Indirect Sourcing Lead -German speaking

Job Family Group:

Procurement & Supply Chain Management Group

Job Description:

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.

Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has focused on discovering, developing, and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner.

It's an exciting time to join bp. Meeting the energy challenge requires many different approaches and solutions.

We’re gearing up for the future. At bp our goal for C&P (Customer & Products) is to deliver the future of mobility, energy and services for our customers by innovating with new business models and service platforms. C&P will become a hub, housing our midstream, lubricants, aviation, sale of chemicals, mobility and convenience, marketing and our next-generation businesses, making it a highly integrated and interconnected organisation. And with safety being our core value, our commitment to safe and reliable operations will never change.

Want to join the team? This means:

• being customer-centric, agile and responsive to changing customer needs and dynamic markets

• focusing on growth and development of customer offers

• optimising the chemicals and fuels value chains to maximise integrated value

• contributing to the reduction of carbon intensity of the products we create, and sell, by 50% by 2050 or

• sooner

• creating strategic partnerships that drive long-term value for C&P

• being digitally enabled and empowered by customer insights and data to deliver solutions.

Join our Castrol Procurement Team and advance your career as an** Indirect Sourcing Lead - German Speaker!**

A senior procurement role accountable for shaping and delivering global sourcing strategy across indirect categories, driving enterprise value, influencing senior stakeholders, and strengthening procurement capability across the organisation.

Define and lead Castrol’s enterprise-wide indirect sourcing strategy across global categories including digital, marketing and brand services, professional services, logistics, workplace, HSSE, travel, contingent workforce, and MRO.

Accountable for driving global value delivery, supplier strategy, and procurement transformation, while strengthening governance, enabling consistent sourcing approaches, and improving procurement capability across the organisation.

In this role You will:

The Sourcing Lead will implement end-to-end Sourcing and Contracting projects as per business request, but not limited to the following activities:

Case Management

• Receive, implement and continuously handle a high volume of concurrent project requests via the Case Management tool, prioritising workload based on business criticality, value and risk.

Sourcing Strategy

• Gather and analyse market intelligence across global supply markets to advise sourcing strategies that support Castrol operational requirements, cost competitiveness and supply continuity.

• Develop sourcing strategies aligned to Castrol operations, including manufacturing plants, and commercial facilities, while ensuring compliance with global category strategies and governance.

• Develop the sourcing strategy and handle the associated approval processes

Supplier Prequalification

• Perform Suppliers’ screening/prequalification/due diligence and monitor/implement the process status as per the related guidelines

Tendering

Work with category manager to define appropriate sourcing strategy to meet business requirements.

• Lead and manage tendering process including supplier clarification, evaluation and selection, ensuring fair, visible and competitive outcomes. Build and implement detailed negotiation plan to deliver the best value.

• Liaise with cross functional teams for sourcing projects and events (RFI, RFP, Reverse Auctions) with suppliers operating in diverse local, regional and global markets.

• Directly handle supplier engagement throughout the sourcing and negotiation process, ensuring clarity of requirements and commercial intent.

• Develop and acquire approvals for required documentation as per Governance Framework in respective regions

Contracting

• Determine the appropriate contract template and develop the contract content based on the information contained in the Sourcing Strategy, sourcing event and/or detailed scope of work specifications

• Apply strong commercial competence and negotiation skills to negotiate commercial and contractual terms with suppliers to optimise total cost of ownership, risk allocation and operational flexibility for Castrol, within legal and category guidance.

• Escalate any contract term exceptions per the deviation process, and handle the approval process

• Ensure contract is completed and signed by appropriate signing authorities.

Contract Operationalization

• Operationalize contracts upon award in company tools and systems to enable effective execution, supplier performance monitoring and value realisation across Castrol sites.

What You will need to be successful:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in any subject area or related field

• Proven end‑to‑end sourcing and contracting experience, with the ability to operate independently on complex, high‑value and high‑risk sourcing cases across multiple partners.

• Experience in the lubricants industry will be an advantage.

• Good stakeholder management skills handling Global Stakeholders

• Experience working in a large and multi-cultural team

• Good influencing and negotiation skills, as well as proven leadership behaviors

• Proficient in English (oral and written) language.

• Proficient in German (oral and written) language

• Engagement with regional suppliers and partners.

Desirable criteria:

• Familiarity with Ariba Source to Pay, Salesforce and ERP systems.

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

• Hybrid working arrangement aligned with team arrangements and business needs

• Opportunity to build up long term career path and develop your skills with wide range of learning options

• Celebrate in bp’s success. You may be eligible to join bp’s Global ShareMatch plan. This non-contractual benefit lets employees buy bp shares and receive matching shares, in line with plan rules

• 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!

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.

Disclaimer: Please note that, according to Hungarian law (2012/I. 113. §), mothers or single parents caring for a child under three years of age cannot be employed in night shift positions.

Travel Requirement:

Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Agility core practices, Agility tools, Analytical Thinking, Business Requirements Analysis, Category spend profiling, Category Strategy, Digital Fluency, Negotiating, Negotiation planning and preparation, Product and market intelligence, Supplier Relationship Management

Legal Disclaimer:

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.

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.