Job Family Group:
Research & Technology Group

Job Description:

Job Purpose

• The Senior OEM Liaison Manager represents BP Lubricants / Castrol and the broader BP at the technical departments of key OEMs in China, with a particular focus on advanced electrification. The role holder provides access to, develops relationships with the OEM technical counterpart to gain insights, technical knowledge, and trends regarding current and future hardware, and to present or facilitate presentation of BP's technical offer and capability to the OEM.

• The role uses OEM contacts and knowledge to advise BP Product Development on detailed technical requirements, efficient test programme design and approach, and negotiates maximum potential read-across and test pass-fail limits, to facilitate BP's technical and commercial objectives.

• For Advanced Electrification applications they maintain a network of contacts (from working level to division manager level) to transmission manufacturers, as well as the battery module development departments of OEMs and Tier 1 supplier. The main task is the early identification of new developments at BP's most important Advanced Electrification customers in order to initiate necessary oil developments. Furthermore, they coordinate the ongoing developments in the various development teams for the individual OEMs and Tier 1in close co-operation with Sales & Marketing and the global OEM liaison team, aligned with bp's automotive account strategy.

Key Accountabilities:

Strategy

• Development and maintenance of a contact map with the OEMs and Tier 1s
• Identifies current and future product developments
• Develops an implementation strategy for the OEM customers

Planning

• Coordination of ongoing development activities for the OEMs
• Systematic liaising as part of the global team
• Identify customer needs and industry trends with the aim of leading the development of current and future projects

Realisation

• Regular visits to the OEMs and Tier1
• Organisation of workshops with the OEMs and Tier1

Monitoring

• Tracking of landmark objectives of the development projects
• Focal point for the OD&I process

Organisation

• Synchronisation of OEM Liaison activities with the development team
• Management of OEM Advanced Electrification activities in China.

Requirements:

• University degree or equivalent experience in chemistry or engineering
• Proven professional experience in the lubricant industry or the automotive industry with lubricant expertise
• Proven practical experience in customer management
• Preferably proven professional experience in sales & marketing
• Sound knowledge of gear technology
• Expertise in tribology

Why join us?

• At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and exciting 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! These benefits can include flexible working options, paid parental leave policy among others!
• We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Travel Requirement:
Up to 50% travel should be 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:
Agility core practices, Analytical Thinking, Creating new methodologies, Experimental Design, Formulated product testing, Formulation Deployment, Formulation design, Intellectual Asset Management, Multi-physics modelling, Presenting, Product Development, Product Sustainability Performance Management, Raw materials knowledge, Research and development, Rheology, Safety management across the value chain, Science and Technology Leadership, Scientific publication, Technology Management Processes, Testing electric vehicle charging systems, Thought Leadership, Tribology, Vehicle propulsion technologies, Waterfall Project Management, Writing skills

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