Supply Operator AU

• Supply Scheduling & Operations
• Lead product inventory, receipts, deliveries, and customer supply.
• Implement buy/sell contracts and coordinate movements via: • Ships
• Pipelines
• Rail
• Trucks

• Ensure supply reliability, contract compliance, and cost optimization.
• Supervise daily product movements and proactively resolve discrepancies.

1. Supply Chain Optimization

• Develop forward supply plans (Month+2 onward).
• Partner with Trading & Shipping (T&S), Negotiation, and Supply Optimization teams.
• Balance: • Supply security
• Working capital
• Commercial value
• Infrastructure capabilities

• Incorporate demand changes, maintenance activities, and market impacts into supply plans.

1. Shipping & Import Management

• Nominate import requirements.
• Coordinate vessel schedules and shipping activities.
• Run operational relationships with shipping agents, terminals, and third-party counterparties.

1. Risk & Incident Management

• Lead responses to supply disruptions and operational constraints.
• Handle product quality and supply risks.
• Develop mitigation plans for shortages, excess inventory, or logistics challenges.

1. Contract Management

• Own operational execution of supply contracts.
• Ensure all nominations, notices, and contractual obligations are fulfilled.
• Improve contractual option value and commercial benefits.

1. Financial & Commercial Accountability

• Lead working capital targets.
• Supervise pricing exposure and financial performance.
• Support demurrage tracking and performance reporting.

1. Stakeholder Management

Work closely with:

• Trading & Shipping (T&S)
• Supply Optimization
• Negotiation Teams
• Logistics
• Infrastructure & Terminals
• Downstream Sales
• Product Quality Teams
• External Oil Companies
• Port Authorities & Shipping Agents

1. Compliance

Ensure compliance with bp's Code of Conduct, Delegation of Authority, and other bp policies.

Minimum education: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in Engineering/Economics/ Commerce

• Understanding of refinery product supply chains including trading, shipping and terminal operations
• Product quality management incl. product specifications and their regional and seasonal variations
• Ability to work with large volumes of sophisticated data
• Experience in operational businesses. Strong understanding of supply chain operations and optimisation is desirable
• Strong excellent teammate who can maintain effective relationships across a broad spectrum even during times of uncertainty, time pressure etc. Promotes open and effective communication
• Shown ability to generate ideas to address problems under time pressure
• Shown leadership in an informal context
• Performance bias with ability to overcome obstacles to deliver outstanding results
• Understanding of product quality considerations and risk management
• Ability to build consensus and engagement with key collaborators across various teams and interfaces
• Resilience to lead change in a positive way
• Strong grasp of shipping charter planning and appreciation of technical shipping aspects
• Trading Concepts (2)
• Refining Optimisation (1)
• Supply Chain Management (3)
• Refinery Operations (2)
• Contract management (2)
• Product quality management (3)
• Commercial risk management (2)
• Analyses & modelling skills (1)
• Competitor, industry and customer focus (3)
• Negotiation skills (2)
• Internal control (2)
• Pricing/exposure management (2)
• Understanding performance (1)

At bp, we provide the following environment and benefits to you:

• A company culture where we respect our diverse and unified teams, where we are proud of our achievements and where fun and the attitude of giving back to our environment are highly valued
• Possibility to join our social communities and networks
• Learning opportunities and other development opportunities to craft your career path
• Life and health insurance, medical care package!
• And many other benefits!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform crucial job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment.