Senior Analyst - Logistics NZ

Entity:

Customers & Products

Job Family Group:

Supply & Trading Group

Job Description:

As bp transitions to an integrated energy company, we must adapt to a changing world and maintain competitive performance. bp’s customers & products (C&P) business area is setting up a business and technology centre (BTC) in Pune, India. This will support the delivery of an enhanced customer experience and drive innovation by building global capabilities at scale, leveraging technology, and developing deep expertise. The BTC will be a core and connected part of our business, bringing together colleagues who report into their respective part of C&P, working together with other functions across bp. This is an exciting time to join bp and the customers & products BTC!

About The Role
The role is accountable for providing analytical and data modelling expertise to support safe, customer-service oriented and cost-effective fuels logistics solutions for customers of bp Australia sales channels. The role uses internal and external data sources to understand logistics performance, demand, costs and supply chain efficiencies to report on performance and generate insights to optimise performance. The role owns and delivers core logistics analytical processes, with a focus on continuously improving quality and efficiency. The role supports the logistics team and sales channels to identify, understand and gather opportunities to improve business performance.

What You Will Deliver
Own and deliver core logistics analysis, including maintaining the cartage rate model and associated master data, coordinating carrier responses in rate reviews, and providing cartage rates to sales channels for customer tenders.

Compile monthly logistics operational reports against agreed KPI’s, providing analysis and insights into performance. Use Power BI reports to monitor cartage costs, cost recoveries and carrier payments and investigate and resolve any issues.

Use internal and external data sources to understand the factors that drive logistics demand, costs and supply chain efficiencies, report on performance and generate insights to optimise the logistics activity.

Support the Logistics Commercial Advisor with new carrier contracts, contract reviews and analysis for any commercial requests or queries.

Build and maintain close relationships with all transport carriers to ensure queries or issues are addressed promptly and resolved fully.

Streamline and automate systems, processes and tools where possible, with a focus on continuously improving quality and efficiency.

Support the logistics team and sales channels to identify, evaluate and gain opportunities to improve operational and commercial performance.

Provide analytical support for Midstream and other bp team projects that involve logistics activity by developing models that enable evaluation of various supply chain scenarios to inform best options.

Collaborate closely with the Logistics Analyst AU to drive improved performance and alignment across ANZ.

This role has primary accountability as NZ analyst, but remit will also include analyst activity for AU as required including providing leave cover for AU Analyst.

Shift Timings: 3AM - 12PM IST!

Experience And Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualification (e.g. supply chain, logistics, business, data/analytics)
  
  

Skills & Competencies

• Understanding of supply chains (transport, logistics, storage, distribution)
• Highly numerate with proven ability and experience in building, using and maintaining large data sets and models that support problem solving, decision making and optimisation.
• Effective communicator with a high degree of confidence in dealing with a variety of internal & external customers. Able to distil down sophisticated problems and analysis into a form that customers understand.
• Commercial mindset with the ability to assess both the short term and longer-term implications of decisions.
• Flexible, able to adjust to changing priorities and work across multiple projects with multiple teams.
• Ability to understand problems and provide data to inform relevant alternative options.
• Have a curious approach and the drive to identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities.
• Strong attention to detail
• Advanced Excel and Power BI skills are required. Previous experience using SAP PRE, SAP Ariba and Salesforce is desirable.
  
  

You will work with

You will be part of the Logistics ANZ Team, a dynamic team whose purpose is to support our 3rd party transport carriers to deliver safe, reliable, efficient and cost-effective Logistics services to bp’s Customers across our Retail, Commercial, Dealer, Aviation and Marine businesses. Your customers include our sales teams, carriers, Logistics Finance business partner and the Finance and Business Technology team in Pune.

Travel Requirement

Negligible travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is eligible for relocation within country

Remote Type:

This position is not available for remote working

Skills:

Ancillary cost management, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Competitor intelligence, Customer service delivery excellence, Demurrage, Developing and implementing strategy, Group Problem Solving, Influencing, Inventory Management, Listening, Marine assurance, Mentoring, Negotiating, Shipping/transport, Supply chain management, Trade discipline and compliance, Trading and scheduling operations, Trading Fundamentals, Sentiment and Trends, Trading knowledge, Troubleshooting, Voyage operations

Legal Disclaimer:

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.

If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.

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