Senior eSourcing Specialist - Fixed-term

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As a leading global energy company, we provide heat, light and mobility to customers worldwide. Across the bp landscape, we're home to a range of brands across many areas of our industry. We're investing in today's energy system and helping build out tomorrow's. So while we're still in oil and gas, over the next decade we'll become a different kind of energy company. We're decarbonizing and diversifying our business, fundamentally transforming what we do so we can reach net zero by 2050 or sooner. We also have a strong mission to help the whole world reach net zero too - working across our industry to improve people's lives.

At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and ambitious 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.

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Senior eSourcing Specialist - Fixed-term

(Parental cover until 31 August 2027)

The Senior eSourcing Specialist is responsible for managing and driving high focus and complexity online tenders through internet-enabled applications (Ariba and Emptoris) in support of various BP businesses. This includes demand management, advising most suitable approach to market, based on predefined Category/Sourcing strategy and market situation, strengthen supplier relationships and proactively identifying value opportunities.

In this role You will:

• Project manage various complexity eSourcing events such as RFI, RFP, RFQ, eAuction for direct and indirect categories
• Gain necessary project information for the assigned tender via engaging Business Partners
• Define approach to market in accordance with the respective category strategy, recommend most suitable event type and structure
• Build source selection criteria into the system based on business priorities and requirements
• Influence collaborator decision on eAuction opportunities
• Build and complete eSourcing events in the tool in line with requirements (eg: visibility conditions)
• Communicate status and progress of projects to customers and collaborators
• Manage all supplier interactions through event lifecycle (eg: Q&A, technical support, follow up)
• At event closure, provide high quality report and analyses for decision making support (eg: excel custom reports, optimisation, online evaluation, scoring)
• Handle and acknowledge project requests in a timely manner, and ensure balanced workload allocation in sub-team (Gatekeeper)
• Ensure process compliance during eSourcing project management
• Run operational reports for sub-team
• Work in close association with Process Lead and other eSourcing Agents in the Team. Mentor and support junior team members and further develop Team capability
• Support query handling and issue resolution from process perspective
• Take an innovative approach and support/lead continuous improvement initiatives
• Support Sourcing activities across teams, based on requirements

What You will need to be successful:

• 3-5 years of relevant experience
• Bachelors' degree or equivalent experience (Procurement related certification is an advantage)
• Fluent in English
• Understanding of end-to-end sourcing process
• Systematic thinking, strong ability to learn different systems
• Strong analytical skills
• Project management mind-set, ownership
• Solid communication and client relationship management skills
• Excellent time-management and task prioritization skills, multitasking
• Motivation and capability to share knowledge and mentor juniors
• Proactive and innovative approach

At bp, we provide the following environment & benefits to you:

• Different bonus opportunities based on performance, wide range of cafeteria elements
• Life & health insurance, medical care package
• Flexible working schedule: home office up to 3 days / week, based on team agreement
• Opportunity to build up long term career path and develop your skills with wide range of learning options
• Family friendly workplace e.g.: Extended parental leave, Mother-baby room
• Employees' wellbeing programs e.g.: Employee Assistance Program, Company Recognition Program
• Possibility to join our social communities and networks
• Chill-out and collaboration spaces in our beautiful Budapest Agora and Szeged offices e.g.: Play Zones, Office massage, Sport and music equipment

bp Hungary won the Most Attractive Employer 2024 Award (SSC / BSC sector) fourth time in a row at PwC's annual employer research. Come and join us!

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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp's recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.

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