BP E&P NA Gas gross expenditure for Oil Country Tubular Goods (OCTG) is forecasted to be upwards of $100 million per annum over the next 5 years. The strategic and operational management of this expenditure is critical to the group's success in achieving growth and cost management targets. The successful candidate for this posting will have the unique opportunity to manage a strategic sector.

- Primary commercial contact providing support to BP regional procurement coordinators
- Manage internal BP demand and manage distribution, coordinate mill scheduling and optimize available capacity
- Provide central expertise on the OCTG market to performance units
- Facilitate usage of BP surplus to meet upcoming requirements
- Assist with sourcing of regional emergency octg requirements
- Ensure that all BP PU's fully understand how to utilize the North America OCTG contract, assist in developing and implementing transition and forecasting plans
- Identify opportunities to reduce costs in the OCTG supply chain

Qualifications:
To be considered for the role of Senior Procurement & SCM Specialist-OCTG, applicants must meet the following criteria and qualifications:

- Legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis for anyone other than your current employer
- Minimum of a Bachelor degree
- Five to ten years in the oil industry with knowledge of OCTG, drilling and materials management operations is required
- Ability to network at all levels internal and external to the organization
- Very strong analytical and organizational skills are required
- Strong communication and facilitation skills are required
- The willingness and ability to travel up to 25% of the time in order to fulfill the responsibilities of this position

Company Profile:
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.

BP's Exploration and Production segment focuses on finding reserves of oil and gas, developing the means to extract and process it and then consistently producing and transporting it to market. This involves using cutting edge technology to find the energy reserves, the ability to drill thousands of meters under the ground, designing, building and operating some of the world's largest most complex production onshore / offshore facilities and finally being able to transport these fluids, in order to provide energy to the world.

BP E&P Global Procurement & Supply Chain Management (PSCM) is responsible for working with Strategic Performance Units (SPUs) and other functional groups to maximize value delivered from expenditures with third parties. PSCM provides procurement and supply chain management for oil and natural gas exploration, development and production and related transportation and processing activities. The PSCM function is envisioned as a key lever to provide a significant contribution to BP's bottom line and is in the midst of implementing a new Strategy to enable BP to meet its targets on cash costs, capital expenditures and production.

E&P PSCM has a vision to provide a 'world-class' contribution that significantly adds to the profitability of the business. Inherent in this is the need to have the right organization, processes, practices and people with capabilities to deliver at the highest levels for BP.