficient and effective.  They have a deep understanding of and partner with the business to gather demand and challenge the business, where necessary, in order to deliver step changes in 3rd party spend by applying innovative solutions and change management. They have good commercial acumen to help in delivering secure optimal, compliant, and competitive, risk-managed category outcomes.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Category delivery in region / asset: Delivers a category in to a region / asset.

• Delivers category performance to the region / asset that meet or exceeds relevant metrics, including those for safety and compliance
• Delivers regional needs whilst also aligning to category plans - Consolidates demand plans for the business, working with their wider category team to ensure category plans are aligned. Understands the local commercial landscape and market factors therefore creating value-driven strategies. 
• Undertakes supplier performance management or interventions, escalating to the relevant business stakeholders, as needed, to ensure timely resolution and prevent leakage.  PRM process improvement.
• Advocates for opportunities to partner, collaborate, develop, and strengthen relationships with our contractors and suppliers.
• Unlocks value in line with category management policy. 

Team integration: Helps to create and embraces a culture of collaboration, excellence, and continuous improvement in their team, the business and FB&T. Develops their technical skills and represents the interests of their region / site / asset in their category, across procurement and the broader organization.

• Collaborates across procurement (including FB&T procurement), with the business and, where appropriate, with suppliers to create a ‘one team’ mentality
• Builds region / asset knowledge across their category team to ensure delivery of their objectives. 
• Develops their technical capabilities and accelerator skills
• Embraces psychological safety, and bp values, as a foundation for collaborative learning, ideation and innovation
• Compliant with bp's Code of Conduct (CoC), policies and procedures to ensure compliance, role models bp’s ‘Who We Are’ expectations. 

Supplier & Stakeholder Management: Uses storytelling to communicate impactfully with stakeholders and external partners, respectfully challenging to achieve the right outcomes, resolving conflict and focusing on priorities.

• Influences through complexity and ambiguity, managing virtual relationships with stakeholders in multi-discipline, multi-cultural environments.  Builds good stakeholder relationships, bringing market insights and championing supplier value whilst taking time to understand business needs. Becomes a trusted advisor and critical partner to stakeholders.  Builds relationships with the procurement teams globally, understanding stakeholder feedback and proactively working to build procurements reputation and ROI. 
• Maintains close connectivity with FB&T ensuring appropriate prioritization and resourcing. 

Transformation and Change Management: Delivers modernization & transformation activities, leading optimization of regional category delivery, and creating incremental value, aligned to the broader category, procurement and business transformation agendas.

• Leverages digital solutions to drive innovation, enhancing efficiency, effectiveness and value creation. 
• Partners with internal discipline teams to drive category excellence. 
• Use influencing, storytelling and communication to encourage adoption. 
• Delivers modernization & transformation activities, leading optimization of regional procurement category delivery aligned to the broader procurement and business transformation agendas