Job Specifications
Job Title: Procurement Specialist – Operations and Production Category
Job Location: Sunbury-on-Thames - Hybrid
Contract Length: 12 Months Contract
Industry: Procurement, Oil and Energy
Working Hours: 8 hours per day/ 40 per week
Role Overview:
We are looking for high calibre individuals to join our expanding Kirkuk team. This role is accountable for supporting the Operations & Productions Procurement Category, responsible for managing maintenance, production, Operations engineering and construction, and MRO, ensuring procurement activity compliance to the Development and Production Contract, alignment to business priorities and compliance to Kirkuk procurement procedures and contract governance.
This role reports to the Operations & Productions Procurement Category Delivery Manager (CDM) for Kirkuk and acts as a procurement business partner for Operations & Productions functions. The role will engage with Legal, Finance, HSE, and the P&O functions to ensure seamless procurement delivery and contract management, compliant with internal policies, industry standards, and regulatory obligations. You will develop and implement robust category strategies for the Operations & Productions Procurement Category and will act as an interface to internal and external stakeholders.
The right candidate needs to have strong commercial acumen, ensuring alignment on business goals and delivering secure, optimal, compliant, and competitive, risk-managed procurement outcomes. All business activities will need to be conducted in compliance with Iraqi laws and regulations, the Iraq Standard Contracting and Procurement Procedures (SCPP) and with BP’s Code of Conduct, Anti Bribery and Corruption and Anti Money Laundering policies.
What you will do:
The Kirkuk Procurement Lead for Operations & Productions Procurement Category is accountable for co-ordinating in-country procurement delivery for maintenance, production, Operations engineering and construction, and MRO for Kirkuk. The role will support interfaces between the in-country based team, North Oil Company (NOC), North Gas Company (NGC) and remote category teams to ensure alignment to business priorities and compliance to Kirkuk procurement procedures and contract governance.
The successful candidate will develop and implement the Operations & Productions Procurement Category strategy for Kirkuk in Iraq, maximise the value of third party spend for bp, working with multi-discipline project teams and key suppliers to manage risks, seek innovation and add value to our MENA Growth projects.
The role will work closely with our partners in NOC and NGC to establish the state of existing contracting and procurement ways of working, including the systems, processes, and resources that support the efficient sourcing of goods and services in support of Operations and Production.
Supports category delivery of contract strategies, end-to-end sourcing and contracting, socialising relevant governance approvals and ensuring contracts are compliant to established contract standards and operationalized into Kirkuk P2P systems.
The role will deliver value through effective and efficient sourcing activity; using the provisions of PSCM procedures within boundaries of relevant laws and regulations, approved budgets and, where applicable, JV partner and NOC agreements.
Support the development of Contracts and Procurement Plan (CPP) with demand data for assigned sub categories.
Conduct relevant due diligence processes and secure required approvals
Execute assigned sourcing activities typically including - development of bid packages, supporting bid proposal evaluation, providing analysis of results, and compiling recommendations to award to secure relevant internal and external approvals.
Conduct/support contract negotiations to deliver value and manage risk to the business.
Execute post-award contract management and administration as directed. This will involve resolution of queries, supporting timely supplier invoice approvals, processing and tracking supplier change requests, monitoring contract expiration dates and ensuring extensions or renewals are executed to support continuing service delivery to the business.
Support supplier performance management activities, such as, KPI tracking, PRMs and other activities intended to drive improvement with supplier performance.
Ensure Local Content obligations are considered and incorporated into the procurement decisions as required.
Execute compliance activities including audit resolution as applicable.
Comply with all policies and procedures.
You will work closely with technical and project management stakeholders to ensure products and services are delivered safely, to specification and in line with contractual agreements.
You will interface with NOC/NGC and act as a point of contact for suppliers to support the category teams understanding of the Iraqi market. You will advocate for opportunities to partner, collaborate, develop, and stren
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