# Network & NPI Planning SME Lead **Company**: Bp **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Category**: Operations **Industry**: Manufacturing **Apply**: https://careers.bp.com/job-description/RQ110776?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_09a55b39-9de ## Description We are seeking a Network & NPI Planning SME Lead to join our team at Castrol, a global leader in lubricants and part of the bp Group. The successful candidate will become part of the Castrol ring-fence and will play a crucial role in determining optimum sourcing and manufacturing strategies to maximize value and ensure effective implementation of product portfolio changes across the market. **Job Purpose:** - Determine optimum sourcing and manufacturing strategies to maximize value and ensure effective implementation of product portfolio changes across the market in close collaboration with NPI Planning, Supply Planning, Procurement, and Operations. - Lead and coordinate Supply Chain related to Network Optimization initiatives ensuring accurate, on-time, and complete implementation plans are in place, including manufacturing and sourcing decisions, risk assessments, mitigation plans, and stock impact projections when required. - Own and maintain the Network Optimization roadmap, ensuring alignment with the broader portfolio, NPI, and supply chain transformation agenda. - Partner with the NPI Planner to define sourcing locations, manufacturing strategies, and network requirements for new product introductions, ensuring supply continuity, cost efficiency, and operational readiness. - Build the Network Optimization roadmap and link it within the wider scope of change activities within the supply chain. - Support rapid response to tenders and business opportunities by evaluating network capabilities, sourcing options, and supply chain impacts. - Secure continuity of the Network Optimization activities through backup for and support of the rest of the team. **Key Accountabilities:** - Lead end-to-end supply chain network optimization, constantly evaluating and identifying improvement opportunities. - Evaluate sourcing options and lead on make/buy decisions. - Support new product sourcing decisions and product flow across the network. - Collaborate with global NPI and Net Ops teams to drive optimum balance between tactical and critical initiatives. - Manage RCCP and long-range planning (>6M) with the supply planning integrators to identify capacity bottlenecks and sourcing opportunities to help direct capex investment in plants. - Collaborate with costing teams to assess financial impacts of scenarios. - Work across multiple sites and teams across a wide geography to ensure that all information required to support the NPI supply chain processes are available in full and on time. - Participate in tenders by providing manufacturing and distribution feasibility inputs. - Collaborate with all Planning teams to ensure that new ways of working for NetOps are compatible with planning optimization. - Collaborate with selected Marketing, Technology, Regional, and Business contacts to ensure cross-business alignment. **Key Performance Indicators:** - Evaluate, identify, and implement product sourcing opportunities by following agreed sourcing RAPID. - Propose options to NPI sourcing to improve KPI performance. - Propose sourcing options to Tender submission to balance Cost and service. **What you will need to be successful:** - Master's degree or equivalent experience. - Knowledge and experience of Network Optimization and Lifecycle management and a good understanding of end-to-end processes. - 8 to 12 years of experience in product planning processes. - Expert knowledge and use of ERP/SAP and other applicable digital tools. - High degree of computer literacy including advanced knowledge of Excel spreadsheets and business reporting tools. - Knowledge in network optimization tools like Opti logic's Cosmic Frog or similar preferred. - Some experience in marketing, SC planning, or logistics, Finance, or product costing, customer service, or customer-facing experience is of advantage. - Project Management experience. - Good communication skills and ability to communicate with all levels in the company. - Good understanding of BP HSSE&C principles and expectations. **Skills & Competencies:** - Strong track record in delivering with minimal supervision. - Understanding of key business areas such as operations, marketing, sales, strategy, and finance. - Effective interpersonal and communication skills. - Strong financial analysis and commercial competence. - Ability to work with and effectively influence collaborators in the business. - Strong organization and agenda management skills. **Why join our team?** We support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to crafting an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. ## Skills ### Required - Network Optimization - Lifecycle management - ERP/SAP - Project Management - Communication skills ### Nice to have - Opti logic's Cosmic Frog - Marketing - SC planning - Logistics - Finance - Product costing - Customer service --- Source: [Apply at careers.bp.com](https://careers.bp.com/job-description/RQ110776?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)