Associate Director, Indirect Procurement for Wella Company driving strategic sourcing in North America and ensuring value delivery. Leading the procurement team and stakeholder engagement in complex spend areas.
About the role
- Utilities Procurement Advisor managing procurement strategies for energy needs at bp. Lead category performance, supplier management, and support business objectives across the energy sector.
Responsibilities
- The Utilities Procurement Advisor plays a critical role in Procurement’s objective to become an extraordinary procurement organisation with leading capability in category management
- Responsible for end-to-end category performance (within their defined scope) and supplier performance management, operating in accordance with corporate policies and processes, defined governance, and delegations of authority
- Monitor and report on daily energy markets
- Carry out daily procurement activities
- Provide analytical and commercial input to multiple projects within the Utilities category remit supporting multiple bp businesses across the globe
- Working with the business interface resources in the Procurement organization to ensure consistency and alignment of messages
- Handle business partners to secure buy-in for category strategy, own relationships with key regional and/or global suppliers
- Ensure effective communication between the category management and business interface organisations
- Mitigate supply risk (e.g. technology developments, acquisition impacts)
- Lead multi-site utilities procurement projects and supports key site projects where appropriate
- Support the development, proposal, implementation, and ongoing performance review of purchasing and risk management strategies for the Group’s Natural gas, Power and Industrial Gases needs
- Review, monitor and comment market reports every day
- Research and prepare briefing and strategy papers
- Provide support to all bp businesses to understand and, where possible, optimize the local, regional, and global business requirements for electricity, gas, gas transport and water procurement
- Identify, implement, and realize value through effective “strategic cost management”, using best-in-class methods
- Handle category resource capacity by identifying resource requirements and feeding these into the Utilities Senior Manager resource plan
- Partner with the Utilities Senior Manager and wider team on broader strategic and capability objectives for the Category by developing Category strategy
- Assure of the integrity of all purchasing measures in regard to policies, processes, tolls and standards
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience working in utility/energy industry, preferably in a commercial role as buyer or seller, power contract negotiations, energy regulations, renewable development, or energy generation technologies
- Purchase of power via Electricity PPA’s
- Dealing with 3rd Party CoGen supplies
- Gas supply & sales agreements
- Electricity grid connection agreements
- Nat gas grid connections contracts
- Gas Pipeline experience – putting together pipeline supply contracts, shared arrangements selling off pipeline and pulling together pipeline contracts
- Water sourcing and contracting experience
- Experience in Supply (Procurement) and Sales Contracts for gas and electricity
- Confirmed commercial acumen with ability to identify opportunities and deliver results
- Demonstrated experience at delivering business benefits to an organization through effective category management
- Skilled application of Category Management (Category Strategy Development and Category Strategy Delivery Sourcing, Contracting and Tactical procurement Supplier management)
- Proven ability to evaluate new energy markets, utility tariffs, policies, power contracts, or evaluating new energy sourcing opportunities and technologies
- Familiarity with renewable certification programmes, renewable project development, power forecasting, energy storage, or alternative energy resources
- Consistent record for cultivating strong relationships with internal business customers.
Benefits
- flexible working options
- generous paid parental leave policy
- excellent retirement benefits
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