BP

iBuy Deployment Project Manager

The Indirect Procurement (IP) business unit is accountable for c. US $6 billion of third party spend across the Group on indirect goods and services. This currently includes indirect spend across the centralized and decentralized Functions (principally IT&S, Properties, HR and Financial Services) as well as Professional Services and contingent work force spend across the Segments and Functions.

"Essential experience
- Experience of managing multi-location IT projects involving packaged software.
- Experience of managing outsourcing or service transition projects would be a definite plus.
- Ability to work in / manage a distributed team
- Ability to work as one-person team in a client environment
- Proficient in use of MS-Project and MS Powerpoint and remaining MS Office tools for planning and presentation purposes respectively.
- PMP or Prince2-Practitioner certification"

Our business is the exploration, production, refining, trading and distribution of energy. This is what we do, and we do it on a truly global scale. With a workforce of nearly 100,000 employees, BP operates with business activities and customers in more than 100 countries across six continents. Every day, we serve millions of customers around the world. We are continually looking for talented, committed and ambitious people to help us shape the face of energy for the future.

Indirect Procurement delivers value to BP through effective implementation of market-facing strategies, which are developed from its deep understanding of the interplay between BP's demand and the supply markets. Value and risks are managed through the identification and use of supplier relationships where BP's scope, scale and buying power have been optimized. Further, Indirect Procurement's efforts are supported by a suite of procurement process and systems that allow for effective market engagements, contract development and management, purchasing activities and supplier relationship and performance management.

Indirect Procurement's Vision is to have, a world-class supply base firmly in place and readily accessible to our clients, producing a sustainable competitive advantage for BP, while delivering increased profits and boosting shareholder value. We will achieve our Vision by having a dedicated global team of professionals in place to execute our Indirect Procurement Strategy for BP, and by applying PSCM best practices in support of our clients across the enterprise.

Job Location: Houston, TX 77079

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