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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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