Sourcing Manager - Drilling & Rig Support Services

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• Travel required: No travel is expected with this role
• Job category: Procurement & Supply Chain Management Group
• Relocation available: This role is not eligible for relocation

Job summary

Entity: Finance

Job Family Group: Procurement & Supply Chain Management Group

Job Description: The Sourcing Manager will align with bp’s Code of Conduct, as well as all HSSE requirements, including continual support of HSSE objectives within the business, and taking a professional and disciplined approach to working with suppliers, to ensure visibility, consistency and fairness. Our procurement and supply chain management principles are always applied within that framework and in the context of relevant laws and regulation.

Key Accountabilities

The Sourcing Manager will support/handle high-risk activities as per business request, inclusive but not limited to the following activities:

1. Planning: support the vision and objectives of BP's Finance Procurement and ensure the activities are aligned with the Business.
2. Category Strategy: Align with the Business Facing and Supply Facing needs, ensuring security of supply, risk management, cost competitiveness, enhanced value, and the optimization of supply base. Support/Create and manage Category Strategies. Support development of MSAs, GAs and other model contracts.
3. End-to-End Sourcing projects: Develop Sourcing Strategies based on request, market conditions, scopes of work and manage the approval process. Collaborate with the Sourcing Team to develop the ATM (approach to market) based on the approved Sourcing Strategy. Partnering to lead all Sourcing & Contracting activities in compliance with Category Management Common Process (CMcp, working closely with Supply and Business Facing teams. Validate requests, scopes of work and liaise with partners on business requirements. Support/lead the supplier selection process and handle supplier relationship. Build and handle sourcing projects & events (RFI/RFP) in the Ariba OneSource and Ariba Spend Management system. Develop and obtain approvals for award recommendation documentation.
4. Contracting: Validate requests, scopes of work, figure out appropriate contract template and develop the contract content. Negotiate relevant contract terms with suppliers, within the defined parameters of legal and category guidance. Handle the contract execution/signature process per the applicable DofA (Delegation of Authority) and Power of Attorney) requirements for each BP entity.
5. Supplier Management: Support/Establish and implement the supplier management plan. Ensure effective supplier performance management. Segments the supply base for a category. Use of a variety of performance management processes, tools and methods to achieve agreed SLAs.
6. Post Award Contract Management: Ensure Contract is fit for purpose, valid and updated in the Company’s systems at all times. This will include the extension, amendment and close-out of Contracts based on request from Business in accordance with Category Management Plan. Manage invoice dispute resolution.

Job Requirements

• The ideal candidate has minimum ten (10) to twelve (12) years of practical and application in End to End sourcing and contracting of services and commodities, coupled with a strong commercial competence and communication (oral and written English language) skills.
• Proven knowledge and relevant minimum 5 to 7 years of experience in any of these Oil and Gas categories such as Rigs, Drilling and Wells Services (OCTG, Cementing, Mud Logging, Fluids, Wireline Equip & Serv, Stimulation, Intervention) and EPCI (Offshore Construction, Fabrication, Engineering Services, EPC, EPCI).
• Experience in managing Drilling / Wells Services / Rigs Category Strategy will be an added advantage.
• Strong partner management skills managing Global Collaborators.
• Experience working in a large and multi-cultural team.
• Strong influencing and negotiation skills, as well as proven leadership behaviors.
• Experience of working in NOC and/or JV environment is an advantage.
• Fluent in English (oral and written) language. Additional European/Asian languages are advantageous.
• Ability to work on shift hours.
• Believe in Agile ways of working.

At bp, we provide the following environment and benefits to you:

• A 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.
• Possibility to join our social communities and networks.
• Learning opportunities and other development opportunities to craft your career path.
• Life and health insurance, medical care package.
• And many other benefits.

We 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.

Travel Requirement: No travel is expected with this role.

Relocation Assistance: This role is not eligible for relocation.

Remote Type: This position is a hybrid of office/remote working.

Skills: Agreements and negotiations, Analytical Thinking, Building sustainability, Category spend profiling, Category Strategy, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Cost modelling, Decision Making, Digital fluency, Market Analysis, Negotiation planning and preparation, Sourcing strategy, Stakeholder Management, Supplier Selection, Sustainability awareness and action, Value creation and management.