Sales Operations Specialist- Fixed-term Parental Cover

Job Family Group: Business Support 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.

Join our Team and advance your career as a

Sales Operations Specialist

Please note that this role is a fixed-term parental cover position, offered until approximately 2030 February

Responsible for managing and coordinating sales support and customer operations within the assigned area of responsibility within the direct or indirect channels, improving sales force effectiveness and efficiency, enabling an efficient interface between sales, sales & customer operations, technical services and the customer, sharing standard process amongst sales professionals and highlighting improvement opportunities to optimise sales performance.

In this role You will:

• Supporting sale leadership with evaluation of customer-related value creation opportunities

• Assess attractiveness and fit of existing customers, prospects and opportunities with market objectives. Share and hand over information / leads to sales for implementation/actioning.

• Support sales forecasting process working closely with operations advisors and account managers

• Drive the team to update, adjust and prioritise entries within the prospecting pipeline register through transparency and reporting of prospecting important metrics helping AMs achieve sales and prospecting goals in-line with the area sales and prospecting conversion targets as set in Lubricants Business Management (LBM) process

• Review state of account plans/joint business plans across the direct and indirect channels ensuring that plans are in place and up to date. Support AMs by making visible performance vs these plans to ensure proactive measures and appropriate resource allocation.

• Coordinate between sales team and Finance, Business & Technology (FBT) team for customer / vessel on-boarding and changes

• Be the custodian of the customer contracting process to new contracts as well as review and tracking of existing contracts. Support the sales team by providing fully prepared contracts to support customer conversations.

• Prepare product and services offers to customers in cooperation with Account Managers, Technical Services and Pricing to ensure that offers made are aligned with the offer strategy and that any exceptional offers are fully engaged with and supported through the exceptions management process to secure product availability and timely set-up.

• Meeting with customers, prospects; covering for AMs’ during periods of leave

What You will need to be successful:

• Excellent proficiency in English, other European languages could be an advantage

• At least 4 years of Commercials experience (in Sales/Sales support roles)

• Experience in shipping industry would be beneficial but not mandatory

• Minimum Graduate or tertiary business qualification with equivalent experience

• Ability to understand the customer needs (potentially in different market places)

• High analytical and data interpretation skills

• Ability to build relationships and networks at all internal levels and externally

• Ability to understand international trends and market

• Proficiency in Microsoft office, Power BI, Salesforce, CRM, SAP or JDE applications is essential for the success of this role

• Ability to develop and implement strategic and tactical business plans to meet and set challenging personal and team targets, schedules and deadlines through constructive prioritization and time management

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!

Travel Requirement: No travel is 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, Business Operations, Business process architecture, Business process control, Business process improvement, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Data Management, Data visualization and interpretation, Decision Making, Demand Management, Design Thinking, Goal Setting, Influencing, Lean Practices, Managing change, Managing Performance, Project and programme management, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Thinking, Workload Prioritization

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.