Job Description:

Overview :

At bp, we're reimagining energy for people and our planet. Creating a more efficient business that makes the best use of its resources is a critical part of getting there. And that's what our new Finance Business and Technology (FBT) centre in Pune, India is here to do - put digital at the heart of our business and accelerate the transformation of bp's business processes across the globe. Driven by the bp values and comprising capabilities in data, procurement,
Finance and customer service, the FBT centre will drive pioneering digital solutions and agile ways of working.

Key Accountabilities and challenges :
The role supports delivery of BP business and functional strategies by driving efficiency and effectiveness across the end-to-end Procurement processes. The role provides expertise in management of Procurement policies, standards
and controls.
• This role will work as individual contributor in process excellence team focused on, continuous improvement and innovation, that will encompass process specialization, end to end delivery performance.
• Inspire, coach, and partner with business partners, development teams, business product owners and potentially 3rd party vendors to define roadmap to deliver outcomes whilst ensuring an inclusive culture.
• End to end Procurement to pay expertise, outstanding presentation, data analytics and excellent communication skills required to handle, support and or lead large scope tactical and strategic procurement projects.
• Provide end to end PTP related advice and information to staff across bp and outside bp as and when required.
• Work globally with the GPO (Global Process Owner) to drive the continuous improvement agenda and compliance to process standards. Ensuring efficient working capital management through paying what we owe in the most efficient manner and paying according to agreed terms and accurate cash outflow
forecasting.
• Partner with the wider procurement organisation to ensure the end-to-end PTP activities are achieving optimal performance against key metrics, implemented in accordance with our internal controls and in compliance with our policies and procedures.
• Driving process standardisation across the end-to-end Procurement across a complex system landscape (e.g. SAP PRE, SAP PRC, JDE) with different workflows, integrating with other tools as appropriate.
• Ensuring compliance to relevant policies that may differ from country to country whenever possible, failing which may result in a negative impact on BP.
• Keeping abreast with developments in rapidly changing industry standard methodologies, as well as BP's internal policies and procedures to ensure full compliance and drive continuous improvement.

Portfolio management-
• Management for the portfolio of procurement projects in support of FBT Procurement critical initiatives, risk, controls, promote deployments and sustain initiatives to ensure successful delivery of scope, schedule, cost, and quality criteria.
• Ensure projects and initiatives are managed to the scope signed off by the FBT Procurement Leadership, and relevant Project Management & Governance groups.
• Ensure Portfolio schedule integration, optimizing activity sequencing, accurately schedule and track plan reporting to assure on-time delivery.
• Establish and maintain systematic cross-functional integration between swim lanes.
• Resource management optimisation to assure constraints are identified and minimized or mitigated.
• Effective and coordinated change control processes.
• Risks and issues are identified and led, including building a risk culture within the teams.
• Lessons Learned gained and embedded into similar projects/ initiatives.
• Collaborative team member ensuring embedded and sustainable operational readiness to the new ways of working.

Accelerator Accountabilities-
• Constantly scans for improvement opportunities and implements transformative solutions that solve our most challenging and complex procurement problems.
• Moves at a high pace while collaborating, leading risks, communicating, thinking globally and while demonstrating BP's values, behaviours and approaches.
• Builds capability through inspiring teams to learn new skills, adopt new practices and seek growth opportunities.
• Act as resolver of issues/customer concerns for PTP space and engage with collaborators.
• Drive innovative approaches to improve and support operations.
• Strong experience of end-to-end procurement, outstanding data analytics, communication and outstanding power point presentation skills.

Qualifications, Competencies & Approach :

Essential Education & Experience-

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in commerce, Finance, Accounting, or related field.
• Excellent understanding of accounting concepts and hands on experience of F&A process (specifically end to end Procure to pay process).
• Minimum 10 years of experience handling a client / shared-service oriented accounting function with experience in management of large corporate initiatives/projects, critical thinking, relationship management and FNA processes.
• Must have hands on experience of SAP ERP, outstanding presentation and excellent MS excel skills.
• Direct agile and transformation management experience including standard processes, driving innovation, continuous improvement, technologies, processes, procedures and tools.
• Leading projects (should have detailed knowledge about DMAIC) to assure they are well defined and completed within scope, schedule, and budget.
• Understanding and exposure to globally recognised Change Management methodologies, processes and tools.
• Understanding of business or functional area Procurement supports - this includes strategy, market, challenges and processes.
• Experienced in recruiting, developing and coaching employees.
• Experience of working cross culturally and in an international environment.
• Ability to communicate and influence across different levels in the organisation.
• Engaging and collaborative way of working.
• Resilient and experienced in working in dynamic environment.

Approaches-
• Own your success - Demonstrates leadership and is accountable for driving team performance; Inspires teams to evaluate and enhance delivery of business outcomes; Models safe and ethical work practices and a culture of clarity.
• Think big - Actively seeks opportunities to transform and enhance processes and systems; Constantly seeks ways to transform, improve and innovate; Builds the skills and knowledge of the team and promotes a collaborative team environment.
• Be curious - Encourages a culture of curiosity across teams; Ensures the delivery and improvement of digital solutions to benefit customers; Supports the team to try new technologies, fail and learn fast and implement solutions at pace.
• Effortless customer experiences - Drives team to understand customer needs and deliver digital seamless self-service customer experiences.
• Digital first - Keeps up to date with digital innovation and seeks digital solutions for problems, Encourages the team to deliver creative digital solutions.

Key Competencies-
• Project Management - Leads strategic programmes, comprised of multiple related projects. Programmes often lead to setting new business directions, solutions, partnerships, policies or procedures and leading transitions/outcomes.
• Innovation - Proactively researches, imports and applies innovations or current trends in the industry into new concepts or ideas. Brings together the creative ideas into a systematic approach or solution, seeking better solutions for new requirements.
• Problem Solving - Applies problem-solving methodologies and tools to diagnose and solve complex and/or sensitive problems.
• Risk Management - Leads the identification of risk, interconnectivities between different risks and identification of new risk mitigation measures. Identifies major supply chain risks and takes appropriate remedial action in a timely manner through organisational channels in instances of non-compliance.
• Analytical Thinking - Identifies and addresses complex, organization-wide or sensitive issues.
• Digital Fluency - Acts as a digital champion for the business by adopting and advocating the deployment of new devices, applications, software tools and services.
• Decision Making - Makes decisions affecting both own tasks and those of others. Combines a variety of factors including commercial awareness, risk and financial expertise to make appropriate decisions and derive insights.
• Eye For Business - Identifies new or alternative approaches to performing business activities more efficiently. Interprets financial performance and describes how initiatives/projects chip in to the delivery of the overall
strategy.
• Change Management- Leads groups or teams through the whole change management process including problem solving and creative thinking. Adopts new approaches, systems, structures and method.
• Energize People - Leads teams to successfully achieve goals and objectives. Demonstrates modesty and curiosity in interactions with individuals at all levels.
• Build Enduring Capability - Develops teams and successors with required expertise and experience. Engages in development and career planning dialogues with employees.
• Improve Value- Aligns work and priorities to the strategic expectations of the operation. Supports employees in their efforts to achieve job goals by providing resources and removing obstacles.
• Influencing - Identifies areas of alliance and disagreement, evaluates options and potential outcomes, and plans influencing strategy. Identifies short term customer needs and communicates benefits to the collaborator. Knows when and how to use the chain of command.
• Relationship Management - Proactively builds mutually effective working relationships with a broad range of internal and external collaborators and with engages them to obtain input and feedback.

Come, join our bp team!

Travel Requirement
No travel is expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:
This role is eligible for relocation within country

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

Skills:

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