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Procurement Specialist — HR Products and Services

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Posted: 27 Jun 2012
Apply deadline: 25 Sep 2012
Location: United Kingdom
Company: BP

Job description:

Role synopsisThe HR&PS Function has underground a significant transformation over the last year evolving in line with the IP transformation to enable focus on management by Category. This role will be accountable for providing procurement interface and leadership to the US HR Products and Services stakeholders with HR.

Key aspects of the role include:-

Engaging internal stakeholders globally in order to understand business objectives and desired market related outcomes.

Involved in wide ranging planning cycles from short term to multi year sourcing activities.

Maintain and evolve the category strategy to factor market dynamics and business requirements.

Understanding options and risks associated with procurement/supply chain activities.

Leading procurement projects including the negotiation of contracts & commercial terms consistent with maximising business value for HR Products and Services.

Building and managing supplier relationships.

Measuring / reporting the value delivered.

Maintain, influence and develop relationships with the HR in the US.

Drive the procurement agenda with the HR stakeholders and develop a deeper business alignment in order to understand key HR objectives.

Responsibility for mentoring of less experienced team members.Key accountabilitiesCompliance to and the updating of the category Strategy inline with market forces and business plans.

The development of sourcing strategies in alignment with global HR sector strategies and specific business objectives.

Understands business requirements for third party goods and services.

Developing and maintaining knowledge of the HR services market place both locally and globally.

Engaging the business and provide guidance on PSCM process and risk management.

Manages supplier relationships.

Leading the full sourcing process which includes development of scope, supplier selection, commercial negotiation, and contract execution.

Provides on-going contract cost management and risk assessment.

Line accountability for sourcing specialist.

Championing and supporting the deployment of the appropriate purchase to pay solution.

Ensuring the PSCM common processes are implemented, used and continually improved.

Coaching less experienced PSCM staff

Participating in company networks, sharing information, best practices and lessons learned.

Interfacing where relevant with the Indirect Procurement Operations Centre.

Effectively/Optimize utilization of the offshore IP Procurement Operations Center (POC) to deliver sourcing activities.

Work closely with POC Service Delivery Leads and Service Delivery Coordinators to assure Client Relationship Management assure POC sourcing delivery to the business stakeholders.Essential EducationUniversity Degree or equivalent.Essential experience and job requirementsMCIPS or equivalent experience.

Significant experience in Procurement in a blue chip environment.

Experience of working cross culturally.

Relevant HR category experience.Desirable criteria & qualificationsPerformance Bias (skilful application).

Business Awareness (expert).

Leading People (basic application).

Partnership & Teamwork (expert).

Wise Decisions (expert).

Innovation (expert).

Financial Skills (basic application).

HSSE Skills (skilful application).

Digital Skills (skilful application).Relocation availableNoTravel requiredYes - up to 10%Is this a part time position?NoAbout BPOur business is the exploration, production, refining, trading and distribution of energy. This is what we do, and we do it on a truly global scale. With a workforce of 80,000 employees, BP operates with business activities and customers in more than 80 countries across six continents. Every day, we serve millions of customers around the world. We are continually looking for talented, committed and ambitious people to help us shape the face of energy for the future.

BP is one of the three largest energy companies in the world, operating in over 100 countries across 6 continents. Information Technology & Services (IT&S), provides a full range of IT services to BP's global business segments.

IT&S plays a critical role in the delivery of defined world-class operational services that BP businesses can rely upon in support of their own performance. Our specific accountabilities include the delivery of services to specified target levels, including availability, recoverability and cost to the corporation. These services must also be delivered safely and secured against the growing risk of viruses and other security threats.

We aim to benchmark our performance favorably against a defined peer group of the world's best and intend to deliver our services with professionalism to rival any major business corporation in the world - this is what we mean by being 'World Class'. To achieve this exciting level of performance will require a commensurate level of enthusiasm, commitment and expertise in our people.

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