Procurement Operations Manager

Role Overview

• Oversee vendor master data and requisition to receipt activities.
• Provide energizing and engaging leadership for their team or virtual team and clear direction.
• Deliver modernization & transformation activities, leading optimization of process aligned to the broader procurement and category strategic transformation agenda.
• Manage relevant KPIs, including performance and compliance metrics.
• Provide end-to-end proactive monitoring and management of transactional pipeline to ensure workload prioritization drives better user experience and on time transaction processing to suppliers.
• Provide advice to the business & PU procurement team on day-to-day operations.
• Unlock value and support procurement performance in line with procurement policy and category execution.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, excellence, and continuous improvement through their team or virtual team, and the business.
• Develop the team’s technical capabilities and nurtures accelerator skills; curiosity in external markets, innovation and technological disruption, digital fluency, data-driven insights, and strong collaboration with stakeholders.
• Establish an environment of psychological safety as a foundation for collaborative learning, ideation and innovation.
• Support implementation of transformation initiatives, which deliver incremental business value.
• Leverage digital solutions to drive innovation, enhancing efficiency, effectiveness and value creation.
• Use influencing, storytelling and communication to encourage adoption.
• Constantly scan for improvement opportunities and implement transformative solution that solve the problems.

Requirements

• Degree educated (Finance or Procurement fields would be preferred) or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• Post graduate qualification related to procurement would be highly beneficial.
• Knowledge of procurement process and general accounting practices.
• Relevant previous experience in a similar operational role.
• Knowledge of ERP and S2P suite.
• An understanding of how to ensure strategies flow through procurement process in ERP/S2P suite.
• Leadership experience, ideally in a procurement operation organization.
• Ability to partner with the business to develop innovative solutions, clearing blockers and enabling delivery.
• Strong relationship building skills in order to lead the team or virtual team, while engaging with senior stakeholders.

Tech Stack

• ERP

Benefits

• 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