Project Senior SME

Job category

Procurement & Supply Chain Management

Experience level

Intermediate

Relocation available

This role is eligible for relocation within country

Job type

Professionals

Travel required

Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role

Job code

RQ112471

Entity:

Customers & Products

Job Family Group:

Procurement & Supply Chain Management Group

Job Description:

Castrol is a global leader in lubricants and part of the bp Group, one of the world’s largest energy companies. In India, Castrol is a publicly listed company, leading in the Automotive, Industrial, and Marine lubricant sectors. With iconic brands, steadfast innovation, strong customer relationships, and a team of highly motivated employees, we have maintained our market leadership in India for over a century. Our robust manufacturing and distribution network in India helps us reach consumers through more than 135,000 outlets.

At Castrol, success knows no bounds. We offer a fast-paced learning environment where you can develop your career, whether in niche functions or on a general management track. Castrol India has a proud legacy of championing top talent for leadership roles, both locally and globally!!

This is a role within the Castrol organisation, and the successful candidate will become part of the Castrol ring-fence. If you are part of the ring-fence, it is expected that your employment will move with Castrol to new ownership.

About the role :

We are looking for someone to join our Competitiveness & Transformation (C&T) team in supply chain to drive the execution of projects and initiatives within our BTC Pune team in Castrol. These projects typically involve transformational changes across our value chain, including to our product & raw material portfolio, supply chain network and manufacturing sites.

Shift Timing - 11.30 AM - 8.30 PM

Role & Responsibilities:

Lead or support projects focussed on driving competitiveness & transformation for one of Castrol’s Performance Units (PUs)

Support the execution of the C&T agenda, including PCC (Product Cost Competitiveness), OCC (Operational Cost Competitiveness), Industrialisation and Transformation.

Improve the competitiveness and efficiency of Castrol supply chain by ensuring projects are executed at PU level effectively and with maximum pace to capture value.

Collaborate with C&T colleagues within PU and global to ensure effective handover and continuity as projects progress through their lifecycle.

Support the C&T ideation process to build a continual pipeline of opportunities for Competitiveness & Transformation

Adopt project management best practice to manage timelines/milestones, risks, interdependencies, resources, budgets and value delivery,

Work closely with stakeholders in Supply Chain, Procurement, Marketing, Technology and Performance Units to ensure cross functional alignment and maximise potential for project success

Support effective tracking of value delivery and status reporting for Team, Project Governance and Leadership.

Experience Required :

9 to 13 year experience, ideally within Lubricants, chemicals or FMCG industries, with a solid track record of delivery

Solid project management experience, ideally with formal qualification (e.g. PMP, Prince…)

Data analysis experience, coupled with the ability to use analytics tools (eg. Excel, PowerBI) to identify insights, solve problems & make decisions.

Proven experience developing relationships & managing stakeholders across different teams and org levels

Ability to manage a diverse set of activities and prioritise effectively to achieve optimum result for the organisation

Able to collaborate effectively with others across different teams, cultures and geographies

You will work with :

Work with colleagues within the PU-based C&T teams to jointly deliver the C&T agenda

PPD global

Share, support and learn from other C&T team members within the BTC Pune team

Why join bp?

At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging 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. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, and excellent retirement benefits, among others! We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Travel Requirement

Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is eligible for relocation within country

Remote Type:

This position is not available for remote working

Skills:

Agility core practices, Agility tools, Analytical Thinking, Business Acumen, Commercial Acumen, Digital Fluency, Inventory Management, Logistics Management, Negotiating, Negotiation planning and preparation, Procurement, Project Management, Risk Management, Supplier Relationship Management, Supply chain management, Sustainability awareness and action, Value creation and management

Legal Disclaimer:

If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.

Legal Disclaimer:

If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.

Our innovative Energize recognition points programme and spot awards translate exceptional performance into tangible rewards, to motivate our high performers.

Pay

bp offers competitive pay in line with industry standards, making us an employer of choice.

Discretionary bonus

We offer discretionary bonuses to reward strong company, business unit and individual performance, and recognition awards, including those related to long service to recognize commitment to the company.

Retirement & savings

We offer a range of discretionary retirement and savings plans to help provide you and your family with financial security.

Insurance benefits

To give you additional peace of mind, bp provides valuable insurance benefits in some countries. These are designed to provide financial assistance to employees and their families if employees become unwell or die in service.

Equity

Depending on your location and job level, there may be equity (stock and share) options you are eligible to join so you can be part of bp’s success.

Disclaimer

This is a high-level summary only of terms and current discretionary benefits applicable to certain roles. Some rewards, benefits and policies are at managers’ discretion and vary depending on where you work within the business. All terms subject to contract and all discretionary benefits subject to policy and eligibility.